History VideoGame / HarvestMoon1

** Ann is implied to be naked in her Star Night scenes at the [[HotSpringsEpisode hot springs]], though you only see her from the [[ShouldersUpNudity shoulders up]]. In three out of four of them, she also [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl doesn't seem to mind]] Pete hopping in to join her, though she'll sometimes get annoyed at him being DistractedByTheSexy.

* AndYourRewardIsParenthood: A TropeCodifier for the trope, especially within the FarmLifeSim. Having a child is one of the more difficult tasks in the game, as it requires getting married very early on--but doing so helps you get the best ending.

Your grandfather has died and you decide to take over his old farm. You have a little over two years to get the farm back to what it once was. During that time you can get married, have children, or pretty much do whatever you please. After your time is up your father will appear and review your progress.

''Harvest Moon'' was one of the last games released for the ''[=SNES=]'' so it didn't get much recognition at the time. It was successful enough to have an EvenBetterSequel which spawned an entire franchise, along with some ''UsefulNotes/GameBoy'' side-games at the time. In 2008 it was added onto the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}'s Virtual Console and is also on the UsefulNotes/WiiU's Virtual Console.

* AnachronismStew: This game seems to take place in the early 20th century judging from the fashion and technology, and the fact the sequel game seems to take place in a much more modern time, but you have a (rather large) color TV in your house.
* BlindIdiotTranslation: It fares well, but sometimes there are just some lines that range from typos to weird dialogue that makes you want to facepalm. Although it's not that bad considering the translation team for it was just two Japanese men with English as a second language. Particular examples are:
** One case in point, when Ellen comes with a dog, she will tell you: "Its name is... you do it."
** "Confirm the origin of fire" sounds sarcastic, however it is not supposed to be a joke. A basic translation of the Japanese text equates it to you checking to see if the stove is turned off.
* BunglingInventor: Ann. During the day, you can find her working on a device, but other days she just sits with the finished invention beside her. If you talk to her, she will ask you to press the button on it. Saying yes will result in you pressing the button and the machine exploding in your face. Ann will apologize for it and revert to working on it.

* DiscOneNuke: The game has the game clock stop at 6 PM, meaning you can clear the entire farm (which is unbelievably big compared to later versions) and fill your lumber shed on the first day, by using the hot springs bath every time you're about to faint. You can't sell anything at night, but you can safely ignore all your other chores until then. Also, if you want to romance Eve, you can talk to her in the bar at night an infinite number of times, maxing out your hearts in one night.

** This game feels quite different from future titles. For one, you can't ship past 6 PM and you can't ship "perishables" (like cakes and flowers). You also don't have a clock on default - instead you need to earn it - and the nights never end; you must go to bed for the next day to occur. The game has endings, twenty in fact.
** The religion also [[CrystalDragonJesus seems much more Christian-like]] than in future titles (the priest even wears crucifix and the church has a huge cross), though it's still obviously pagan. There's mention of gods besides the Harvest Goddess, which weren't properly implemented until at least ten years later when the Harvest King became a character. The Harvest Goddess only pops up once and is referred to as the "God of the Land" for the most part.
** The way relationships works differs. You can only really befriend the love interests and there are no heart events (though each girl has one special event once you get her affection to a certain degree). Also, their dialogue does NOT change as their heart levels increase; their locations and dialogue do change depending on the seasons, however.
** Most games are set in a RetroUniverse, however this game is implied to genuinely be set in an older time period. It looks more like its deliberately in the early 1900s, with a touch of AnachronismStew such as the characters owning color televisions (rather than being modern-day with a deliberately old-timey look).
* FrothyMugsOfWater: Future incarnations avoid this but in the original title you don't drink wine, you drink "juice". Eve works at a bar that sells "juice" which you can get drunk on. Ellen's father is the town drunk and he loves "juice". Nina is obviously drunk at more than one festival, even talking about seeing butterflies, but she's only drank the "juice".

* LadyLooksLikeADude: It would be hard to know Ellen was a girl by just looking at her, probably due to the sprite-work. Future games make her more feminine looking.

* PaletteSwap: Whichever girl you marry will always wear the same attire after marriage; a blue dress with a braid. The only difference between them is the hair color. Which makes it seem like Ellen's hair suddenly grew that length immediately after you and her get married.

* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Ellen. Dresses like a boy but have the most girly behavior of all the bachelorettes.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: What is traditional for the games; for example, you can leave animals out in a storm at night and they will look freaked out the next day.

