Yumemi Mystery Mansion

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PAL
NTSC-U
NTSC-J

Yumemi Mystery Mansion

System(s): Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: Sega (Japan, Europe), VIC Tokai (US)

Developer: Sega CS (Production), System Sacom

Peripherals supported: CD BackUp RAM Cart, Sega Mouse

Genre: Adventure^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-12-10^[2]	¥7,8007,800	G-6027
US	1994-02^[3]		T-23015
EU	1994-03^[4]^[5]		4430
UK	1994-03^[4]^[5]	£49.9949.99^[5]^[6]	4430
AU	199x
AS	199x		4430

Yumemi Mystery Mansion, known as Yumemi Yakata no Monogatari (夢見館の物語) in Japan, is a Sega Mega-CD adventure game. In North America, the game was published by Vic Tokai, who renamed the game Mansion of Hidden Souls. It is reliant on full-motion video and is compatible with the Sega Mouse.

The game was followed by The Mansion of Hidden Souls and Torico on the Sega Saturn.

Story

Mansion

One night two siblings, Samantha and Jonathan, come across a butterfly while exploring a grassy field. Enchanted by the butterfly's haunting beauty, Samantha chases after it. Jonathan follows reluctantly, repeating their grandmother's warnings about ghosts who roam the area and turn people into butterflies. The butterfly leads Samantha into the Mansion, where she becomes trapped.

Gameplay

The game is a first-person point-and-click adventure that plays similarly to D or Burn Cycle. The player assumes the role of a young man named Jonathan, who must explore the Mansion, overcome several puzzles, and escape with his sister before the pair of them become permanent residents. The game has few puzzles, and gameplay instead emphasizes exploring the mansion and searching for important items. The Mansion is depicted by pre-rendered 3D images, and movement is shown through short full-motion video transitions. While exploring the Mansion, the player encounters several ghosts, who appear in the form of blue butterflies.

Jonathan moves through the Mansion with and turns with and . Jonathan opens unlocked doors, inspects objects, and picks up or interacts with items with . The player can invoke the item inventory with . The player can cycle through the inventory with , close the inventory with , or use the selected item with .

After acquiring the Pocket Watch item, the player must complete the rest of the game within a time limit of one hour. Samantha and Jonathan must leave the Mansion before midnight or be trapped forever.

The player can save progress at anytime once the Diary is found.

Items

	Diary
	The Diary is found on a chair in the Study. The player can use it to save the game at any point.
	Keys
	There are four Keys in the game, which usually open doors (the last opens a cabinet).
	Tuning Fork

	Flower

	Matchbox

	Butterfly

	Pocket Watch

	Candelabra

	Plaque

	Crystal

Rooms

	Main Hall
	The Main Hall has two floors, which provide access to most of the rooms in the Mansion.
	Study

	Game Room

	Bedroom

	Art Room

	Library

	Candle Room

	Music Room

	Basement

	Flower Room

	Chamber

	Fireplace

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Yumemi Mystery Mansion	Yumemi Mystery Mansion
English (US)	Mansion of Hidden Souls	Mansion of Hidden Souls
Japanese	夢見館の物語	Yumemi Yakata no Monogatari

Production credits

US version

Cast

The Hunter: Alan Bruce
Samantha and Woman Gambler: Maximilienne L. M. Ewalt
Female Soul and Woman 1: Rachel Fyffe
Pianist and Woman 2: Judy "The Wench" Montana
Butterfly Collector and Man 1: Will Southard
Jonathan: Greg Bowman
Man 2: Willis "Rushon" McGruder
Young Man: George McRae

Staff

Computer Graphics: S.S.D.
Music Composer: Yuji Nomi
Sound Effects: S.S.D.
Music Effects: Yuji Nomi
Coordinator: Keiichi Onogi, Hisaya Takabayasi
Audio Talent and Production Provided by: DMP Entertainment
Directed by: David Platshon
Script and Voice Over Produced by: Kent Russel for Sega of America
Supervisor: David S. Stone

Mansion of Hidden Souls™

The End

Licensed by: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

Source:

