Psycho Dream

Psycho Dream (サイコドリーム, Saiko Doriimu) is an action game developed by Telenet Japan for the Super Famicom and released in 1992.

Psycho Dream
Developer(s)Riot (Telenet Japan)
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Kenichi Nishi
Producer(s)Masayasu Yamamoto
Takashi Fukushima
Designer(s)Marino Nishizaki
Programmer(s)Masayasu Yamamoto
Composer(s)Michiko Naruke
Platform(s)Super Famicom
Release
  • JP: December 11, 1992
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay
Game screenshot

The player takes control of either Ryō or Maria. Ryō is a swordsman while Maria is an angelic warrior who uses a whip that can be upgraded into metal claws or a laser gun. Demons can even be summoned to destroy most of the monsters on the screen. Many of the stages are set against the backdrop of 20th century Japan.

Having a limited amount of time to defeat enemies, the focus is on advancing through the stages as quickly as possible.

Plot

In the early 1980s, rumors begin to circulate about a new entertainment medium called "D Movie," which allows people to immerse themselves in a world of virtual reality. As D Movies gain traction, a trend emerges of disaffected young people taking permanent refuge in the virtual world while abandoning their physical bodies to atrophy. To retrieve these so-called "Sinkers," Japan's National Public Safety Commission establishes Public Security Division Four (公安四課, Kōan Yonka), nicknamed "Diamond Dog" (ダイアモンドの犬, Daiamondo no Inu), in 1984. The agents who enter the virtual world and perform these rescues are known as Debuggers.

In 1992, a seventeen-year-old girl named Yūki Sayaka (柚木沙耶香) sinks into "Story of the Ruined Capital" (廃都物語, Haito Monogatari), a D Movie directed by David Visconti. Three days pass before she is discovered, and combined with her weak constitution, she is expected to die within twenty-four hours. Two Debuggers, Shijima Ryō and Tobira Maria, are dispatched to rescue her before that happens.

Development and release

Psycho Dream was directed by Kenichi Nishi.[1] It was released in Japan on the Super Famicom on December 11, 1992. A North American release was planned under the title Dream Probe, but it was canceled.

Psycho Dream will be made available through Nintendo Switch Online on February 17, 2021.[2]

Reception

Super Play gave the game a 33% score.[4]

Electronic Gaming Monthly gave it a score of 52/100.[5]

Famitsu gave it an 18/40.[6]

Italian magazine Game Power gave it 75%.[7]

References
  1. Psycho Dream in-game credits
  2. "SNES and NES – Nintendo Switch Online to add Doomsday Warrior, Prehistorik Man, Psycho Dream, and Fire 'n Ice on February 17". Gematsu. 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  3. "Super Famicom: Psycho Dream". Joypad (in French). No. 17. France. February 1993. pp. 148–149.
  4. Bielby, Matt (May 1993). "Import Review: Psycho Dream". Super Play. No. 7. United Kingdom. p. 51.
  5. "Psycho Dream". Electronic Gaming Monthly. May 1993.
  6. "サイコドリーム [スーパーファミコン] / ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  7. "Prove: Psycho Dream". Game Power (in Italian). No. 14. Italy: Studio Vit. February 1993. pp. 70–71.
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