The Scariest Educational Game Ever Made

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  • #cosmologyofkyoto #gamereview #horrorgaming
    Cosmology of Kyoto is probably the only educational horror game in existence. It's a distrubing and mind-boggling experience, and I'm going to play it and talk about it so you don't have to. Well, unless you want to.
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    Cosmology of Kyoto on The Collection Chamber: collectionchamber.blogspot.co...
    0:00 Intro
    1:10 Game info
    2:11 Getting a working copy
    2:56 S tory setup
    8:32 Presentation
    11:00 Gameplay
    14:01 The first district
    17:16 Market district
    19:04 The second district
    24:16 The palace
    26:49 Conclusion
    27:40 Outro
    #retrogaming #pcgaming
    #educationalgames
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  • @connorsexsmith6414
    @connorsexsmith6414 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4677

    Imagine making it pretty far in this game and a fucking flying plank comes up and kills you. I'd definitely need the reference guide for that.

    • @geometrywarrior4882
      @geometrywarrior4882 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +398

      me fighting scary japanese demons vs me fighting one flying plank

    • @user-lm4xv6lf1b
      @user-lm4xv6lf1b 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      I WAS ABOUT TO COMMENT ABOUT THIS HELP

    • @Zombina638
      @Zombina638 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      So?

    • @maru77824
      @maru77824 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      as far as i know u can kill the plank with sword@@user-lm4xv6lf1b

    • @tvheadcontent
      @tvheadcontent 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      A concept Ed, Edd, & Eddy would shamelessly steal years later

  • @Sylentmana
    @Sylentmana 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1557

    You just couldn't catch a break in medieval Japan. When the demons weren't busy killing and torturing you they were mercilessly cock-blocking you.

    • @Gatorade69
      @Gatorade69 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So why not just fuck the demons instead ?

    • @matthewyeldig4608
      @matthewyeldig4608 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Could be worse, at least you knew you could die by demonic forces beyond you means and comprehension. In Ireland you could be walkin' down ta street, havin' a grand night! Suddenly, *BAM!* Nuckelavee!

  • @rekkou1880
    @rekkou1880 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6074

    I wonder why so many women died horribly in this game, but then i remembered the linfamy channel and realized this game was based on Old japanese budhism teaching that basically condemns women as evil temptress by default

    • @dungeonchill
      @dungeonchill  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1799

      Yeah, unfortunately that's how most of these old folktales and fables present things.

    • @candide1065
      @candide1065 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +178

      @Karen: Stop projecting and making everything about you, particularly if you have as much clue of buddhism as a toddler.

    • @m.h-ar124la7
      @m.h-ar124la7 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +325

      Well it's a timeless trope,
      If women become ghost, if man become slasher/ serial killer.

    • @superhetoric
      @superhetoric 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1410

      ​@@candide1065lmao what? recognizing a misogynistic cultural or religious trope is Karen behavior?

    • @arnowisp6244
      @arnowisp6244 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      As if Modern Western Women were any different. Then again they might as well be demons.

  • @sabresister
    @sabresister 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3943

    I’m not gonna lie I clicked on this video because I thought the thumbnail said “cosmetology of Kyoto” and really wanted to know how a game about hair and beauty trends in ancient Kyoto were so scary 😅

    • @henrikevandenhoff3136
      @henrikevandenhoff3136 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

      lmao same!!!

    • @the5031
      @the5031 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      me too

    • @marianasobrenome3316
      @marianasobrenome3316 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Same

    • @kymo6343
      @kymo6343 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      lmao I read it that way too but then I was like "wait that makes no sense" and read again XD

    • @sabresister
      @sabresister 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      @@kymo6343 I literally didn’t even notice until he said cosmology in the video lmao

  • @yegenek
    @yegenek 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2264

    The game had little success in Japan mostly due to the fact that it depicted Heian period mixing realism and mysticism, a dark landscape ridden with poverty, disease, demons and suffering to which Japanese audience are not generally used to. In general media Heian period was generally depicted from the view of nobles a glorious and romantic approach.

    • @onikirimalewife
      @onikirimalewife 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

      The game Onmyoji...

    • @razorraccoon902
      @razorraccoon902 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      ⁠@@onikirimalewifean onmyoji fan…

    • @DonCarlione973
      @DonCarlione973 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +160

      That's understandable. Most people would be extremely embarrassed by all of that. BUT... We can't just pretend that all of that didn't happen. If we don't teach our kids about our history then they will be doomed to repeat it. (As they say)

    • @Cecilia-ky3uw
      @Cecilia-ky3uw 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​​@@DonCarlione973I disagree, we can recognise things generally as wrong and right without knowing past wrongs. Thus why I always fail to understand why people talk about denialism being as dangerous as they make it out to be, that denialism is an affirmation of their view that the act was wrong. Wrong enough for them to make a big deal out of denying it. And I don't know about you, but I personally opine you don't need so extensive knowledge on history. In any case the game isn't a good example, it is rather a good example of consumer preferences.

