<s>
Sato	O
began	O
development	O
on	O
Eastern	B-Application
Mind	I-Application
in	O
1993	O
with	O
three	O
collaborators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Sony	O
Music	O
Entertainment	O
Japan	O
for	O
Classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
by	O
Sony	O
Imagesoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eastern	B-Application
Mind	I-Application
is	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
game	O
about	O
a	O
man	O
named	O
Rin	O
who	O
has	O
lost	O
his	O
soul	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
friend	O
gives	O
him	O
an	O
artificial	O
soul	O
that	O
will	O
last	O
49	O
days	O
,	O
with	O
which	O
he	O
goes	O
on	O
a	O
quest	O
to	O
a	O
location	O
known	O
as	O
Tong	B-Application
Nou	I-Application
,	O
to	O
die	O
and	O
be	O
reincarnated	O
nine	O
times	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
recover	O
his	O
soul	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
,	O
plus	O
other	O
awards	O
on	O
his	O
résumé	O
,	O
allowed	O
him	O
to	O
create	O
Eastern	B-Application
Mind	I-Application
as	O
a	O
four-person	O
team	O
which	O
included	O
himself	O
and	O
his	O
wife	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sato	O
began	O
development	O
on	O
Chu-Teng	O
after	O
the	O
publication	O
of	O
Eastern	B-Application
Mind	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
would	O
follow	O
these	O
projects	O
with	O
another	O
game	O
,	O
LSD	B-Application
:	I-Application
Dream	I-Application
Emulator	I-Application
,	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sato	O
described	O
Eastern	B-Application
Mind	I-Application
as	O
an	O
interactive	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
experience	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
as	O
he	O
felt	O
this	O
classification	O
would	O
give	O
him	O
more	O
legitimacy	O
in	O
the	O
American	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Incorporating	O
elements	O
of	O
his	O
own	O
Buddhist	O
belief	O
system	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
explores	O
transmigration	O
;	O
dying	O
is	O
not	O
seen	O
as	O
a	O
typical	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
state	O
,	O
ending	O
the	O
narrative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
created	O
using	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Director	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sato	O
felt	O
it	O
was	O
important	O
that	O
he	O
appear	O
in	O
his	O
game	O
;	O
the	O
green	O
island	O
of	O
Tong	B-Application
Nou	I-Application
is	O
an	O
altered	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
head	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
designer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hardcore	O
Gaming	O
101	O
surmised	O
that	O
Sato	O
designed	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
traditional	O
out	O
of	O
fear	O
that	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
's	O
weirdness	O
may	O
have	O
scared	O
people	O
away	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
in	O
retrospect	O
this	O
became	O
Eastern	B-Application
Minds	I-Application
draw	O
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eastern	B-Application
Mind	I-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
by	O
Sony	O
Music	O
Entertainment	O
Japan	O
in	O
April	O
1994	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
localized	O
in	O
English	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Sony	O
Imagesoft	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
in	O
early	O
August	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
but	O
fell	O
through	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wired	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
an	O
overwhelmingly	O
surreal	O
Myst-like	O
experience	O
,	O
complimenting	O
Sato	O
's	O
simultaneously	O
elaborate	O
and	O
childlike	O
art	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Macintosh	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
rating	O
it	O
two	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Eastern	B-Application
Mind	I-Application
gives	O
the	O
feel	O
of	O
a	O
complex	O
mythology	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Buddhist	O
ideal	O
of	O
continual	O
reincarnation	O
as	O
progress	O
toward	O
redemption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
an	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
image	I-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
game	O
surfaced	O
from	O
an	O
anonymous	O
4chan	O
user	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
then	O
uploaded	O
onto	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Hardcore	O
Gaming	O
101	O
felt	O
that	O
with	O
the	O
transmigration	O
element	O
dropped	O
,	O
it	O
became	O
more	O
of	O
an	O
ordinary	O
adventure	O
game	O
than	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
"	O
letdown	O
"	O
due	O
to	O
stripping	O
away	O
what	O
they	O
believed	O
made	O
Eastern	B-Application
Mind	I-Application
"	O
great	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
