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The Dreamcast Development Kit (Katana) from NEC Interchannel

This page invites you to explore NEC Interchannel’s development files, containing data related to the Dreamcast version of Welcome to Pia Carrot 3 and its prototype. A final version of Interlude is also included. It is an appendix to [Dreamcast Development Kits (Katana) to Download], which lists the available Dreamcast (Katana) development kits on the site.

NEC Interchannel was founded in 1995 by NEC to consolidate its video game and entertainment activities (originally from NEC Avenue). The studio primarily published titles in Japan. It specialized in visual novels (a narrative format blending novels and video games), dating simulations, and anime adaptations for consoles. Its game series Sentimental Graffiti and Pia Carrot e Youkoso!! achieved success. In 2004, NEC sold the majority of the company to Index Corporation, which renamed it Interchannel. The gaming division was eventually sold in 2010, and the company disappeared shortly thereafter.

Regarding Welcome to Pia Carrot 3 for Dreamcast: a working prototype of the game by NEC Interchannel, a revision of Welcome to Pia Carrot 3 with a debug menu dated 12 days after the final version, exists. It is available in GD-I format only.

Article dedicated to the Pia Carrot e Youkoso!! 3 prototype:

Pia Carrot e Youkoso!! 3 (Ｐｉａキャロットへようこそ!! ３) and NEC Interchannel’s Dreamcast Development Kit

Pia Carrot 3 Dreamcast Prototype.jpg
Katana Dev Kit Dreamcast Nec Interchannel.jpg

Regarding Interlude for Dreamcast: there is nothing noteworthy concerning the files related to this game. It is a final version.

You can download the Nec Interchannel Dreamcast Dev Kit SET 5 below.

Nec Interchannel Dev Kit Katana SET 5

Special thanks to:

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  • ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ for sharing the Dev Kit’s hard drive image

  • Ian Micheal for the analysis of the Development Kit’s contents

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