Underplayed Gems

Inoue Takehiko: Buzzer Beater - Zenpen (1999)

Inoue Takehiko: Buzzer Beater - Zenpen cover
Developer
Arc Entertainment
Publisher
Sony Computer Entertainment
Platforms
PlayStation
Genres
Visual Novel

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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

Playing feels like flipping through a moving comic book at your own unhurried pace, with little challenge or tension involved.

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About

Inoue Takehiko: Buzzer Beater is an interactive comic book in which the player can only see the next scene or the previous one, the game allows to use an autoplay mode and allow save anytime. The game features some interesting moving effects during the different scenes.

Screenshots

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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.