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Hourai Gakuen no Bouken! Tenkousei Scramble © 1996 J-Wing
Hourai Gakuen no Bouken! Tenkousei Scramble (The Adventure of Hourai High: Transfer Student Scramble) is a comedy-themed role-playing game developed by Dynamite and published by J-Wing. The game is a cult oddity based on a Japanese play-by-mail pen-and-paper RPG.
GAME ID: SHVC-AJHJ-JPN
Premise: Players take on the role of a transfer student (whose gender can be selected) arriving at the bizarre Hourai High School on Utsuho Island. The game begins with a chaotic introduction where the protagonist is ejected from a plane and crash-lands through the school roof.
Gameplay Mechanics: The game features a unique "Friend Point" system used to unlock personal abilities, and players must navigate a school campus organized like a series of interconnected villages. It also features a club system where players join different school organizations to learn new spells and abilities for battle.
Niche Appeal: Despite being a relatively obscure title that saw limited success at launch, it gained a new life in the Western retro community after a full English translation patch was released by the group Aeon Genesis in 2011.