True Love (video game)
| True Love | |
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Japanese cover art | |
| Developer | Software House Parsley |
| Publishers | |
| Artist | TD-X |
| Platforms | NEC PC-9801 Microsoft Windows |
| Release | NEC PC-9801
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| Genre | Dating sim |
| Mode | Single-player |
True Love is a Japanese adult dating simulation game developed by Software House Parsley. It was the 14th game by the company and was released on June 9, 1995, for the PC-98 and on December 6, 1996, for Windows 95-based computers.
The game involves the player taking control of Daisuke, a 19-year-old student who has three months to plan for his career while trying to date one of the while actively looking for a girlfriend. After meeting the girls, the player makes choices and then follows linear paths for different narrative paths to happen with the people he attempts to date.
It was published for English-language audiences in the late 1990s with a script that gave the game a less serious more tongue-in-cheek tone. While not released to great claim or fandom in Japan, it was one of the earliest dating sims from Japan to be released to Western audiences in English. The game also features one of the earliest examples of a bisexual character in a video game with the main character of Daisuke.