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The first adventure game released by Data East.
It was following by Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Yokohama-kō Renzoku Satsujin Jiken (1988) which continues the plot of the first game.
Capcom game's success led to similar Japanese mystery-themed games being released in English markets, with Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles (2008) to be the first game in the Tantei Jingūji Saburō series to receive an English release.
The game system uses command selection, making it the 3rd command-selection mystery adventure on the Family Computer, after such titles as The Portopia Serial Murder Case (1985) and Sanma no Meitantei (1987).
In the Cross Review feature of the magazine Famitsu,the four reviewers gave 6, 6, 8, and 6, for a total of 26 out of 40.
In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by the magazine Family Computer Magazine,it scored 15.57 out of 25, as shown below.
At the time, Terada said he was a fan of video games, but not what he'd describe as an "avid gamer", saying he did not even own Nintendo's console at that point.
A second reviewer said that most mystery stories, the usual problem is that the characters are all unique but lack depth.
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