Does the iOS version have an upper and lower window?
nope, it does not. It has zero of the puzzles, too. It's literally a novel, only it still has endings and a flow chart so you can quickly start replaying the game after an ending.
The twist still worked for me though i can totally understand why people would push for newcomers to play the DS version given how it takes the DS's setup into account. I didn't have that option at the time so the novel did the trick
how was your experience on iOS? it's hard for me to grasp the same kind of mindfuckness playing it as a VN only especially for several puzzles in particular.
I'm really glad I went into 999 completely blind back in the day. had no real expectations and it was one of the first VNs I ever played. totally floored me.
well it's one of those thing that how the twist works out in the OG version wouldn't really bother you if you didn't know any better, right? From a pure storytelling standpoint, it's perfectly fine. And, honestly, with how annoying some of the puzzles were in VLR, i kinda wished it had a novel version, too.