

A dating sim where you play as a college student who happens to live right by the campus. It's summer and you're going to America for Christmas, but you'd love to get a woman before then.Your three buddies Kousuke the jock, Tetsuya the DJ, Taizo the nerd and you vow to find a girlfriend before Christmas time. You already know some girls, so it shouldn't be a problem. But you have been having weird dreams of some mystery girl and when a walk in the park leads you to find a girl that looks suspiciously like the one of your dreams, you find that maybe you do have chance with the ladies. But, let's face it. You have to juggle part time jobs, romance, and seeing your dude friends. Welcome to Refrain Love.

Simulator / Adventure / Visual Novel / Romance
Dating simulation game released by Enix in 1985. Considered somewhat revolutionary for its time, this game helped lay the foundations for the dating sim genre.

Simulator / Adventure / Visual Novel / Romance
Marmalade Boy is an otome game, developed by Kuusou Kagaku and published by Bandai, which was released in Japan in 1995. It is based off the anime Marmalade Boy.

Point-and-click / Simulator / Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Doukyuu-sei is a 1992 erotic dating sim (the first of its kind) where the player can meet 14 girls to have a romantic relationship with. The player takes the role of a high-school student (default name Takurou) in a Japanese town; his parents have just moved into a large mansion in a good district. The boy has to go to the new school, but his mind is preoccupied with one subject only: pretty girls. Instead of studying hard, Takurou decides to explore the city and to find out more about its female inhabitants.

Simulator / Adventure / Visual Novel / Drama / Romance
Memories Off is a visual novel. Most of the game consists of text superimposed on still anime-style visuals. The interaction is restricted to occasional choices the player must make when prompted by the story development. Depending on these decisions the plot may advance into any of the six distinct branches, leading to different endings.

Simulator / Adventure / Visual Novel / Erotic / Romance
The sequel to the dating sim that rocked the world (maybe) in 1992! Doukyuusei 2 is a 1995 classic erotic love adventure, a genre that is also referred to as "dating simulations". It has a new location and new protagonist. The aim of the game is the same as the original.

Simulator / Adventure / Visual Novel / Fantasy / Romance
Evergreen Avenue is a Visual Novel released on PlayStation in 2001. Choosing either a male (Catan) or female (Ira) character, you must help each of the seven spirits learn the ways of human life by scheduling sessions with them each week and playing mini-games to determine your effectiveness. Events will pop up from time to time, where you have personal conversations with the various spirits or with your rival. At the end of each month, you are graded in comparison with your rival, and you must sufficiently educate the spirits by the time six months have passed.

Simulator / Adventure / Visual Novel / Drama / Romance
Unlike the original Memories Off game for the PlayStation, PSP release features several new additions to the otherwise existing story and gameplay. CG is now displayed in wide screen PSP resolution showing more of the background image. The additional After Story novel extends the original Memories Off story, and there is new song and an opening movie included in this version of the game.

Role-playing (RPG) / Simulator / Strategy / Science fiction / Business
MeltyLancer: The 3rd Planet is the third and final game in the MeltyLancer series of sci-fi police simulation games. This entry features a new main cast of characters, as well as significant differences in the simulation gameplay. Rather than training the abilities of individual officers through schedule management, this entry takes more of a business-simulation approach with the player sending lancer teams on group missions; the success rates of these missions affect public confidence in the government. Each Lancer's stats will affect their ability to successfully complete missions, and if too many missions are failed the game will be over. Battles may occur during missions, which take a semi-automated turn-based format.