    • @nathanaelmaugre7824
      @nathanaelmaugre7824 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +168

      ​@@Cecilia-ky3uwThe danger with denialism is that it is purposely ignoring easy to prove facts to favorise entirely invented turn of events. Most of the time to push extreme ideologies and to erase the knowledge of their consequences. Like: never did this political extremism led to genocide, or things like that.

  • @AgentAsteriski
    @AgentAsteriski 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +243

    8:09 The Beardcutter Sword, aka Higekiri, aka too many other things, is a legendary artifact with many famous owners throughout history. And this guy just gives it to you in the tutorial for being a bro.

    • @ghoulchan7525
      @ghoulchan7525 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      one of the legendary blades with way to many names. one of them being Onikiri, so it being a sword able to cut a demon. makes sense.

    • @nati-hg8sd
      @nati-hg8sd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ❤​@@ghoulchan7525

    • @ChimeraMK
      @ChimeraMK 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Now I'm just picturing a guy helping a knight slay a dragon and the knight just nonchalantly hands the Excalibur as thanks.

    • @ghoulchan7525
      @ghoulchan7525 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@ChimeraMK that's kinda what happened here.

  • @Morraak
    @Morraak 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1070

    Kind of sad a lot of these game are left to time. It's great that these are still able to be emulated. I would totally pay for these games though.

    • @dungeonchill
      @dungeonchill  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +88

      Yeah, I would absolutely buy digital versions of these kinds of games if someone could resurrect the licenses.

    • @yerabbit6333
      @yerabbit6333 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Yes, this belongs on GOG

  • @dorpth
    @dorpth 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1241

    Damn, imagine how scary this would have been in 1993.
    For comparison, that same year I was having nightmares from just the first Space Hulk game, and people thought The 7th Guest was creepy.

    • @hotcauldron7918
      @hotcauldron7918 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      What's so scary about fighting genestealers brother?

    • @a-line88889
      @a-line88889 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

      ​@@hotcauldron7918That they still exist, brother.

    • @misseselise3864
      @misseselise3864 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      i wasn’t alive in 1993 but this definitely would’ve scared the fuck out of me until i was like 16

    • @adenowirus
      @adenowirus 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      On the other hand Waxworks was released a year earlier.

    • @dorpth
      @dorpth 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      but Waxworks didn't drill into your head that every woman who would ever want to sleep with you gets murdered.

  • @ucthinhle5413
    @ucthinhle5413 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +270

    Fun fact: The monk in 11:55 is named Maudgalyayana, he saved his mother from hell

  • @eembers
    @eembers 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +332

    I could not stop laughing when you said the backgammon game in this crashed when you were winning, as my Dad once owned a really old backgammon game (I forget what system it was on, but it was pre-Atari) that would crash any time the human player was close to a win or a draw. Clearly the machines take backgammon personally!

    • @jatoarkanen4435
      @jatoarkanen4435 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      Imagine if the events of Terminator happened because a human has beaten Skynet at backgammon

  • @TheBeird
    @TheBeird 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2924

    I know Buddhism is the theme of the game but uh . . . Jesus Christ! This puts mostmodern horror games to shame!

    • @dungeonchill
      @dungeonchill  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +299

      It’s goes pretty hard, that’s for sure!

    • @1001johny
      @1001johny 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +170

      Most religions exist to help people cope or makes sense of life suffering. There for the more suffering the stronger the test of Spirit

    • @neoqwerty
      @neoqwerty 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +143

      @@1001johny The dynamics that Buddhism (especially the versions in Japan, I can't tell which of the traditions this one uses but it's probably zen or mikkyo (they're on my list to research but I haven't checked which hells each contain)) has to hell isn't about suffering testing strength.
      It's the other way around, actually; you suffer because you were spiritually weak/immoral in a previous incarnation, and the suffering in the various hells is meant to relate to WHAT you did to earn that punishment. Think of it as a spiritual prison sentence.
      The goal of Buddhism is detachment from all earthly desires. Material, emotional, etc, and if you showed that, it wasn't only YOU that was punished-- you could also bring misfortune to others.
      Oh, and THINKING about going to one of the hells would also send you to hell, so you were supposed to have someone there to assist you in your dying moments to think of nothing earthly or hell-related, so you wouldn't end up in hell.
      This is just the basic gist of it that I know without deep dives, but yeah in Japanese Buddhism it's not a strength of spirit (Ironically thinking of that would be a ticket to hell-- you're not supposed to think of yourself, either, just of Buddha and his teachings-- but not the hell ones).

