Looking Back at the First Otome Game (Angelique)

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Almost 28 years ago, a talented team led by a talented woman made one very, very important game, that managed to invent a whole new genre and interest a new generation of women in gaming: Angelique. So just how is the first otome game after all these years?

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Most gameplay recorded on real hardware, with a PC-FX via S-Video, Super Famicom via RGB, SEGA Saturn via YPbPr, and RGB modded PC Engine Duo-R, scaled up with a DVDO iScan HD connected to an Elgato Game Capture HD and HD60S.

00:00 Intro
03:08 Premise
07:04 The Boys
11:28 Sound & Looks
14:03 Gameplay
27:35 Legacy
30:56 Manga
33:00 Conclusion