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Tantei Jinguuji Saburou: Shinjuku Chuuou Kouen Satsujin Jiken

Release Date calendar
April 24, 1987
Game Type type
Released
Max Players players
1
Overview

The Shinjuku Central Park Murder Case is the first installment in the long-running series of murder mystery games starring hard-boiled private detective Saburou Jinguuji (or Jake Hunter, as he's known in the few games that have been released outside of Japan). When the strangled corpse of a popular bar-hostess mysteriously turns up in Shinjuku Central Park, Jinguuji's old mentor, Inspector Kumano, calls him in to crack the case. With help from Kumano and your assistant Yoko, you'll investigate clues and interview numerous witnesses and suspects to determine how the body came to be in the park and catch the killer. Gameplay proceeds in typical Japanese adventure game fashion, with all actions being achieved via a series of menu options (look, take, ask, etc.) displayed next to a static picture of the current scene. The game is mostly presented in the first person, with the exception of Shinjuku Central Park itself, which is explored in a third-person overhead view roughly based on the actual layout of the real-life park.

Alternate Names
  • 神宫寺三郎 - 新宿中央公园杀人事件 China China
Video

No information available

Cooperative

No

ESRB

Not Rated

Genres
Adventure
Developers
Sakata SAS
Publishers
Data East
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