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A turning point was ELF's Dōkyūsei ( 1992 ).

Dōkyūsei, whose gameplay focused on meeting girls and seducing them, established the standard conventions of the dating simulation genre.

Tokimeki Memorial, the first dating sim, featured good graphics, full voice acting, and a role-playing game-like gameplay system.

To be accessible to a more mainstream audience, it contained no erotic elements, seeking instead to create a " romantic " atmosphere.

Sega's popular bishōjo game series Sakura Wars also first saw publication in 1996 for the Sega Saturn ; like Tokimeki Memorial, it contained no erotic elements.

However, it was unique in that it contained not only adventure-game elements but also a combat system borrowed from tactical combat games such as Tactics Ogre.