In-game credits

European version

Cast

The Hunter: Alan Bruce
Samantha and Woman Gambler: Maximilienne L. M. Ewalt
Female Soul and Woman 1: Rachel Fyffe
Pianist and Woman 2: Judy "The Wench" Montana
Butterfly Collector and Man 1: Will Southard
Jonathan: Greg Bowman
Man 2: Willis "Rushon" McGruder
Young Man: George McRae

Staff

Computer Graphics: S.S.D.
Music Composer: Yuji Nomi
Sound Effects: S.S.D.
Music Effects: Yuji Nomi
Coordinator: Keiichi Onogi, Hisaya Takabayasi
SOE Production: P Chapman/P Holt
Audio Talent and Production Provided by: DMP Entertainment
Directed by: David Platshon
Script and Voice Over Produced by: Kent Russel for Sega of America
Supervisor: David S. Stone

Yumemi Mystery Mansion™

The End

Source:

In-game credits

Japanese version

Cast

Boy: Ai Orikasa
Girl: Satomi Koorogi
Hunter: Kenyuu Horiuchi
Collector: Kinryuu Arimoto
Pianist: Ai Orikasa
Lady: Satomi Koorogi
Artist: Yasunori Matsumoto
Gambler: Akiko Takeguchi

Staff

Computer Graphics: S.S.D.
Music Composer: Yuji Nomi
Sound Effects: S.S.D.
Music Effects: Yuji Nomi
Vocal Recording: Audio・タナカ
Coordinator: Keiichi Onogi, Hisaya Takabayasi
Supervisor: David S. Stone

The End

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Yumemi Mystery Mansion/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #17: "February/March 1994" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #57: "April 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[7]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #58: "May 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[8]
EGM² (US) #2: "August 1994" (1994-0x-xx)^[9]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #62: "September 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[10]

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-11: "November 1993" (1993-10-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-12: "December 1993" (1993-11-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-01: "January 1994" (1993-12-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[11]

Consoles + (FR)

79

^[12]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

74

^[13]

Digitiser (UK)

74

^[14]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

76

^[15]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[16]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

91

^[17]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

93

^[18]

Gamers (DE)

40

^[19]

GamesMaster (UK)

NTSC-U

72

^[20]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

90

^[21]

Hyper (AU)

80

^[22]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

83

^[23]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

55

^[24]

Mega (UK)

PAL

66

^[25]

Mega Force (FR)

NTSC-U

75

^[26]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

69

^[27]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

65

^[28]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-U

75

^[5]

Player One (FR)

77

^[29]

Play Time (DE)

69

^[30]

Power Up! (UK)

60

^[31]

Sega Magazin (DE)

70

^[32]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

80

^[33]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

72

^[34]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

57

^[35]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

81

^[36]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

88

^[37]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

75

^[38]

Supersonic (FR)

PAL

83

^[39]

Todo Sega (ES)

83

^[40]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

65

^[41]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[42]

	74
Based on 33 reviews

Yumemi Mystery Mansion

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, EU
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Mega-CD, AU
Cover

Mega-CD, AS^†
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

612,331,440

CD (EU)

4430

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

632,579,808

CD (JP)

G-6027

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

612,333,792

CD (US)

