Silent Hill Play Novel

[Darkmoon]

So, with the translations for this game finally up on GameFaqs (they have been for a while, really, I just didn't notice) I've been playing this game again. I've finally beaten it...well, beaten it and been able to do more than wonder at what that pretty picture means.

I've been focused on Harry for now, trying to get some of his odder endings. Some of them are really mind twisters, I gotta admit. Especially stuff like:

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Harry killed everyone. Or Silent Hill is Harry's latest book. And, of course, Harry is hallucinating after being hit by a car.

All told I think there are about eight different endings, only two of which seem to match the PS games. The others are just pure crazy. Good fun though. And I like it when you get to call home on the infamous blue phones...

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There's someone in your house!

Anyway, I'm curious to know if anyone has any details on the Boy Survivor in the third, extremely rare scenario. Or even if anyone has a copy of his game since the download facility for it was Japan only and no longer exists. Must be pretty valuable to Silent Hill loonies like myself...

[Gradon]

Supposedly the boys scenario was a Mobile only content scenario?
I played a net version of it, its not very long, and I think theres only 1 ending.
Look for Valtiels Silent Hill site, I think she had it on there.

[Darkmoon]

...the boys scenario was playable online? I thought it was only the starts of Harry's scenario, up to the school, that made it online and translated.

I know the boy, Andy I think his name is, had a scenario that was only available to download after you'd beaten the game, and is damned hard to find now since the server is gone. So the only people likely to have it are Japanese gamers.

[James]

I played this AGES ago and even wanted to patch the game so that it would be in proper English, I recall asking Carn to help me out back in the day but the project never really took off

As for the game itself - had the pleasure of playing it AGES ago back in the day, including this rare scenario. The scenario had you playing as Andy, who was a boy who had a crush on Cheryl and was hiding in the back of their car on the way to Silent Hill. Naturally when it crashed Andy went on his own "adventure".

I also remember Alessa being saved by Cybil from a drain or something - am I remembering correctly?

My copy has long gone now, however, sold on eBay ages ago.

[Darkmoon]

That's a shame Nemesis...I'm having a hellish time finding one with it on. Or one at all for that matter.

Dunno about the Cybil scenario, I haven't touched it yet. I've been getting all the additional endings to Harry's game. There are quite a few but I've got them all now.

Endings A and B
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Essentially the Good and Good+ endings from the first game. Nothing too shocking or surprising here.

Endings C1 and C2
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These are a little different. Rather than journeying into Nowhere Harry stays with Lisa. They head into the basement and learn more about what's happening before something happens to the lights...and Lisa. One interesting note is Lisa apparently believed Kaufman was dead. The endings involve Harry ending up in a cube. Depending on his choice he ends up appearing in front of a car...maybe he never left the road. C2 is Harry giving up inside the cube and ending up in the sacred flames as one of those decorative corpses.

Endings D1 and D2
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Harry's story ends at the Amusement Park. He can't remember what happens after, so he's writing the tale. The phone rings and whether you answer it or Cheryl does decides the ending. C1 sees Harry Deliver his manuscript and decide he has to return to Silent Hill for answers. The second sees Harry receiving a phone from his past self in the School (you have the option to call home when you find the blue phones) and goes to save himself from the past. Cheryl, however, already knows...

Endings E1 and E2
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This time things start changing at the Antinque's shop with the death of Cybil when she goes through the hole to the Second Church Alter. Harry ends up back in the hospital with both Lisa and Kaufman. Harry goes to find a heater,since the hell hospital is cold, and when he returns Lisa is dead and he soon finds Kaufman dead as well. The Cheryl shows up...with gun. In ending E1 Dahlia shows up makes Harry remember that he killed Cybil, Lisa and Kaufman. With Cheryl clinging to Dahlia. It ends with Harry dying at his desk with Cheryl watering plants outside.

E2 has Cheryl go to kill Harry...only to be killed by a suddenly not dead Cybil and suddenly revealed to be Dahlia rather than Cheryl. What? Anyway, Cybil tells about how she overheard an argument between Dahlia, Kaufman and Lisa over the drugs and supply routes and Lisa was killed, then Dahlia killed Kaufman too and went for Harry. But it's OK now and she has Cheryl somewhere safe. Harry is lead away knowing something is wrong but following anyway, and even his knowledge that something is wrong gives no inkling as to his dark fate.

In other words...crack city.

Nemesis, can you remember anything else about Andy's scenario? All I can find are a few details about his 'Spring' Scenario and apparently he had four.

[James]

Unfortunately no. This may not be 100% true, but I remember SOMETHING happening to do with one of the children strangling the other. Something to do with Andy's love for Cheryl or something.

It got really weird.

It's really annoying because I didn't even think it was rare back in the day and sold it because I was not using it at all.

They are very interesting though, I share your thoughts on that. The endings are amazing "what if" scenarios.

I hear the Cybil scenarios were actually in the original game too

[Darkmoon]

Yeah, I've been wondering about that. We know the folks wanted to add more endings and a Cybil storyline to the game but ran out of time. So I was wondering if these were recycled from that. Especially the images in the game. The game seems to just re-use images from the PS version for the most part but during the odder branches you do get interesting scenes, such as:

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Dead Lisa and Kaufman, Cheryl holding a gun.

On the other hand, if Cybil gets killed during the game for any reason you see the same image of her death during the theme park fight, regardless if it's at the theme park or not.

So I was wondering if these were things they'd at least made shots for but never used. It's one of the reasons I'm playing through it now I have a translation.

[Gradon]

I never really found it interesting, but you guys would like to change my mind wouldnt you?
I don't see why they didn't postpone it to add in Cybil scenario?
I would of so loved that.
Otherwise, would like to play the novel to the end...

[Darkmoon]

Grab a copy in some fashion and play it using the GameFaqs translation. It's what I'm doing. Sitting with a laptop in my lap and the GBA in my hands.

[James]

I don't suppose you can take some screenshots of the "weirder" stuff, could you Moon? I can't access the game now unfortunately =/

[Darkmoon]

...I can try. It probably won't happen today though.

[Gradon]

Mhmm, how much does this go for on eBay?
And isit rare? Also; weirder stuff?
Thanks in advance.

[Darkmoon]

He means images from the game that are odd, for example:

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Kaufman dead in the hospital, Cheryl and Dahlia holding hands.

As for how much the game goes for...no idea. I can't find a copy right now.