    • @redhood7778
      @redhood7778 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      That's pretty funny. You must have never played Resident Evil 7 or the Outlast games.

    • @jeremyhall2727
      @jeremyhall2727 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I just thought it was one of those Asian Jesus statues. Like the black Jesus statues & pics 🤷🏾 in some countries he has blonde hair & blue eyes. I'm some countries his a red head. There's a Jesus for every race & country. No joke, I'm totally not being racist. Google it.. 🤨 the priest who went their told them Jesus was there race. I guess the priest thought, it would be easier to get them to join if they thought Jesus was one of "them." I use the word then lightly 🤞🏾

  • @matildarose
    @matildarose 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +194

    YES. The game that really made me realize just how dire the world must have seemed in some ways to a person back then.

    • @SantaFishes101
      @SantaFishes101 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      or now if you're unlucky...

    • @sukitron5415
      @sukitron5415 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      There was this belief during the Heian period that the world had ended into a kind of "apocalypse" age where there were no buddhas to be found and attsining nirvana was impossible. Also life would be bad for all people and full of suffering. This period actually started just after the start of the heian period and was called "Mappou"

    • @katzea.a7880
      @katzea.a7880 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sukitron5415 Did something happen for that belief to kickstart?

    • @sukitron5415
      @sukitron5415 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@katzea.a7880 it was part of Buddhism. Basically they thought the world would go through several ages after the death of Gautama Buddha with the final being Mappo. Once Mappo ended the cycle would start anew

    • @katzea.a7880
      @katzea.a7880 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sukitron5415 Starting anew with Maitreya Buddha or does he appear much later?

  • @khordofon4753
    @khordofon4753 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +422

    The thing I like the most about this game is that it's a Nembutsu Simulator.
    In short, Nembutsu is the chant Pure Land Buddhists recite -- "Namu Amida Butsu"; it basically means "I entrust myself to the Buddha of Infinite Light". In Pure Land Buddhism, knowing and chanting the Nembutsu is positive karma. Even if you don't attain nirvana in this birth, this positive karma will follow you through other rebirths, leading you to dharma again and again, and eventually you will be able to attain nirvana.
    The game presents Nembutsu to you. It encourages you to chant it, even if by typing it on a machine. In the ending, Kuukai (afaik it's Kuukai, not Nichizou, in the end) chants a mantra, and then it looks like your character attains nirvana and is free from the cycle of reincarnation by the power of the Buddha Amida.
    What does it mean karma-wise to the player? Now you've been in contact with the Nembutsu. Maybe this positive karma will follow you through other rebirths.
    Being a Pure Land Buddhist, I was amused by the "Nembutsu Simulator" nature of the game.

    • @dhelmy
      @dhelmy หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you haven't already, check out Rain World. Videocult creates a world that's post apocalyptic ruins are informed by Nembutsu

    • @unityofvitality-5875
      @unityofvitality-5875 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      The monk at the end is Kuya, same one from the marketplace, the people gathered around him at the market literally tell you his name is Kuya.

    • @abewright1713
      @abewright1713 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Interesting detail

  • @MM-ts9jy
    @MM-ts9jy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +101

    People in the comments talking like buddhism is just one single doctrine and not a bunch of teachings that were added and tergiversed by different sects through time

    • @BeruCampos
      @BeruCampos 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Blablabla who cares

    • @MM-ts9jy
      @MM-ts9jy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      @@BeruCampos hurt much?

    • @xXSamir44Xx
      @xXSamir44Xx 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      So, like every other religion then.

    • @makeitthrough_
      @makeitthrough_ 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@BeruCamposClearly you cared enough to comment

    • @LawrenceKoloamatangi-nf7rx
      @LawrenceKoloamatangi-nf7rx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@xXSamir44Xx yeah not a lot, since take animism. Other tribes in south east asia and polynesian practised animism, living in tranquility. So I don't know what you're applying.

  • @Jeyblox
    @Jeyblox 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +90

    Imagine how traumatised the kids who played this were. I was already terrified of the uncanny valley of early videogame graphics In general

  • @bburde2
    @bburde2 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +818

    This reminds me of a weird dream I had when I was a kid where there was this first person educational computer game where you're in a haunted house and there's a ghost (that resembled Sadako or The Grudge) constantly coming after you with math questions and if you take too long to answer or get it wrong she kills you. Really weird!

    • @luchirimoya
      @luchirimoya 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +157

      Sounds like Baldi's basics, Japanese Horror style lmao

    • @bburde2
      @bburde2 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +89

      @@luchirimoya While I was thinking about it recently it reminded me of Baldi too! I had that dream long before Baldi was a thing tho, maybe I should've turned it into an actual game 😂

    • @thesidneychan
      @thesidneychan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      That sounds like the maze section in Jump Start 4th grade.