T-23015

Track list

1. Data track

2. CD Warning message (special) (0:38)

► Running time: 0:38

References

↑ File:YMM MCD JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/mega-cd/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-06-22 19:24)
↑ GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 183
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Mega, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-17), page 33
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Mean Machines Sega, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-28), page 54
↑ Mega Power, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 56
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 107
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 95
↑ EGM², "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 113
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 83
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-08), page 27
↑ Consoles +, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 100
↑ Computer & Video Games, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-15), page 102
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1994-08-16)
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 44
↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1993-12-03), page 1
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 38
↑ GamePro, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 50
↑ Gamers, "Mai/Juni 1994" (DE; 1994-05-06), page 53
↑ GamesMaster, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-17), page 65
↑ Hippon Super, "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-03), page 38
↑ Hyper, "June 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 46
↑ Joypad, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 110
↑ MAN!AC, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-13), page 66
↑ Mega, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-17), page 32
↑ Mega Force, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-07-04), page 92
↑ Mega Fun, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-20), page 111
↑ MegaTech, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 10
↑ Player One, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 96
↑ Play Time, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-04), page 130
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, July 09, 1994" (UK; 1994-07-09), page 1
↑ Sega Magazin, "Juni 1994" (DE; 1994-05-11), page 30
↑ Sega Magazine, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-15), page 92
↑ Sega Power, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-03), page 32
↑ Sega Pro, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 66
↑ Sega Zone, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 38
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84
↑ Sonic the Comic, "October 28th 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 11
↑ Supersonic, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 34
↑ Todo Sega, "Septiembre 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 46
↑ Video Games, "5/94" (DE; 1994-04-27), page 87
↑ VideoGames, "July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 73

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[:File:GamePro_US_055.pdf_p183-3] GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 183

[:File:Mega_UK_19.pdf_p33-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Mega, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-17), page 33

[:File:MeanMachinesSega18UK.pdf_p54-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Mean Machines Sega, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-28), page 54

[:File:MegaPower_UK_10.pdf_p56-6] Mega Power, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 56

[:File:EGM_US_057.pdf_p107-7] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 107

[:File:EGM_US_058.pdf_p95-8] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 95

[:File:EGM2_US_02.pdf_p113-9] EGM², "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 113

[:File:EGM_US_062.pdf_p83-10] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 83

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-01.pdf_p27-11] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-08), page 27

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_031.pdf_p100-12] Consoles +, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 100

[:File:CVG_UK_150.pdf_p102-13] Computer & Video Games, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-15), page 102

[digitiser1994-08-16-14] Digitiser (UK) (1994-08-16)

[:File:EGM_US_057.pdf_p44-15] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 44

[16] Famitsu, "" (JP; 1993-12-03), page 1

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0705.pdf_p38-17] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 38

[:File:GamePro_US_059.pdf_p50-18] GamePro, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 50

[:File:Gamers_DE_1994-04.pdf_p53-19] Gamers, "Mai/Juni 1994" (DE; 1994-05-06), page 53

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_016.pdf_p65-20] GamesMaster, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-17), page 65

[21] Hippon Super, "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-03), page 38

[:File:Hyper_AU_007.pdf_p46-22] Hyper, "June 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 46

[:File:Joypad_FR_031.pdf_p110-23] Joypad, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 110

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-05.pdf_p66-24] MAN!AC, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-13), page 66

[:File:Mega_UK_19.pdf_p32-25] Mega, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-17), page 32

[:File:MegaForce_FR_30.pdf_p92-26] Mega Force, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-07-04), page 92

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-05.pdf_p111-27] Mega Fun, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-20), page 111

[:File:MegaTech_UK_29.pdf_p10-28] MegaTech, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 10

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_041.pdf_p96-29] Player One, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 96

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-06.pdf_p130-30] Play Time, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-04), page 130

[31] Power Up!, "Saturday, July 09, 1994" (UK; 1994-07-09), page 1

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_07.pdf_p30-32] Sega Magazin, "Juni 1994" (DE; 1994-05-11), page 30

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_03.pdf_p92-33] Sega Magazine, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-15), page 92

[:File:SegaPower_UK_53.pdf_p32-34] Sega Power, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-03), page 32

[:File:SegaPro_UK_32.pdf_p66-35] Sega Pro, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 66

[:File:SegaZone_UK_18.pdf_p38-36] Sega Zone, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 38

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p84-37] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84

[38] Sonic the Comic, "October 28th 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 11

[:File:Supersonic_FR_25.pdf_p34-39] Supersonic, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 34

[:File:TodoSega_ES_18.pdf_p46-40] Todo Sega, "Septiembre 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 46

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-05.pdf_p87-41] Video Games, "5/94" (DE; 1994-04-27), page 87

[:File:VideoGames_US_66.pdf_p73-42] VideoGames, "July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 73

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Yumemi Mystery Mansion

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Magazine articles

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Track list

References