Tokimeki Memorial: forever with you

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Recent information:

An article on Tokimeki Memorial appeared in the November 25 edition of the New York Times.

Information on the Tokimeki Memorial movie is available on Toei's web site.

Tokimeki Memorial Selection Fujisaki Shiori was released for Playstation on March 27, 1997. Catalog SLPM-86029, ¥2800.

Tokimeki Memorial ~ oshiete your heart ~ was released in the arcades on May 16, 1997. It is an arcade game, ¥200 a play, ¥100 to continue and plays very similarly to the console game. It has a sensor which monitors your skin moisture and heartbeat and uses them as inputs in the game. After each game you will get a color print from a selection of 500 based on how you did in the game. I spent far too much money playing it the first week.

Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series Volume 1 - Nijiiro no Seishun, featuring Nijino Saki, was released on July 10, 1997 for Playstation and Sega Saturn. The price is ¥4800.

There is an 4 page article about Tokimeki Memorial 2 in the 97.06.13 issue of Dengeki Playstation.

Tokimeki Memorial Taisen Tokkaedama, the second puzzle game was released on June 19 for Playstation and Sega Saturn. Catalog SLPM-86036, ¥5800.

Some Oshiete Your Heart machines have been converted to give Print Club style prints instead of the full-sized ones. Machines I've seen that do this have had the start cost reduced to ¥100.

Flash - The long-anticipated Tokimeki Memorial nuigurumi arrived in the arcades on 97.10.24.

Tokimeki Memorial ~ forever with you ~ is being rereleased for the Sony Playstation as part of "The Best" series at a price of ¥2800 on 97.12.25.

Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series Volume 2 - Irodori no Love Song, featuring Katagiri Ayako, will released on March 19, 1998 for Playstation and Sega Saturn. The price will be ¥5800.

Tokimeki Memorial forever with you is a "love simulation" game for the Sony Playstation and PC-Engine created by Konami of Japan. Recently versions were released for Super Famicom and Sega Saturn and a Windows 95/J version is in the works.

The Playstation version was released towards the end of October, 1995 in two versions, a ¥5800 basic version and a ¥9800 deluxe version which includes a special mouse, mousepad and a electronic music chip that would play the theme to the game when you opened the box. The deluxe version sold out almost instantly in Japan, and the going price for one was last quoted at approximately $350US.

TokiMemo was the most eagerly awaited Playstation game in Japan for several months running during the second half of 1995 according to polls conducted by one of the major japanese videogame magazines.

Much of the information presented in these pages originally appeared in the October and November 1995 issues of Dengeki Playstation Magazine ( Playstation).