Gameboy Advance emulator (use 'Visual Boy Advance')įriends of Mineral Town (male main character) If anyone wants the future games (the gameboy advance (+ female version), or ds (+ female version), etc - i've played all of them and they all work on the computer just fine, including the ds game) just leave a comment =D or, if you have any questions, of course. when you want to save your game, use system -> current save state choose a slot there, and then use system -> save to save, or system -> restore to load a save spot. open the emulator, and under file -> open rom, open the romĤ. (if that link is being slow, emuparadise's rom should also work fine!)ģ. Harvest Moon 64 ROM can be downloaded here this is the site i used, i've played the game and it works perfectly. (also, because it's an older game, pretty much any computer should have no problem with the graphics.) the adjustment is pretty simple, if you've ever played a keyboard-using computer game you'll be fine xD), but other than that, for older consoles like the nintendo 64, it plays just like it would on the original console. your video game controller becomes keys on the computer (when you open the emulator, there will be a tab at the top that says 'options' -> 'configure controller plugin' you can use this to change the keys or see what keys are used for what buttons. > if you don't know what an emulator is, it's basically an adaptation of a video game console for the computer. fortunately, the game itself is pretty low-stress, though you do end up trying to get everything done in rather short days (which is more solved in later games, but, it's really the only annoyance with this one (: ) A prime example of the Just One More Level problem."Īlso, harvest moon wiki & harvest moon otaku have some good information & guides if you need help with the game at any point. If a game about doing farm chores and talking to people doesn't strike you as particularly engaging, then rest assured that it's Better Than It Sounds. There are some Dating Sim style elements - especially with the five potential Love Interests, who you can literally date, to the point of getting married and having a child together - but many other things are simply part of village life, from various festivals that take place at different times of year to occasional one-shot events like an earthquake or a character's death. Most of the game's content is in the social aspects, interacting with the people of Flower Bud Village and watching them interact with each other. There's a business aspect to it - you start with a run-down farm, a handful of tools, and a little cash, and have to turn it into a profitable enterprise - but this is only a small part of the game. HM64 is, like the rest of the franchise, at heart a Simulation Game. At the end of this period, your father visits and grades your progress, marking the conclusion of the game as such, though there's nothing to keep you from playing indefinitely after that.
You have just over two years (until the end of the third Spring) to whip the farm into shape, become an active part of the local community, woo, wed, and bed a local bachelorette, and generally become a successful and responsible adult. The player's grandfather has recently died and the player has decided to move in and work the farm in grandpa's place.
Harvest Moon 64 sticks to the series formula - indeed, helped codify them - and generally expands on original concept.
Arguably a Sequel Displacement, it cemented the franchise as a successful (and profitable) Cult Classic. "Harvest Moon 64 is the third game in the Harvest Moon series, released in 1999 for the Nintendo 64. (i can also link to a DS game/emulator and a gameboy advance game/emulator, but this one is the most simple and also one of those oldies-but-goodies so i figured it was a good start!) SO, I'M SHARING EASY ACCESS TO ONE FOR YOU GUYS. pretty much whenever i have enough energy to play a video game but don't have enough energy to do anything else, i end up playing harvest moon games because they just have an undeniable sense of joy - they're so harmless and lovely and easy to get lost in. A bit of my f-list has been down recently, and i wanted to share something that might cheer some of you up.