Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Shinjuku Chuuou Kouen Satsujin Jiken (1987) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Shinjuku Chuuou Kouen Satsujin Jiken

The first installment in the long-running Tantei Jinguuji Saburo (Jake Hunter) series about the mystery behind the death of a young woman whose corpse was discovered in Shinjuku Central Park. Tantei Jinguuji…

27 April 1987

What Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Shinjuku Chuuou Kouen Satsujin Jiken is

Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Shinjuku Chuuou Kouen Satsujin Jiken is an adventure game developed by Arc System Works and released in 1987. It is available on Wii and Family Computer Disk System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The first installment in the long-running Tantei Jinguuji Saburo (Jake Hunter) series about the mystery behind the death of a young woman whose corpse was discovered in Shinjuku Central Park. Tantei Jinguuji Saburo: Shinjuku Chuo Koen Satsujin Jiken ("Detective Saburo Jinguuji: Shinjuku Central Park Murder Mystery") is the first in a long-running series of crime-themed adventure games from Data East regarding the detective Saburo Jinguuji, or Jake Hunter as he is known in the West. As with all the games that follow, the goal of the game is to discover the perpetrator behind a murder by talking to witnesses and suspects, gathering clues and deducing facts about the case. The player can use a…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Shinjuku Chuuou Kouen Satsujin Jiken launched on 27 April 1987, within three weeks of The Great Giana Sisters and Sid Meier's Pirates!.

Released around the same time: The Great Giana Sisters, Sid Meier's Pirates!.

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