Sanma no Meitantei

released on May 02, 1987
by Namco

Sanma no Meitantei is a murder mystery detective adventure game developed and published by Namco for the Famicom in 1987. In the vein of Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken, the player must visit several locations associated with the murder victim, to discover clues which will open up more locations in order to find more clues until ultimately, the identity of the murderer can be confirmed. The game is played entirely in Japanese and was never translated into English. The summary of the story is that while the president Yoshimoto held a party at his villa, Katsura Buntin was found to have been killed in the vault. On top of that, the "Star of Africa" diamond that was stolen from the vault. As detective Sanma Akashiya's assistant, you must help him determine the perpetrators of the incident. The game features a mini game which is a parody of Galaxian, and contains sound effects from other Namco hits such as Dig Dug and Xevious


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Jìnqián kàn qí - qiáng shàng xiězhe
Qínxiānglián nián sānshí'èr suì nà - zhuàng gào dāng cháo
Fùmà láng qī jūnwáng mán huángshàng
Nà huǐhūn nán'ér zhāo dōng chuáng

Kinda funny how intuitive this game is for a gaijin such as myself. I did play this translated in English, but I find it peculiar how a good murder mystery game (of which there are many on the NES) managed to make it on the console, but only in Japan.

当時、親から「実際はぶんちんさんは死んでないけど横山やすしは死んでる」と教えられて完全に混乱しました。かにかにどこかに?