Kowloon's Gate
Kowloon's Gate is a 1997 Japanese adventure video game developed by Zeque. Set in the Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong, it is considered a cult hit. Kowloon's Gate is a first person adventure game that puts…
Kowloon's Gate is an adventure developed by Zeque, released 28 February 1997 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.
What Kowloon's Gate is
Kowloon's Gate is an adventure game developed by Zeque and released in 1997. It was published by Artdink. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game takes place in the Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong. On June 22, 1997, before the handover of Hong Kong, the demolished Kowloon Walled City reemerged from the realm of Yin (陰界) back to the streets of Hong Kong in the living realm of Yang (陽界). The Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Conference (香港最高風水会議) determined that the reappearance of the walled city was a sign of an imbalance of the Yin and Yang, and if the two parallel worlds are not separated once again, great calamity would occur. To set things straight, the order of Feng Shui would need to be re-instilled in the realm of Yin. Thus the protagonist, a Super Feng Shui Practitioner (超級風水師), was sent into the Kowloon Walled City to…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Kowloon's Gate launched on 28 February 1997, within three weeks of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Blast Corps, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and NBA ShootOut '97.
Released around the same time: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Blast Corps, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, NBA ShootOut '97.
Official trailer
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