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Genre: Demo
Developer: Sega AM2
Publisher: Sega
Data: June 1999
CD: 1
Format: .cdi
Selfboot: Yes
Supporters: http://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=46933
Data release: 1 september, 2014
Переведены все меню, субтитры и некоторая графика.
Для игры подойдёт demul 0.582 или сам ВЕЛИКИЙ(!) Dreamcast.

Наконец, Shenmuedojo перевели эту замечательную демо версию Shenmue. В переводе участвовало много человек. Большое им СПАСИБО!

ENGLISH PROJECT CREDITS:
Hacking/Programming: YZB, Indiket, PacoChan, IlDucci
Translation : Brett "Switch" Chandler, Rakim
Proofreading : Merlin Fontana
Graphic Editors : BlueMue, IlDucci
ShenTrad Toolset : Manic, Ayla, SiZious, ShenDream
Extras Design : Gin, BlueMue, IlDucci

"What's Shenmue?" was a special premier disc in Japan given to those who pre-ordered Shenmue, additionally another edition of the disc was given away in Famitsu, a Japanese gaming magazine. The only difference between the two is that the Famitsu version has an orange cover, as opposed to a blue cover. Due to a delay in releasing Shenmue in Japan, anyone who pre-ordered it was given this on the date it was intended to be released on. The game itself works like a demo of Shenmue, featuring Dobuita, a town in Yokosuka, although not all of it is accessible. You play as Ryo much like you would in the full game. The disc also includes 4 of the movies included on the Passport disc of the original Shenmue that explain aspects of the game.

Back in June 1999, when the Dreamcast was still alive and Shenmue was topping most-wanted charts everywhere, Sega gave away a demo of Shenmue with all new Dreamcasts in Japan, simply called 'What's Shenmue?'. This humble demo disc is now one of the most sought-after pieces for fans of Shenmue the world over. Here is the full story of this great little oddity.

A couple of months before the original Shenmue was released in Japan, Sega started hyping it up by giving away a demo disc with all new Dreamcasts. This demo, What's Shenmue?, was hard to obtain even in Japan and because of this it was up to $100 in importers and even then you'd be very lucky to get one. The demo takes about 10 minutes to complete and limits the player to Dobuita Street. The player as Ryo must find Sega's president, Yukawa-san, to ask him about Shenmue by collecting information from various sources and beating up some thugs in a QTE (the Enoki QTE from the full game). When Ryo tracks him down, you have to chase Yukawa-san in an alternate version of the Jimmy Yan QTE from the end of disc 2 of Shenmue. It's short and simple, but it would really whet your appetite for the full game! The demo even has it's own little ending in which Yukawa-san is sitting in front of piles of unsold Dreamcasts but cheers when he sees a Shenmue poster on the wall. In addition to this little playable section, the disc contains the videos of characters explaining the various systems in the game from the Shenmue Passport.

You'll be very lucky to find one now, and even luckier to find them for less than $100. You could check eBay, but I haven't seen one on there. Maybe if you strike lucky your local import store might get one though.

What’s Shenmue? представляет собой демо-верию игры Shenmue. Она была доступна для сделавших предварительный заказ на игру. Версия для журнала Famitsu имела оранжевую обложку, в отличии от синей, которую получили подписчики. Диск также включает в себя 4 фильма, включенные в паспорт игры Shenmue, где объясняются аспекты игры.