Clannad (2004) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Clannad

Clannad follows the life of Tomoya Okazaki, a high school delinquent who meets many people in his last year at school, including five girls, and helps resolve their individual problems. The gameplay of Clannad…

28 April 2004

What Clannad is

Clannad is an adventure game developed by Key and released in 2004. It was published by Visual Art's Motto. It is available on Legacy Mobile Device and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Real Live.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Tomoya Okazaki is a third year high school student at Hikarizaka Private High School, leading a life full of resentment. His mother passed away in a car accident when he was young, leading his father, Naoyuki, to resort to alcohol and gambling to cope. This resulted in constant fights between the two until Naoyuki dislocated Tomoya’s shoulder. Unable to play on his basketball team, Tomoya began to distance himself from other people. Ever since he has had a distant relationship with his father, naturally becoming a delinquent over time. While on a walk to school, Tomoya meets a strange girl named Nagisa Furukawa, questioning if she likes the school at all. He finds himself helping her, and…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are comedy, drama and romance. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 22 achievements to unlock.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.2Ghz, 1 GB RAM and 640x480. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 7GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Clannad launched on 28 April 2004, within three weeks of Pikmin 2, Painkiller, Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots and Hitman: Contracts.

Released around the same time: Pikmin 2, Painkiller, Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots, Hitman: Contracts.

Clannad — frequently asked questions

When did Clannad come out?

Clannad was released on 28 April 2004 for Legacy Mobile Device and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Clannad?

At minimum, Clannad needs 1.2Ghz, 1 GB RAM, 640x480 graphics, 7 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is Clannad?

The PC version needs about 7 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("7 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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