Richard E. Rae (76174.1410@COMPUSERVE.COM)
Sun, 24 Jan 1999 16:29:12 -0500
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express Macintosh Edition - 4.5 (0410) Message-ID: <199901242129.QAA16734@hil-img-11.compuserve.com> Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 16:29:12 -0500 From: "Richard E. Rae" <76174.1410@COMPUSERVE.COM> Subject: Steam Radio Show
> Hi,
> I finally got a copy of Steam Radio Show recently (man, I really love that
> live-action Hanagumi musical...I never realized Kohran's seiyuu was so
> *cute*!).
Yuriko's cute, but Kumiko's cuter <g>. One of the things I enjoy the most
about the "Kayou Show Ai Yueni" is the funny paradox that Kumiko Nishihara
(who does Iris) towers over many of her colleagues, and Mayumi Tanaka (who
plays Kanna) is so short! Of course, Tanaka has lots of stage experience, so
I think that's one of the reasons she almost steals the show. It's
head-to-head between her and Michie Tomizawa, who's Sumire embodied <g>.
> Anyway, I was just wondering how exactly you're supposed to play
> the first disc? I started off with Kanna (obviously!), and ended up playing
> a mini-game with Sakura where you're supposed to push a box of some sort to
> a certain spot (I always overreach and end up breaking a wall...arrgh). O_o
> Anyway, there are also some inaccessible options in Disc 1. Can someone who
> has the game offer me any tips or whatever on how to play?
You're doing it properly. Sakura's game is more or less "Hanagumi Curling",
and you have to gauge your power depending on the size and weight of the
item being pushed. You also can try to "put the brakes" on it by pressing a
button to slow it down- but of course, your goal is to get the item to stop
inside the marked area.
Anyway, you first have conversation with the character you choose about
their anxieties regarding their upcoming radio presentation, and do a series
of LIPS dialogues which will let you say the right or wrong things (as
usual). You then must succeed at the minigame you're presented with (make
the minimum number of points) before you can watch them do their show! And
those are a lot of fun.
As you encounter a minigame or see a "commercial", you'll be able to play it
or watch it in the "brochure" selection later. Stuff will become available
to you as you play or go through the Radio episodes. You have to see all the
Radio episodes before some other things will unlock, and the main game (a
dating game where Oogami ultimately gets to go on a date and to the movies)
won't unlock until you've finished all the Radio episodes. Just be patient
and have fun! There's a lot in the set.
Also, here's a tip that some people overlook- let the "attract mode" run
every time you boot up the game disc. Different things, some rather lengthy,
are shown each time!
--Richard