Photo Genic
In Photo Genic the player controls a young boy that got a job as a photographer. The main goal of the game is to improve the boy stats and photograph skills to make him win the heart of one of the girls of the…
Photo Genic is a visual novel developed by Fill in Cafe, released 16 May 1997 on PlayStation, Sega Saturn, PC (Microsoft Windows) and PC-9800 Series.
What Photo Genic is
Photo Genic is a visual novel game developed by Fill in Cafe and released in 1997. It was published by SUNSOFT. It is available on PlayStation, Sega Saturn, PC (Microsoft Windows) and PC-9800 Series. It runs on TrueMotion.
The premise, in the publisher's words
During the game the player makes decisions about what his character will do each week (gymnastics, study, take another job, etc) to improve his stats. He also can walk around the town to talk to the people and the girls, the more in touch that he is with them the more possibilities to take a better photograph and date them. After taking the photographs the player can view them in the photo gallery.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are romance. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Photo Genic launched on 16 May 1997, within three weeks of Star Fox 64, Shadow Warrior, Triple Play 98 and Descent Maximum.
Released around the same time: Star Fox 64, Shadow Warrior, Triple Play 98, Descent Maximum.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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