    • @cursedryona6265
      @cursedryona6265 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      That could make for a good parody, lol

    • @luchirimoya
      @luchirimoya 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      @@bburde2 oh shit, your dream was the OG Baldi's basics then lol. I bet seeing the game for the first time gave you flashbacks 😭😭

  • @armagedonthe1gamer
    @armagedonthe1gamer 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +132

    This isn't an insult about the content, but everytime I listen to this I fall asleep. Your tonation is just so soothing man, really nice to have on a long day ending here for my japan trip.

    • @dungeonchill
      @dungeonchill  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

      Some of my favorite videos are the ones I can fall asleep to, so I take it as a compliment.

  • @snuffcassette7555
    @snuffcassette7555 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +131

    this new shin megami tensei game is kinda crazy

  • @PaKePo
    @PaKePo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    12:04 LMFAO 🤣🤣🤣 So the corpse you find in the beginning is your previous self.
    Genius 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @Fighter_Builder
    @Fighter_Builder 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +332

    Haven't watched past the spoiler warning cause I may want to check this out myself in the future, but this is a really fascinating direction for an edutainment game. I think its approach of giving you easy access to answers to the ever-present question of "WTF just happened?" is an interesting one compared to the usual heavy-handed approaches that shove information in your face whether you want it or not. Definitely going to have to check this out at some point; I'm surprised I never heard about this before.

    • @dungeonchill
      @dungeonchill  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      The best way to experience it is just to go in blind and wander around. And yeah, I was really impressed by the reference section. I didn’t show it off in the video, but it actually has short summaries of all the folktales that the events in the game are based on. Really thorough. But then you can also ignore it and just bumble around having weird, creepy stuff happen to you and enjoy the ride if you want.

  • @ZeyTheDaemon
    @ZeyTheDaemon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +463

    Holy fuck, this is darker than I thought it'd be. Also very unique for a point-and-click game, especially for the time. I wouldn't have thought to combine horror and P&C but here we are. It's really unnerving with its graphical style, too. I know it was probably just taking inspiration from actual art of the time, but man, made me remember how weird ancient Japanese art was

    • @dungeonchill
      @dungeonchill  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

      Point and click horror games are actually a pretty big sub genre. Don’t worry. I’ve got a bunch of them to cover in future videos.💀

    • @ZeyTheDaemon
      @ZeyTheDaemon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@dungeonchill I just imagine a 3TB hard drive full of them on your desk

    • @mistermorphescarnoe2898
      @mistermorphescarnoe2898 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      My mom used to play a lot of P&C horror games over the years, I distinctly remember one that was Cthulhu themed or at least had a humanoid squid-faced figure in the game, and that it was set in some sort of ship hull or something.

    • @ZeyTheDaemon
      @ZeyTheDaemon 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @mistermorphescarnoe2898 That sounds so familiar, but I can't think of the name.

    • @Aiveq
      @Aiveq 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      one of most iconic horror game is clock tower and its point and click. i think most of them were and later transitioning into first person

  • @rafaelpurnama1987
    @rafaelpurnama1987 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    I love how one of the recurring themes of this game is you constantly getting cockblocked by demons 😂

  • @fattiger6957
    @fattiger6957 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +519

    Thanks for this video. I'm currently on a Japanese history kick, so this game is right up my alley.
    The Heian period tends not to get as much attention in pop culture as the Sengoku or Edo eras, but it is very interesting. It was the infancy of the samurai and the era when the Imperial court had actual power rather than just being a spiritual figurehead.

    • @dungeonchill
      @dungeonchill  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

      That’s cool. Yeah, creeping closer to the ancient times makes Japan feel even more foreign, because it’s much less covered than the periods when the samurai were riding high.
      I’m also a fan of old Japanese horror movies from the 50s and 60s too. They dealt with a lot more folklore

    • @t0xcn253
      @t0xcn253 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Heian period had a certain magic to every aspect of life, perfect setting for an adventure game.

    • @fattiger6957
      @fattiger6957 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      @@t0xcn253 It was certainly much different from the future Japanese periods which were almost always dominated by warriors. I've been watching Linfamy's Japanese history videos and discovered that Heian Japan (well, just the capital) was all about art and culture and loads of sex.
      But based on what I see in this video, there is a little bit of samurai myth in the game. Watanabe no Tsuna was a legendary samurai and retainer to an even more legendary samurai, Minamoto no Raikou.

    • @neoqwerty
      @neoqwerty 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      @@fattiger6957 Pretty sure Watanabe and Raikou are considered THE mandatory figures of legend to make a good Heian era setting, I don't think I've seen one time where they weren't involved or at least mentioned when any media takes a stint in the Heian era or is set there. When they're not there it's because Abe-No-Seimei steals the spotlight.

