Magical Date: Doki-doki Kokuhaku Daisakusen (1996) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Magical Date: Doki-doki Kokuhaku Daisakusen

Magical Date is a skill game and dating sim published by Taito in 1996 for arcade and PlayStation. In this game, the player picks one of three possible girls to date and then starts off in a square as in a…

31 December 1996

What Magical Date: Doki-doki Kokuhaku Daisakusen is

Magical Date: Doki-doki Kokuhaku Daisakusen is a simulator game developed by Taito and released in 1996. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation and Arcade.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Magical Date is a skill game and dating sim published by Taito in 1996 for arcade and PlayStation. In this game, the player picks one of three possible girls to date and then starts off in a square as in a board game, proceeding to other squares which have different mini games. At junction points the player is asked questions about their date and has to pick the correct answer, or she will become upset. Released in October 1996 in Japan only. The subtitle of this game translates from Japanese as 'Cruel Heartthrob Tactics'.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are romance. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

What it launched against

Magical Date: Doki-doki Kokuhaku Daisakusen launched on 31 December 1996, within three weeks of Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8 and Money Puzzle Exchanger.

Released around the same time: Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8, Money Puzzle Exchanger.

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