Never7

Never7
Game general and emulation properties:
Languages supported:
Region NTSC-J/C/K:
Serial numbers:	SLPS-25256; SLPM-65689 (SuperLite 2000 Renai Adventure); SLPM-55088 (Renai Game Selection)
Release date:	June 26, 2003; September 2, 2004 (SuperLite 2000 Renai Adventure); October 9, 2008 (Renai Game Selection)
Windows Status:	Playable
Linux Status:	?
Mac Status:	?

Developer(s): Kid
Publisher(s): Kid (JP), Konami (JP), CyberFront (JP)
Genre: Visual Novel
Wikipedia: Link
Game description: Never7 is the first game in the Infinity series - a sister to Memories Off series - which made famous its creators Takumi Nakazawa and Kotaro Uchikoshi. A romance visual novel with mystery elements, where the main character is trapped in a time loop trying to avert the death he had witnessed.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad	Comments	Tester
NTSC-J (SLPS 25256)	Windows 10	Intel Core i7-7700 @ 3.6Ghz Nvidia Geforce GTX 1060 6GB	PCSX2 1.6.0	GSdx 1.2.0 SSE4.1/AVX	SPU2-X 2.0.0	Playable. Problems with video playback (see issues).	MKCA
NTSC-J (SLPM 65689)	Windows 10	Intel Core i7-7700 @ 3.6Ghz Nvidia Geforce GTX 1060 6GB	PCSX2 1.6.0	GSdx 1.2.0 SSE4.1/AVX	SPU2-X 2.0.0	Playable. This reprint introduces an unskippable intro video which hangs, making it impossible it reach the main menu without a workaround (see issues).	MKCA

Test configurations on Linux:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad	Comments	Tester
?	?	? ?	?	?	?	There are no test results for this game on Linux. You can help by playing and submitting your test results here.	?

Test configurations on macOS:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad	Comments	Tester
?	?	? ?	?	?	?	There are no test results for this game on macOS. You can help by playing and submitting your test results here.	?

Trivia

Original names: ネバーセブンジ・エンド・オブ・インフィニティ (SLPS-25256) & (SLPM-65689) & (SLPM-55088)
Also known as Never7: The End of Infinity (JP)
Never7 is an expanded version of the original PSX title infinity, adding scenarios from the Neo Geo Pocket version INFINITY cure. and other new content.
The PS2 version of Never7 is notable for including on the disc a collection of fan made append scenarios, selected by the developers.

Known Issues

FMV Hang

Status: Active
Type: Major
Description: When playing any of the game's FMVs, at some point it will hang, frozen on a single frame, audio stuck in a loop.
Workaround: Lowering EE Cyclerate. The lower the setting, the more videos will play until the end. Some will work with "-1", but the others will need -2" or "-3". It seems that on "-3" all of them will play out without hanging. However, the lower the setting, the more distorted the audio becomes. Alternatively, Skip MPEG hack can be activated to skip all videos.

Missing graphics in hardware mode

Status: Active
Type: Minor
Description: Date transition screens are missing the backgrounds when using any of the hardware rendering modes.
Workaround: Enabling Preload Frame Data HW hack.