    • @fattiger6957
      @fattiger6957 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@neoqwerty The anime, Otogi Zoshi, has all three of them, along with everyone's favourite child bear-fighter, Kintaro.

  • @brokebebe
    @brokebebe 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +96

    For the typing part to work you have press delete Button and then write yes or no. There is invisibale space that you have to delete first

    • @andresmorera6426
      @andresmorera6426 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      This needs to be a pinned comment!!! Thank you!!!

    • @unityofvitality-5875
      @unityofvitality-5875 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      You can also just not click on the text prompt and type, also works

  • @user-oc7yu1uo1d
    @user-oc7yu1uo1d 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +116

    This game is incredibly ahead of its time. if there was ever a time to utter this saying, this is definitely one of them.

  • @atothed84
    @atothed84 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +217

    Normally, point-and-click games drive me batty, but based on the setting and atmosphere of this one in particular, I might have a good time with it.

  • @dandeliar9213
    @dandeliar9213 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Ah, I love stumbling onto obscure media that feels tailor-made for me. Thank you so much for making the video and introducing me to this game!

  • @fixedG
    @fixedG 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    To be fair, the true history that spawns cosmology and folklore was pretty brutal and traumatizing for the most part.

    • @lissaquon607
      @lissaquon607 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Yea - you have to have a pretty rough time for your culture to create some of these things.

  • @glassofjuiceplzj2022
    @glassofjuiceplzj2022 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    There’s something I absolutely love about videos deep diving into and even narrating an edited full walk through of eerie and creepy games that add occasional humor to the video like Norm Macdonald quotes. 😂

  • @GambinoTheGoat
    @GambinoTheGoat 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    horrific demons, rotting bodies, beheadings pssh they don't scary me
    but that 1 single plank does 😱 (20:09)

  • @grimgrahamch.4157
    @grimgrahamch.4157 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +99

    This game needs a spiritual successor. The retro style definitely fits in with today's analogue horror trend and the Monty Python like animations breaths such a bizarre life into it.

    • @Xeno426
      @Xeno426 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Terry Gilliam was my first thought as well. Particularly when the husband rides the corpse. :D

  • @JordanStar7
    @JordanStar7 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    I must say the art style is incredible

  • @mango-ww3yw
    @mango-ww3yw 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    22:49 that cow got me feeling something

    • @verycool5251
      @verycool5251 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      that fox demon lady gyat me feeling something too

  • @hemangchauhan2864
    @hemangchauhan2864 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    This was the game that *Roger Ebert* loved when he played back in the day.
    I read about this game on Kotaku's website, they made a really nice video about it there (sadly not on TH-cam)

  • @AoiUsagiOtoko
    @AoiUsagiOtoko 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    good lord, this is gnarly. i love it. weird old games like these are my bread and butter, i appreciate the guy who made the DOSbox version because i feel the need to play this ASAP

  • @hanchiman
    @hanchiman 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +140

    Heian period of Japan is really untapped period of ancient Japan. Most often where media portray ancient Japan it often about the Sengoku period (1540-1600). Heian period is an interesting period it history is mix with "Mythological and historical" like how the Oni was living amongs the humans and where Watanabe No Tsuan or Minamoto Yoritmitsu become demon slayers (although must take grain of salt if "oni" do exist and they were probably fighting off normal human bandits that roamed in the lawlessness countryside of Japan)

    • @sebastianmoua2526
      @sebastianmoua2526 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      I find the heian period to be more interesting than the edo period

    • @hanchiman
      @hanchiman 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      @@sebastianmoua2526 Edo is probably a bit overused now. Also it sort of a "calm" period

  • @halogenzawgi9410
    @halogenzawgi9410 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +429

    People tend to think Buddhism is all about peace and harmony
    Well, there's other side of the coin

    • @hiimmistergay4247
      @hiimmistergay4247 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      Yeah the suffering part

    • @Kalitayy
      @Kalitayy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +80

      Can’t put a religion and words such as “peace” or “harmony” in one sentence

    • @nunyuki8624
      @nunyuki8624 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      😢😢😢😢😢😢😅

    • @DarkArtistKaiser
      @DarkArtistKaiser 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +83

      @@Kalitayy
      Its ok, you can't really do it for humanity in general.

    • @phantomviper211
      @phantomviper211 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

      ​@@Kalitayyok calm down there Mr edgy 16 year old atheist.

  • @ZombieSharky
    @ZombieSharky 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    A shame it didn't sell better. It's such an experience.

  • @Irisverse
    @Irisverse 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The art style for this game reminds me a lot of the works of Japanese illustrator/animator Takashi Taniguchi. I even thought he might have worked on the game until I found out it came out long before he started working in animation. Most of his work is absurdist comedy, but he did direct the 3rd season of the short horror series Yami Shibai, and that season did have a notable focus on grotesque monster designs.

