Harvest Moon

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65K plays 1996 #RPG#Simulation

Harvest Moon, known in Japan as Bokujō Monogatari (牧場物語, lit. "Farm Story"), is a farm simulation role-playing video game developed by Amccus for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was first released in Japan by Pack-In-Video in 1996, in North America by Natsume Inc. in 1997, and in Europe by Nintendo in 1998. It is the first game in the long-running Story of Seasons series (formerly known as Harvest Moon in western territories).

Director Yasuhiro Wada conceived Harvest Moon as a leisurely country-living simulation game that contrasted from the competitive fighting games popular at the time. Development took three years, and the game was released late in the Super Nintendo's lifespan, close to the release of next-generation 32-bit hardware. Sales were initially low but increased over time, eventually becoming a commercial success. The game is considered one of the first farm life simulation games and cozy games.

From Wikipedia's article Harvest Moon (video game), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Keyboard controls

SNESPlayer 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
AZM
BXN
XAU
YSH
LQY
REO
SelectShiftB
StartEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Online, both players use the Player 1 keys (or a gamepad) on their own computer. Saving, loading and pausing are off while you play online.

Emulator help & troubleshooting

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Keyboard controls

SNESPlayer 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
AZM
BXN
XAU
YSH
LQY
REO
SelectShiftB
StartEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Online, both players use the Player 1 keys (or a gamepad) on their own computer. Saving, loading and pausing are off while you play online.

Emulator help & troubleshooting

Play online

Play with a friend on another computer. Host a room and send them the link; they join as Player 2 and you both see the same game.

Press Start Game first.

Go live

Let anyone watch you play, live in their browser. They see your game as you play it, and your online game when you host a room.

Press Start Game first.

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Pixel Verdict

Harvest MoonSNES

3.0 Good job

GameRankings 73% (archived)

What the reviews talk about

Key wordsgorgeousmonotonousoriginalfunaddictive

What the critics said

  • Crispin Boyer remarked in Electronic Gaming Monthly, "An RPG about farming? Talk about a hard sell. But this epic adventure in agriculture is as fun as it is original."

    — Electronic Gaming Monthly (Crispin Boyer)

  • One reviewer said that the game "really struck a chord with me. I've never come across a game that expresses the excitement of "what will I do tomorrow?""

    — Famitsu, 1996

From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Harvest Moon (video game) article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.

Scores

  • GameRankings 73% · archived average
  • Electronic Gaming Monthly 8.5/10, 8/10, 8/10, 8/10
  • Famitsu 1996 7/10, 9/10, 9/10, 9/10

From the review table of Wikipedia's article. The face takes, first that applies: the Metascore for this platform, GameRankings' archived average, our average of the critics (one number per publication, a panel averaged), one review alone, the players' rating. Critics and players are never mixed.

Players' rating: 69/100 · 253 votes

Full reviews

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  1. 1.00+
  2. 1.540+
  3. 2.050+
  4. 2.560+
  5. 3.068+
  6. 3.575+
  7. 4.080+
  8. 4.585+
  9. 5.090+

5.0 Outstanding! · 4.0 Great job! · 3.0 Good job · 2.0 Could be better · 1.0 Wake me up when it's over · A thumbs-up adds half a point. Our own drawings, in the spirit of the faces GamePro magazine used in the '90s.

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