Comic Party (1999)

Developer: Leaf, Aquaplus
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Dreamcast
Genres: Adventure

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A charming visual novel about a young artist drawn into the colorful world of doujinshi fandom and budding romance.

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About

Early April, Sendou Kazuki is invited by his friend, Kuhonbutsu Taishi, to come with him to Tokyo Big Sight. He is surprised to see thousands of people waiting in line to get in. Apparently they're at Comic Party, a giant doujinshi convention. Once inside, Kazuki meets some of the doujinshi artists and is surprised to find himself enjoying their work. Taishi convinces Kazuki to draw doujinshi after their visit because he recognizes Kazuki's skill as an artist, but Kazuki's childhood friend Takase Mizuki tries to talk him out of it because she believes otakus are smelly, dirty, and disgusting. Her reasoning doesn't help because Kazuki already made up his mind and begins to draw his first doujinshi.

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.