<s>
The	O
first	O
two	O
games	O
were	O
directed	O
by	O
Goichi	O
Suda	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
more	O
deeply	O
involved	O
with	O
the	O
next	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Moonlight	B-Application
Syndrome	I-Application
,	O
but	O
left	O
Human	O
shortly	O
after	O
to	O
found	O
his	O
own	O
company	O
,	O
Grasshopper	O
Manufacture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
series	O
was	O
retained	O
by	O
Spike	O
,	O
which	O
released	O
a	O
spiritual	O
sequel	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
Yuuyami	B-Application
Doori	I-Application
Tankentai	I-Application
,	O
before	O
releasing	O
two	O
more	O
Twilight	B-Application
Syndrome	I-Application
games	O
,	O
one	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
in	O
2000	O
and	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
game	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
(	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
1996	O
)	O
:	O
The	O
first	O
two	O
volumes	O
follow	O
the	O
adventures	O
of	O
Yukari	O
Hasegawa	O
,	O
Chisato	O
Itsushima	O
,	O
and	O
Mika	O
Kishii	O
exploring	O
rumors	O
at	O
their	O
school	O
and	O
across	O
town	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
later	O
released	O
in	O
one	O
package	O
in	O
July	O
1998	O
as	O
Twilight	B-Application
Syndrome	I-Application
:	O
Special	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moonlight	B-Application
Syndrome	I-Application
(	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
1997	O
)	O
:	O
This	O
game	O
stars	O
the	O
original	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
first	O
pair	O
of	O
Twilight	B-Application
Syndrome	I-Application
games	O
,	O
but	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
parallel	O
reality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
2000	O
)	O
:	O
The	O
game	O
features	O
an	O
original	O
plot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
,	O
2008	O
)	O
:	O
The	O
story	O
follows	O
Mizuki	O
and	O
her	O
two	O
friends	O
,	O
Riko	O
and	O
Reika	O
,	O
who	O
she	O
meets	O
after	O
moving	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
high	O
school	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yuuyami	B-Application
Doori	I-Application
Tankentai	I-Application
(	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
1999	O
)	O
:	O
Set	O
in	O
a	O
city	O
in	O
economic	O
decline	O
during	O
Japan	O
's	O
recession	O
of	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
three	O
junior	O
high	O
students	O
explore	O
urban	O
legends	O
in	O
their	O
town	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
five	O
scenarios	O
were	O
released	O
as	O
Twilight	B-Application
Syndrome	I-Application
:	I-Application
Tansaku-hen	I-Application
on	O
1	O
March	O
1996	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
final	O
five	O
scenarios	O
following	O
the	O
same	O
storyline	O
were	O
released	O
four	O
months	O
later	O
on	O
19	O
July	O
as	O
Kyūmei-hen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
two	O
games	O
,	O
Suda	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
Moonlight	B-Application
Syndrome	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Human	O
Entertainment	O
folded	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
former	O
staff	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
form	O
Spike	O
including	O
some	O
involved	O
with	O
Twilight	B-Application
Syndrome	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
staff	O
decided	O
they	O
wanted	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
borrowed	O
heavily	O
from	O
Twilight	B-Application
Syndrome	I-Application
's	O
gameplay	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
added	O
a	O
new	O
sense	O
of	O
realism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
two	O
and	O
a	O
half	O
years	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
Yuuyami	B-Application
Doori	I-Application
Tankentai	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
7	O
October	O
1999	O
in	O
limited	O
quantities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
producer	O
from	O
Yuuyami	B-Application
Doori	I-Application
Tankentai	I-Application
later	O
reprised	O
his	O
role	O
for	O
the	O
next	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Twilight	B-Application
Syndrome	I-Application
:	I-Application
Saikai	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fourth	O
game	O
,	O
subtitled	O
Kinjirareta	O
Toshi	O
Densetsu	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
on	O
24	O
July	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
borrows	O
the	O
same	O
adventure	O
gameplay	O
as	O
in	O
earlier	O
series	O
entries	O
,	O
but	O
uses	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
's	O
touch	O
screen	O
for	O
additional	O
interactivity	O
with	O
in-game	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
game	O
designer	O
Hideo	O
Kojima	O
said	O
he	O
was	O
a	O
"	O
big	O
fan	O
"	O
of	O
Twilight	B-Application
Syndrome	I-Application
and	O
that	O
he	O
wanted	O
to	O
collaborate	O
with	O
Goichi	O
Suda	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Suda	O
's	O
studio	O
Grasshopper	O
Manufacture	O
has	O
borrowed	O
settings	O
and	O
characters	O
from	O
Moonlight	B-Application
Syndrome	I-Application
for	O
some	O
of	O
their	O
works	O
,	O
including	O
The	B-Application
Silver	I-Application
Case	I-Application
and	O
Flower	B-Application
,	I-Application
Sun	I-Application
,	I-Application
and	I-Application
Rain	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Suda	O
also	O
hired	O
a	O
writer	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
The	B-Application
Silver	I-Application
Case	I-Application
after	O
reading	O
their	O
work	O
in	O
Twilight	B-Application
Syndrome	I-Application
Truth	O
File	O
,	O
a	O
guide	O
retelling	O
the	O
incidents	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
games	O
from	O
the	O
perspective	O
of	O
fictional	O
journalists	O
reporting	O
on	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
minigame	O
called	O
Twilight	B-Application
Syndrome	I-Application
:	O
Murder	O
Case	O
appears	O
in	O
Danganronpa	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Goodbye	I-Application
Despair	I-Application
(	O
2012	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
film	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Twilight	B-Application
Syndrome	I-Application
:	O
Sotsugyō	O
(	O
Graduation	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
23	O
November	O
2000	O
starring	O
Wakana	O
Sakai	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
more	O
films	O
were	O
released	O
around	O
the	O
time	O
Kinjirareta	O
Toshi	O
Densetsu	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dead	O
Cruise	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
2	O
August	O
2008	O
and	O
Dead	B-Application
Go-round	I-Application
two	O
weeks	O
later	O
on	O
16	O
August	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dead	B-Application
Go-round	I-Application
''	O
follows	O
seven	O
people	O
brought	O
to	O
a	O
theme	O
park	O
to	O
participate	O
in	O
a	O
deadly	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
