(stylized 0verflow) is a Japanese video game division of specializing in the production of mature
interactive fiction
''
Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, is software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives, either in the ...
.
The Overflow label is known for its game franchise ''
School Days''.
Stack's headquarters are located in the in
Kanda,
Chiyoda,
Tokyo
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.
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Overflow's ''PureMail'' video game was adapted into a two-episode OAV in 2001.
Overflow's ''Imouto de Ikou!'' video game was adapted into a two-episode OVA in 2003.
Overflow's ''School Days'' video game was adapted into a 12-episode ]anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...
series in 2007. Both ''School Days'' and ''Cross Days'' have also received manga
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adaptations.
Stack's ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!!'' video game series was adapted into a three-episode hentai OVA
, abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA ...
from 1997 to 1998. Its sequel, ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2'' was adapted into a three-episode hentai OVA from 1998 to 1999, and a six-episode OVA titled ''Welcome to the Pia Carrot!! 2 DX'' from 1999 to 2000. The video game also received an anime film titled ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!! -Sayaka no Koi-monogatari-'' in 2002.
On February 10, 2012, 0verflow confirmed that ''Shiny Days'', a remake of ''Summer Days'', would be the last title produced by the brand. Customers were told that the company would continue to support their line of video games.
Games
; Overflow
Overflow produced such games as:
* November 26, 1999:
* August 25, 2000: ''PureMail''
* April 27, 2001:
* December 28, 2001:
* December 27, 2002:
* August 13, 2003:
* December 27, 2003:
* April 30, 2004: ''MISS EACH OTHER''
* October 15, 2004: ''LOST M''
* April 28, 2005:
* January 27, 2006:
* June 23, 2006:
* March 19, 2010:
* October 8, 2010:
* April 27, 2012:
* July 3, 2014:
* April 28, 2016:
* ''TearMail'' (cancelled)
;Stack
Stack was involved in games such as:
* July 26, 1996: ''Welcome to Pia Carrot
is a Japanese visual novel series by Cocktail Soft (a part of F&C, later F&C FC02). Anime and manga have been based on the games.
The games are all set around restaurants in the fictional "Pia Carrot" chain, and most of the female charac ...
'' (''MS-DOS
MS-DOS ( ; acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft. Collectively, MS-DOS, its rebranding as IBM PC DOS, and a few oper ...
'')
* October 18, 1996: ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!!'' (''Windows
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'')
* May 23, 1997: ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!!'' (''PC-FX
The is a 32-bit home video game console developed by NEC and Hudson Soft. It was released in 1994 and discontinued in February 1998, as NEC's final home video game console. Based on the NEC V810 CPU and CD-ROM, it was intended as the successor ...
'')
* October 31, 1997: ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2'' (''Windows 95
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'')
* March 12, 1998: ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!!'' (''Sega Saturn
The is a home video game console developed by Sega and released on November 22, 1994, in Japan, May 11, 1995, in North America, and July 8, 1995, in Europe. Part of the fifth generation of video game consoles, it was the successor to the succ ...
'')
* October 8, 1998: ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!!'' (Sega Saturn)
* December 2, 2000: ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2.2'' (''Game Boy Color
The (commonly abbreviated as GBC) is a handheld game console, manufactured by Nintendo, which was released in Japan on October 21, 1998 and to international markets that November. It is the successor to the Game Boy and is part of the Game ...
'')
* June 21, 2001: ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2.5'' (''Dreamcast
The is a home video game console released by Sega on November 27, 1998, in Japan; September 9, 1999, in North America; and October 14, 1999, in Europe. It was the first sixth-generation video game console, preceding Sony's PlayStation 2, N ...
'')
* October 26, 2001: ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2'' (''Windows Me/2000'')
* November 30, 2001: ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 3'' (''Windows 95/98/Me/2000'')
* February 6, 2003: ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2'' (''Dreamcast
The is a home video game console released by Sega on November 27, 1998, in Japan; September 9, 1999, in North America; and October 14, 1999, in Europe. It was the first sixth-generation video game console, preceding Sony's PlayStation 2, N ...
'')
* March 27, 2003: ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 3'' (''Dreamcast''), (''PlayStation 2'')
* April 23, 2004: ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 3'' (''Game Boy Advance
The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, in the PAL region on June 22, 2 ...
'')
* 2006: ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!! G.O. ~Grand Open~''
* 2006: ''Pia Carrot G.O. TOYBOX ~Summer Fair~''
* 2007: ''MahJong in Pia Carrot~''
* 2008: ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!! G.P.''
* 2009: ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 4''
* 2010: ''Pia Carrot 4 FD''
* 2014: ''PriPia ~Prince Pia Carrot~''
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