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Genei Toshi: Illusion City

Genei Toshi is an RPG for Japanese computers, later ported to the Sega Mega-CD. It was only released in Japan. Illusion City is a Japanese-style role-playing game with several distinguishing characteristics…

28 May 1993

Genei Toshi: Illusion City is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Microcabin, released 28 May 1993 on Sega CD.

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What Genei Toshi: Illusion City is

Genei Toshi: Illusion City is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Microcabin and released in 1993. It is available on Sega CD only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In the beginning of 21th century a terrible disaster, called "demon-coming crisis", devastated the Asian continent. Hong Kong was most affected by the mysterious demonic attack. Terrible diseases turned the once prosperous city into a pale shadow of itself. But once people came back to see what happened to the isolated city, they saw it was ruled by a new order - a corporation called SIVA. The new order proclaimed New Hong Kong to be an independent state. People's Republic of China and United Kingdom signed an agreement in which they both renounced their claims over the city. The player takes on the role of Tianren, a "diver" (demon-hunter) who lives in Hong Kong. His place of birth and the…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Genei Toshi: Illusion City launched on 28 May 1993, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Rock n' Roll Racing, Syndicate and Mayhem in Monsterland.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Rock n' Roll Racing, Syndicate, Mayhem in Monsterland.

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When did Genei Toshi: Illusion City come out?
Genei Toshi: Illusion City was released on 28 May 1993 for Sega CD.

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