  • @DarkArtistKaiser
    @DarkArtistKaiser 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    I remember there was a scroll or something of the (Possibly Japanese) Buddhist cosmology, which notes that there is a layer below the regular world that is like the regular world but spirits and such are more visible and reincarnation is quicker if I recall right.
    Its been a long time, so I don't remember it all, but I thought it was a twist that basically explains why the hell this is all happening so quickly and so many spirits are active and visible.

  • @cakesdown4364
    @cakesdown4364 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    SO happy to see a video about this game! It’s a hidden gem in a lot of ways, I’ve never really seen anything else like it!

  • @J_Pawsadas-PTSDEnjoyer
    @J_Pawsadas-PTSDEnjoyer 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    i was fixated on this game years ago but was too stupid to figure out how to run it myself, glad to see coverage of it pop up randomly and i might give it another go cause of you. thanks!

  • @fearhunger3983
    @fearhunger3983 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

    Woah your channel is a gold mine! Thanks for amazing content, will definitely binge through the channel in coming days! Never knew Cosmology of Kyoto was so widely known back in the day, I thought it was some obscure hidden cursed media.

    • @dungeonchill
      @dungeonchill  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Thanks! I enjoy really sinking into these weird games.
      BTW, are you the actual dev of Fear & Hunger? (Some people make fan channels, that's why I ask) If you are, I love both games! I want to cover them on the channel when I have time to invest and make videos about longer games.

    • @fearhunger3983
      @fearhunger3983 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      @@dungeonchill yeah I'm the dev. Glad you like the games! Would ofc love to see videos of F&H too on your channel, but I can see how they wouldn't necessarily fit the format.

    • @thesun7300
      @thesun7300 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bruh ain't no way

  • @mingyuhuang8944
    @mingyuhuang8944 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    This game is more atmospheric than most big title games these days and it also has great voice acting!

  • @Monarch_943
    @Monarch_943 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    I'm surprised a game like this exists and in the past no less. The devs are bold indeed.

  • @ilikecatvids808
    @ilikecatvids808 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

    Your voice is really soothing, the gameplay, the exxplanation is really something. Your'e in dire need for more views dude

  • @isaacmay8014
    @isaacmay8014 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    It struck me about halfway through. There's a really weird Terry Gilliam-esq quality to the animation.

  • @ruskerdax5547
    @ruskerdax5547 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    This is awesome! I actually live in Kyoto now, and as soon as I saw the thumbnail for this video I had to open it. How creepy and interesting! I'll check this game out immediately.

  • @Tigermaster56
    @Tigermaster56 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Growing up i wasn't a fan of scary or point & click games. But I really like this one. The unsettling atmosphere & historic lore is crazy! The art style is straight up dream backrooms; as a demonic village haunting. I instantly subscribed. This was a fantastic review!

  • @MazinGo-1972
    @MazinGo-1972 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Glad to see a decent overview/walkthrough of this game finally being uploaded. I love folklore and this is by far my most favorite piece of media that explores it that anyone outside of the culture can explore it through. It's a miracle it ever got a non Japanese release.
    Also I'm pretty sure the building your in at the end gets struck by lighting. That demon was the storm god Raijin that descends and kills all the men inside.

    • @Steak818
      @Steak818 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Not only that, but the fact that they didn't ruin it with the common ethnocentrism of the time. No dub, no burgers instead of whatever food is depicted here, no renaming the characters...Ahead of its time...or just before the trend happens and greed would make away with authenticity.

  • @kevinpeixes3735
    @kevinpeixes3735 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    This vid deserves WAYYYY more views. I cant believe i just realized it didnt have more than a million views, it certainly feels like it should! Amazing video, thank you for uploading it!

  • @OliviaChanaru
    @OliviaChanaru 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The poem being presented on a fan and the subsequent ghost murdering your lover is a reference to the chapter of genji monogatari: yuugao about genji meeting a woman after being presented a poem on a fan accompanied by a yuugao (evening face) blossom, after which he takes her to a manor where she is killed by a vengeful spirit. The woman wearing purple is probably also vaguely referencing Murasaki Shikibu, the author of genji

  • @IDontWantThisStupidHandle
    @IDontWantThisStupidHandle 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I have never heard of you, this game, nor The Collection Chamber before -- but I am glad to have stumbled upon all three! Excellent video.

  • @jimjohn1740
    @jimjohn1740 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

    may be my favorite dungeon chill video so far (though I still have plenty left to watch) because of how goddamn weird and unique the game is

    • @dungeonchill
      @dungeonchill  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Thanks! Many more to come!

  • @wargmon
    @wargmon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Awesome video!! I would have never known this game even existed until I randomly found your channel. You talk about incredibly interesting stuff. Thanks!

