When was Tokimeki Memorial first released?
Tokimeki Memorial was first released on the 27th of May 1994 for the PC Engine's Super CD-ROM2 System. It was developed and published by Konami.
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Tokimeki Memorial was first released on the 27th of May 1994 for the PC Engine's Super CD-ROM2 System. It was developed and published by Konami.
Tokimeki Memorial was directed by Yoshiaki Nagata, with Koji Igarashi working on the scenario. Igarashi's girlfriend, who later became his wife, helped him write the story while she worked on Castlevania: Rondo of Blood at Konami.
The bomb mechanic in Tokimeki Memorial causes neglected girls to become angry and gossip to their friends, severely reducing love meters across multiple characters at once. Players had to carefully manage a round-robin dating schedule to prevent these cascading drops in affection.
Tokimeki Memorial sold 1.1 million copies by 1996. It spawned a series of over fifty games, counting remakes and spin-offs.
Tokimeki Memorial was ported to the PlayStation in 1995, Sega Saturn and Super Famicom in 1996, Windows 95 in 1997, Game Boy Color in 1999, mobile phones in 2004, PlayStation Portable in 2006, and Nintendo Switch in 2025.
Tokimeki Memorial was voted the 23rd favorite video game of all time in a 2006 reader poll by the Japanese magazine Famitsu. The game is considered one of the major titles in the dating sim genre.