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Hatoful Kareshi

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This page is for the original game. For the 2014 remake, see Hatoful Boyfriend.

Hatoful Kareshi
Hatoful Kareshi cover
Developers
PigeoNation
Publishers
MIST PSI PRESS
Engines
Famous Writer
Release dates
Windows July 31, 2011
macOS (OS X) July 31, 2011
Taxonomy
Monetization Freeware
Modes Singleplayer
Genres Visual novel
Series Hatoful Boyfriend
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Hatoful Kareshi on MobyGames
Hatoful Kareshi on Wikipedia
Hatoful Boyfriend
Hatoful Kareshi 2011
Hatoful Kareshi HolidayStar 2011
Hatoful Boyfriend 2014
Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star 2015

Warnings

This game is only playable in English with a fan translation (see Localizations for details and other supported languages).
The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.

Key points

Due to engines limitations, game is only officially supported for XP and OS X versions from 10.1 to 10.5.
Game has Free Edition and Complete Edition with couple extra scenarios, which are also included with 2014 remake of the game.

General information

Visual Novel Database article

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
 Plus and Hurtful Complete Edition
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Official website
DRM-free
 Free Edition
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Official website
DRM details are not known
 Complete Edition, English Version
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Official website
DRM details are not known
 Complete Edition, Japanese Version
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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 Only with Summer of Dove Collector's Edition
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/310080/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/310080/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
For Free Edition, download patch.
Japanese

Other information

API

ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.1, 10.5
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)


Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/310080/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (310080) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References