  • @FedericBan-tz9cq
    @FedericBan-tz9cq 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Wow this game is truly a hidden gem, I would've never expected this! Your explanations made me hooked enough to stop the video before the "spoiler area" and play this on my own.
    Great video!

  • @randomguy-ti2og
    @randomguy-ti2og 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I just had to comment and say I saw this video right on the front of my homepage 2 days ago and clicked it immediately, as soon as I saw the shining in the darkness intro screen I knew you were my now #1 favorite TH-cam channel, and I've been going through all your videos. this is like exactly the type of channel I've been looking for. keep up the good work your videos are amazing and I cant wait for more videos on obscure and chill gems of games

    • @dungeonchill
      @dungeonchill  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Right on! Thank you so much! And good on you for recognizing the SitD background. Not many people do. Definitely got a lot more on the way so welcome aboard!

  • @byzon2good919
    @byzon2good919 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    holy shit this is such a good yt recommendation. The way you narrative this game is so good, please make more of it!

  • @BeeNerdily
    @BeeNerdily 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I GOT THE DOG REZ! In case anyone was curious, I didn't get the scroll, but I gave money to the beggars and then got killed

  • @zueiraproductionsbr8662
    @zueiraproductionsbr8662 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm glad I found your channel, it's quite unique if I may. Watching you talk about these old games is so interesting!

  • @axelthouin4389
    @axelthouin4389 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    that was fantastique! thanks for discovering me to this game, I personnaly like yokai themed and this type of horror I would be happy if new games were inspireted by this

  • @julienicol9202
    @julienicol9202 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +437

    I wonder if it makes a difference playing your character as a woman or a man? Is there any gender specific cut scenes? Are you treated differently as you would have been in real life in that place in that time period?

    • @superhetoric
      @superhetoric 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      females aren't able to achieve enlightenment (due to not being male) according to Buddhist tenets so I'm willing to bet there'd be a difference

    • @cooltrainervaultboy-39
      @cooltrainervaultboy-39 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +89

      Probably lowers your karma if you're married, and flirting with one of the, uh, nice girls.

    • @hainleysimpson1507
      @hainleysimpson1507 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Men and women are treated differently in every time period and culture.

    • @maxc.7770
      @maxc.7770 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

      late reply but i played the game as a married female and you can get the encounters with the "nice girls" among other things lol everything was about the same :)

    • @julienicol9202
      @julienicol9202 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@maxc.7770 oh, interesting. It probably would have been hard to program multiple pathways because of gender attitudes and beliefs of the time in the culture back when the video game was made and distributed.

  • @seyedamirhooshangdehnadi3035
    @seyedamirhooshangdehnadi3035 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks for the effort of making this wonderful video and bringing into spotlight a very interesting game. Loved the Norm bits too!

  • @bakem0n0
    @bakem0n0 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great vid, queueing your other stuff on my playlist. Thank you for your hard work.

  • @RuhrRedArmy
    @RuhrRedArmy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    It seems more like a game that is educational than an educational game.

    • @kristoffer8609
      @kristoffer8609 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      With all these women acting like prostitutes in there, seems quite educational.

    • @unityofvitality-5875
      @unityofvitality-5875 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No, it is thoroughly an educational game as it tries to be as true to real-life events and lore as possible. The references tab is super expansive and detailed it should be clear what the developers goal was

  • @shiroihana4381
    @shiroihana4381 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    saw this game on vinny's halloween streams last year and i could NEVER think this was an educational game fddffgfgdf

  • @user-dt3hk7fu8w
    @user-dt3hk7fu8w 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    THIS. This is my favourite type of game. I'm so happy yt recommend me this video. Thank you for your time making it too, it's very interesting.

  • @Danieldm4
    @Danieldm4 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This channel is truly a goldmine

  • @thesaltyweeb
    @thesaltyweeb 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Its been a while after the Heiyan-Kyo chapter in FGO released but seeing all the Servants we clashed with as well as the Oni and usual Japanese Yokai here is damn good.
    Now most of the stuff there makes more sense.

  • @cthulhuchan9587
    @cthulhuchan9587 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Bro these demons are cockblocking me 😫 The videogame

  • @anxietony
    @anxietony 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    happy this got on my reco feed, keep up the good reviews/playthroughs brother!

  • @jeremyhall2727
    @jeremyhall2727 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Omg i never heard of this one. Thank you so much for making thos video & letting us know where to get a copy 👍🏾

  • @Bee-rt5qf
    @Bee-rt5qf 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    This game is GORGEOUS looking! This game would take me weeks though, I’d get stuck reading every little literature update or checking every single nook and cranny lol very interested to give it a go

    • @bullno1
      @bullno1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Paranormasight is somewhat like this. It deals with Onmyouji. It also rewards you for looking at odd places. And every time you discover something, it adds an entry into the in-game wiki.

