Girl's Garden is a 1984 video game that was released exclusively in Japan. Developed and published by Sega for their SG-1000 console, the story revolves around a simple country girl named Papri as she attempts to retain the love of her boyfriend. In this respect, Girl's Garden has been cited as an early example of a dating sim. It was the debut work of Sonic creator Yuji Naka.
Girl's Garden (Sega SG-1000)
In order to prevent her boyfriend Minto from going to another little girl named Cocco, Papri must collect ten different flowers and return them to her boyfriend's house. Flowers must be caught in full bloom so that the number of flowers in her possession will increase; catching flowers too early will consider the flowers to be wasted and flowers caught too late will be wilted. Wilted flowers will ruin the bouquet, causing the player to lose half of the flowers.
Bears have a taste for honey and cause the player to lose one of two hearts if one of them attacks the player. However, the honey can be dropped in order to render the bear temporarily harmless to the player. Bees appear as the player's ally, giving her bonus items occasionally and extra honey if the player catches it on a flower.
After every other round, the player competes in a bonus round where she has to jump as many bears as possible to get a good bonus score. Successfully clearing twenty bears results in an additional bonus for performing the bonus stage perfectly.
Girl's Garden was the first game developed for Sega by programmers Yuji Naka and Hiroshi Kawaguchi. After Naka ed Sega in April 1984, he was asked by his supervisor to try developing games for girls as part of his initial month of training. Naka collaborated with Kawaguchi, another new programmer to Sega, and showed their progress on Girl's Garden to their supervisor after about two months. Their boss decided it was good enough to be worked into a full game and sold for the SG-1000.
Naka continued with Sega and went on to become one of the most renowned programmers in the gaming industry. He is most well known for programming Out Run (1986).
More details about this game can be found on Wikipedia.org.
This version of Girl’s Garden was designed for the Sega SG-1000, which was first 8-bit Sega video game console manufactured in the years 1983 - 1985. It was launched on the same day as much more successful NES console and with exceptions, it was sold only in Japan. The unit price of SG-1000 was 15,000 yen, the same price as for NES. Console was not very successful and after 2 years was withdrawn from the market. More information about Sega SG-1000 can be found here.
Recommended Game Controllers:
You can control this game easily by using the keyboard of your PC (see the table next to the game). However, for maximum gaming enjoyment, we strongly recommend using a USB gamepad that you simply plug into the USB port of your computer. If you do not have a gamepad, buy a suitable USB controller on Amazon or AliExpress or in some in some of your favorite online stores.
Available online emulators:
2 different online emulators are available for Girl’s Garden. These emulators differ not only in the technology they use to emulate old games, but also in of various game controllers, multiplayer mode, mobile phone touchscreen, emulation speed, absence or presence of embedded ads and in many other parameters. For maximum gaming enjoyment, it's important to choose the right emulator, because on each PC and in different Internet browsers, the individual emulators behave differently. The basic features of each emulator available for this game Girl’s Garden are summarized in the following table:
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This version of Girl’s Garden was designed for the Sega SG-1000, which was first 8-bit Sega video game console manufactured in the years 1983 - 1985. It was launched on the same day as much more successful NES console and with exceptions, it was sold only in Japan. The unit price of SG-1000 was 15,000 yen, the same price as for NES. Console was not very successful and after 2 years was withdrawn from the market. More information about Sega SG-1000 can be found 
