Author: John Oppliger
Source: Anime Nation
Dated: July 25th, 2002
Question:
Is there a Neon Genesis Evangelion for the Playstation One or N64 US or import?
Answer:
The Japanese N64 has one Evangelion adventure game titled Neon Genesis Evangelion 64.
It's essentially a 3D playable version of the TV series.
The Japanese Playstation has a port of the PC & Saturn game Girlfriend of Steel, and a
Gainax mahjong game titled Shin Seiki Evangelion: Eva Yukai na Nakama Tachi which had
characters from Evangelion, Secret of Blue Water and Gunbuster all existing together,
interacting in animated "cut scenes" and playing mahjong against each other and
the player. The Playstation 2 has a port of the PC & Dreamcast Evangelion typing
tutorial game Neon Genesis Evangelion: Typing E-Plan in which Maya Ibuki provides
tutorials on how to type with a traditional PC keyboard.
The Sega Saturn is the king of Evangelion video games with the Neon Genesis Evangelion and
Neon Genesis Evangelion 2nd Impression animated adventure games, the original console port
of the Girlfriend of Steel adventure game, a port of the Playstation Eva Yukai na Nakama
Tachi mahjong game, and the Neon Genesis Evangelion Digital Card Library image gallery
CD-ROM. The Sega Dreamcast is home to the first console port of the PC Typing E-Plan game
and the home of the only console port of the PC life-sim game Shin Seiki Evangelion:
Ayanami Rei Ikusei Keikaku, in which the player becomes Rei Ayanami's father and raises
her from childhood to adolescence to be a nurse, police woman, artist, pilot, debutante or
even juvenile delinquent.
And finally the Wonderswan can boast a super deformed black & white Evangelion
strategy RPG titled simply Neon Genesis Evangelion, and the GameBoy Color is home to the
second Evangelion mahjong game, Shin Seiki Evangelion Mahjong Hokan Keikaku.
Especially now that Evangelion is so old, it's highly unlikely that any of these games
will ever be released in English, however all of them are relatively easy to find and
should be available through better import video game specialty retailers. In fact, it's
not too difficult to find especially the Sega Saturn Evangelion adventure games in second
hand video game stores in Akihabara and Shinjuku for under $5 apiece.