  • @madspunky
    @madspunky 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thanks for showing all this!

    • @dungeonchill
      @dungeonchill  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No problem! It was actually a lot of fun to play through and figure out.

  • @lemonZzzzs
    @lemonZzzzs 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    oh man, I remember playing this game as an interactive folklore encyclopedia... Didn't even consider it a game really, just wanted to find as many of the monsters as I could :D

  • @xiumiaomei
    @xiumiaomei 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just subscribed after watching this video! So soothing and informative, thank you!

  • @nickfooz
    @nickfooz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    By the way, if you run it straight out of DOSBox there’s a big chance you’ll get cracks and pops in the audio. This is a result of the audio going out of sync, likely due to vsync synchronisation, as most things run single threaded. It’s especially egregious in Cosmology of Kyoto. If you want to fix it, find a way to either turn off v-sync in your emulator or use a g-sync or Freesync monitor. The only way I know to do that is to use DOSBox as a Retroarch core and turn the vsync off or enable g-sync or Freesync in Retroarch itself.
    You could also try to play with the cpu cycle configuration in DOSBox, but that is a hard balancing act and less stable in my view.

  • @hemangchauhan2864
    @hemangchauhan2864 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Someone covered Cosmology of Kyoto in 2023?!
    I seriously commend you. Love when people cover important obscure games.
    Subbed

  • @WulvenWanderer
    @WulvenWanderer 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love Collection Chamber shoutouts. Great coverage. Subscribed.

  • @Shiki0414
    @Shiki0414 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing this!

  • @eltonbormes
    @eltonbormes 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Nicely done!

  • @r3n837
    @r3n837 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    damn the art is cool as fuck

  • @zoeebo
    @zoeebo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This channel is such a hidden gem! I hope more people notice soon.
    Really intriguing content and well-made video!! Keep it up bro

  • @CthulhusMonocle
    @CthulhusMonocle 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really glad I stumbled across your channel, this video was pretty rad.
    Keep up the excellent work, dude!

  • @dothackjhe
    @dothackjhe 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I think this game deserves a proper port to modern PC. I can imagine this being a GOG release.

  • @bourkey1567
    @bourkey1567 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It’s such a cool concept and the horror (despite it being an old 90s DOS game) is really effective at creating a sense of dread and foreboding. Games that deal with mythology and history as a whole are easily some of my favorites and the way it weaves itself into Japanese history is immaculate, particularly given that it’s a much earlier Japanese period.
    A game that comes to mind is The Witcher III, traveling from town to town, picking up contracts and immersing yourself in the lore of these creatures. I’d love to see a Witcher style game based around Japanese mythology, playing as some mercenary for hire hunting Onis and Spirits, learning about them as you go along.

  • @lemonZzzzs
    @lemonZzzzs 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Also, bureau 13 is also available on that site you got this from? Dang, that site has some good old memories... Thanks for bringing them up!

  • @nellieuwu4548
    @nellieuwu4548 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is such a interesting concept! Thank you for sharing this.

  • @BrBetim
    @BrBetim 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Fascinating video! No idea how i got here, but it was well worth it.

  • @anaveragegamer359
    @anaveragegamer359 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    While i dont think ill ever play it im really grateful people has preserverd the game and happy you played it

  • @adhdoug925
    @adhdoug925 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    WOOOOOOOAH I didn't know the Collection Chamber was a thing! That's kind of a huge deal, thanks for introducing me!

  • @Fuge0910
    @Fuge0910 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    one beautiful day TH-cam recommended me this video and oh boi thank you for the review, your voice is soft and soothing and is perfect when I working, keep up the amazing work ^^

  • @MrSandManGiveMeADream
    @MrSandManGiveMeADream 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    MING DYNASTY BUSSY GOT ME ACTIN UNWISE

  • @argoniek6801
    @argoniek6801 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    One of my favourite games of all time. I so wish someone made a sequel or game with a similiar art design

  • @roadworkahead8967
    @roadworkahead8967 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    OMG I HAVE BEEN LOOKING EVERYWHERE FOR THIS VIDEO legit the past few days but I couldn’t remember the name so I put in like old Japanese horror game only released in Japan that takes place in a village with mythical creatures. Ugh I’m so happy I found this video again 😭😭😪

  • @JellyJman
    @JellyJman 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What a wild game. Thanks for the great video ❤

  • @FragileBitch
    @FragileBitch 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Old city of Kyoto was surely................Weird, would be too tame to describe here.

  • @justiniani3585
    @justiniani3585 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    12:37 Beavis from Beavis and Butthead

  • @miaramirez2255
    @miaramirez2255 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    great video and just subscribed! hoping to see more videos like this!!!

  • @statesminds
    @statesminds 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is super cool and right up my alley. Wild ive never heard about it!