Chain: The Lost Footprints
Takeshi Shinonome is a private detective. One day, he meets a girl named Ayumu out in the rain. Ayumu's sister, Marie, and Takeshi went to the same high school. She asks him to investigate rumors concerning…
Chain: The Lost Footprints is a visual novel developed by ZyX, released 29 June 2001 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Chain: The Lost Footprints is
Chain: The Lost Footprints is a visual novel game developed by ZyX and released in 2001. It was published by G-Collections. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Ikura GDL.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Takeshi Shinonome is a private detective. One day, he meets a girl named Ayumu out in the rain. Ayumu's sister, Marie, and Takeshi went to the same high school. She asks him to investigate rumors concerning her husband. Takeshi finds evidence that her husband is having an affair with Ako Sonomura. Later, Ayumu's father asks Takeshi to investigate her private life. He is a well known politician and is afraid of having a scandal during the upcoming general election. Soon after Takeshi starts investigating, Ayumu is confronted with an extremely dangerous situation. Is her father's enemy behind this? As Takeshi tries to find out who is putting Ayumu in danger, he discovers a new drug is behind…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are erotic and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Chain: The Lost Footprints launched on 29 June 2001, within three weeks of Final Fantasy X, Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, NBA Street and Sonic Adventure 2.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy X, Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, NBA Street, Sonic Adventure 2.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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