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Pro Yakyuu? Satsujin Jiken!

A comedic adventure game that satirizes the heavy number of baseball and murder mystery games for the Famicom. It was developed and published by Capcom in Japan only. Pro Yakyuu? Satsujin Jiken! ("Pro…

24 December 1988

Pro Yakyuu? Satsujin Jiken! is an adventure developed by Capcom, released 24 December 1988 on Family Computer.

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What Pro Yakyuu? Satsujin Jiken! is

Pro Yakyuu? Satsujin Jiken! is an adventure game developed by Capcom and released in 1988. It is available on Family Computer only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The main character, Igawa, was once a professional baseball player, but is now retired and works as a sports news commentator. One day, while Igawa was watching TV at home, a breaking news report came on. It was the news that a man had been found dead in a hotel in Tokyo. Just then, the chime of Igawa's house rang, and his fellow baseball player, Hora, came to visit. An exhausted-looking Hora told Igawa that he had been suffering from alopecia areata and had consulted his fellow baseball player Kakifu about medication. While Hora and Kakifu were conversing at a hotel in Tokyo, a reporter from a sports newspaper he knew suddenly appeared and handed Hora an attaché case. When Hora tried to…
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How it plays

Its themes are comedy.

What it launched against

Pro Yakyuu? Satsujin Jiken! launched on 24 December 1988, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

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When did Pro Yakyuu? Satsujin Jiken! come out?
Pro Yakyuu? Satsujin Jiken! was released on 24 December 1988 for Family Computer.

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