* ShoutOut: An optional sidequest involves planting magic beans that grow into a beanstalk, leading you to a golden chicken. (Note that the protagonist's canonical name is Jack.)

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** The most obvious being that when you go to bed with most wives their affection goes up. To drive the point home Eve's, who has abandonment issues, goes down each night.
** Ann is implied to be naked in her Star Night scenes at the [[HotSpringsEpisode hot springs]], though you only see her from the [[ShouldersUpNudity shoulders up]]. In three out of four of them, she also [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl doesn't seem to mind]] Pete hopping in to join her, though she'll sometimes get annoyed at him being DistractedByTheSexy.

** The religion also [[CrystalDragonJesus seems much more Christian-like]] than in future titles (the church even has a huge cross), though it's still obviously pagan. There's mention of gods besides the Harvest Goddess, which weren't properly implemented until at least ten years later when the Harvest King became a character. The Harvest Goddess only pops up once and is referred to as the "God of the Land" for the most part.

* CrystalDragonJesus: The religion is a lot more Christianity-esque than future titles. There is a Catholic-looking church in town but it worships the local Harvest Goddess, though other gods are mentioned.

** The religion also [[CrystalDragonJesus seems much more Christian-like]] than in future titles, though it's still obviously pagan. There's mention of gods besides the Harvest Goddess, which weren't properly implemented until at least ten years later when the Harvest King became a character. The Harvest Goddess only pops up once and is referred to as the "God of the Land" for the most part.

* CrystalDragonJesus: The religion is a lot more Christianity-esque than future titles.

''Harvest Moon'' is the first title in the ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' series, released in 1996 for the ''UsefulNotes/SuperNintendo''.

''Harvest Moon'' has a direct sequel in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon64'' and many characters were reused in the [[MilestoneCelebration 10th anniversary title]] ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonMagicalMelody''. The first portable game in the series, ''Harvest Moon GB'', is actually something of a demake of this game. It has the same basic plot, but removes a number of features from the ''[=SNES=]'' game: the marriage system is completely gone, the only area you can fully explore is your farm, the mountain area is gone, the village is just a glorified set of menu screens, and there's no "real" ending like the ''[=SNES=]'' version, meaning you can keep farming forever. The only addition is that ''[=HMGB=]'' was the first game in the series to allow the player to chose between playing as either a male or female. The [=GameBoy=] version got 2 sequels, ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon2'' and ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon3''.

** Most games are set in a RetroUniverse, however this game inverts this. It looks more like its deliberately in the early 1900s with a touch of AnachronismStew (rather than being modern-day with a deliberately old-timey look).

** Ann is implied to be naked in her Star Night scenes at the [[HotSpringsEpisode hot springs]], though you only see her from the shoulders up. In three out of four of them, she also doesn't seem to mind Pete hopping in to join her, though she'll sometimes get annoyed at him being DistractedByTheSexy.

''Harvest Moon'' has a direct sequel in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon64'' and many characters were reused in the [[MilestoneCelebration 10th anniversary title]] ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonMagicalMelody''. The first portable game in the series, ''Harvest Moon GB'', is actually something of a demake of this game. It has the same basic plot, but removes a number of features from the ''[=SNES=]'' game: the marriage system is completely gone; the only area you can explore is your farm, the mountain area is gone, and the village is just a glorified menu screen; and there's no "real" ending like the ''[=SNES=]'' version, meaning you keep farming forever. The only addition is that ''[=HMGB=]'' was the first game in the series to allow the player to chose between playing as either a male or female. The [=GameBoy=] version got 2 sequels, ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon2'' and ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon3''.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: It fares well, but sometimes there are just some lines that range from typos to weird dialogue that makes you want to facepalm. Although it's not that bad considering the translation team for it was two people with English as a second language. Particular examples are:

* DiscOneNuke: The game has the game clock stop at 6 PM, meaning you can clear the entire farm (which is unbelievably big compared to later versions) and fill your lumber shed on the first day, by using the hot springs bath every time you're about to faint. You can't sell anything at night, but you can safely ignore all your other chores until then. Also, if you want to romance Eve, you can talk to her in the bar at night an infinite number of times, maxing out your hearts in one night.

* PaletteSwap: Whichever girl you marry will always wear the same attire after marriage; a blue dress with a braid. The only difference between them is the hair color.

* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Ellen. Dresses like a boy but have the most girly behaviour of all the bachelorettes.

It has a direct sequel in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon64'' and many characters were reused in the [[MilestoneCelebration 10th anniversary title]] ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonMagicalMelody''. The first portable game in the series, ''Harvest Moon GB'', is actually something of a demake of this game. It has the same basic plot, but removes a number of features from the ''[=SNES=]'' game: the marriage system is completely gone; the only area you can explore is your farm, the mountain area is gone, and the village is just a glorified menu screen; and there's no "real" ending like the ''[=SNES=]'' version, meaning you keep farming forever. The only addition is that ''[=HMGB=]'' was the first game in the series to allow the player to chose between playing as either a male or female. The [=GameBoy=] version got 2 sequels, ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon2'' and ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon3''.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: It fares well, but sometimes there are just some lines that range from typos to weird dialogue that makes you want to facepalm. Although it's not that bad considering the translation team for it was two people with English as a second language.

** "Confirm the origin of fire" sounds sarcastic, however it was not supposed to be a joke. A basic translation of the Japanese text equates it to you checking to see if the stove is turned off.

* YouNoTakeCandle: Nina speaks in this manner, for some reason. Partially

It has a direct sequel in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon64'' and many characters were reused in the [[MilestoneCelebration 10th anniversary title]] ''VideoGam/HarvestMoonMagicalMelody''. The first portable game in the series, ''Harvest Moon GB'', is actually something of a remake of this game. It has the same basic plot, but removes a number of features from the ''[=SNES=]'' game: the marriage system is completely gone; the only area you can explore is your farm, the mountain area is gone, and the village is just a menu screen; there's no "real" ending like the ''[=SNES=]'' version, meaning you keep farming forever. The only addition is that ''[=HMGB=]'' was the first game in the series to allow the player to chose between playing as either a male or female. HMGB got 2 sequels, ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon2'' and ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon3''

* BlindIdiotTranslation:
** It fares well, but sometimes there are just some lines that makes you facepalm. Case in point, when Ellen comes with a dog, she will tell you: "Its name is... you do it."
** "Confirm the origin of fire" sounds sarcastic however it was not supposed to be a joke.

%%* HonestAxe

* YouNoTakeCandle: Nina speaks in this manner, for some reason.

** The religion also seems much more Christian-like than in future titles, though it's still obviously pagan. There's mention of gods besides the Harvest Goddess, which weren't properly implemented until at least ten years later when the Harvest King became a character. The Harvest Goddess only pops up once and is referred to as the "God of the Land" for the most part.

It has a direct sequel in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon64'' and many characters were reused in the [[MilestoneCelebration 10th anniversary title]] ''VideoGam/HarvestMoonMagicalMelody''. The first portable game in the series, ''Harvest Moon GB'', is actually something of a remake of this game. It has the same basic plot, but removes a number of features from the ''[=SNES=]'' game: the marriage system is completely gone; the only area you can explore is your farm, the mountain area is gone, and the village is just a menu screen; there's no "real" ending like the ''[=SNES=]'' version, meaning you keep farming forever. The only addition is that ''[=HMGB=]'' was the first game in the series to allow the player to chose between playing as either a male or female.

''Harvest Moon'' is the first title in the ''Franchise/HarvestMoon'' series, released in 1996 for the ''UsefulNotes/SuperNintendo''.

** "Confirm the origin of fire" sounds sarcastic and like a joke when it's not supposed to be.

** The religion also seems much more Christian-like than in future titles, though it's still obviously Pagan. There's mention of Gods besides the Harvest Goddess, which weren't properly implemented until at least ten years later when the Harvest King became a character. The Harvest Goddess only pops up once and is referred to as the "God of the Land" for the most part.

* LadyLooksLikeADude: It would be hard to know Ellen was a girl by just looking at her.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Eve dresses in more pink, lighter clothes than the other bachelorettes.
* {{Tomboy}}: Ann.

It has a direct sequel in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon64'' and many characters were reused in the [[MilestoneCelebration 10th anniversary title]] ''VideoGam/HarvestMoonMagicalMelody''. The first portable game in the series, ''Harvest Moon GB'', is actually something of a demake of this game. It has the same basic plot, but removes a number of features from the ''[=SNES=]'' game: the marriage system is completely gone; the only area you can explore is your farm, the mountain area is gone, and the village is just a menu screen; there's no "real" ending like the ''[=SNES=]'' version, meaning you keep farming forever. The only addition is that ''[=HMGB=]'' was the first game in the series to allow the player to chose between playing as either a male or female.

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