TANTEI JINGUJI SABURO - INNOCENT BLACK
OFFICIAL TITLE  Tantei Jinguji Saburo - Innocent Black
COMMON TITLE  Tantei Jinguji Saburo - Innocent Black
SERIAL NUMBER(S)  SLPM-65173
REGION  NTSC-J
GENRE / STYLE  Adventure.

DEVELOPER  WorkJam.
PUBLISHER  WorkJam.
DATE RELEASED  24 October 2002
DISC NUMBER &
PRINTED SERIAL NUMBER
DISC 1

SLPM-65173
SERIAL NUMBER IN DISC SLPM-65173
MEDIA DVD-5
NUMBER OF TRACKS 1
( 1 Data Track )
BARCODE NUMBER(S)
( UPC / EAN )

From the back cover.
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Japanese
Menus and gameplay are in Japanese.

Jake Hunter, known in Japan as Tantei Jinguuji Saburo is a mystery adventure game series originally developed and published by Data East in 1987, and later developed by WorkJam and other companies.

The main character of the series is Jake Hunter (known in Japan as Saburo Jinguuji, a 32 year-old private detective who operates a detective agency in Aspicio, USA (Shinjuku, Tokyo in Japanese versions). He was born as the third son of a wealthy business enterprise owner, and traveled to New York during his youth to work as an assistant detective. He is a heavy smoker, and often assembles his thoughts while smoking a Marlboro cigarette. According to his in-game profile, his favorite alcoholic beverage is cognac, and he drives a green Mini Cooper.

Other recurring characters include: Yulia Marks (known in Japan as Yoko Misono, Jake's assistant, and Scott Kingsley (known in Japan as Sanzo Kumano, the inspector of the Aspicio police.

Tantei Jinguuji Saburo - Innocent Black: This PS2 title from WorkJam is the eighth entry (and first one in the PS2 console) in the Tantei Jinguji Saburou series of titles that started back in 1987 on the Nintendo Famicom. You take on the role of slick Saburo Jinguji, a detective out to solve deadly crimes. As with previous entries in the series, the game progresses mostly through menu selection, as you slowly piece together a solution to the case.

32-year old detective Saburo Jinguji tugs on his cigarette and looks sternly at the young woman who stands precariously at the threshold of his office. Situated squarely in the seedy confines of Shinjuku Kabuki-Cho, Saburo's place of business is not one where fresh-faced high school students are normally found wandering. Introducing herself as Hazuki Ninomiya, daughter of the president of Ninomiya General Hospital, she requests sleuthing services that only a master detective could provide. A recent spate of stabbings has the Shinjuku area wary and since many of those victims are brought to Ninomiya Hospital, Saburo is asked to look into it. In the midst of his investigations however, Saburo uncovers a string of murder cases that may all be linked to one killer....

Jinguuji is asked to search for a missing daughter from the director of a hospital where he had received treatment. This small case gradually expands to revive a deep and complex mystery. The game's scenario was written by Yutaka Kaminaga of WorkJam.

Supported by a cast which includes multi-lingual assistant Yoko Misoni and local police inspector Sanzo Kumano, Saburo Jinguji's eighth assignment finds the hardboiled detective in a new adventure after three years of dormancy. Played in flick-screen interaction sequences, Saburo meets cohorts, interrogates suspects and examines locations for clues and leads. Objects may be examined and dossiers may be assembled on shifty individuals. When walking out and about in Shinjuku town, photo-realistic locales bring about a sense of "being there" as a private dick wandering the streets.



  MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:

Popular mystery adventure "Detective Saburo Jinguji" series. While the continuous knifing mysterious is threatening the city of Shinjuku,'ve been microcomputer under the Jinguji Saburo, only daughter of the search request that ran away from home Ninomiya general hospital director. Immediately, it was Jinguji to embark on research, but there and great evil, lurking in the shadow of a large hospital, hidden there were murders another and ....

  FEATURES:
  • First person perspective.
  • 2D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • Detective & Mystery themes.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS  1 Player
NUMBER OF MEMORY CARD BLOCKS  80 KB Minimum
COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS TESTED
( OFFICIAL GAMEPADS ONLY )
 Standard Controller ( Analog Controller compatible )
COMPATIBLE LIGHT GUNS
( OFFICIAL LIGHT GUNS ONLY )
 None
OTHER COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS
( OFFICIAL CONTROLLERS ONLY )
 None
SPECIAL CONTROLLERS INCLUDED OR
SUPPORTED ( OFFICIAL ONLY )
 None
VIBRATION FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  No
VIDEO MODES  50 Hz = No / 60 Hz = Yes / Progressive Scan = No / 16:9 Option = No
AUDIO MODES  Stereo = Yes / Mono = Yes / Dolby Surround = No / Dolby Digital = No; Dolby Pro logic II = No
MULTI-TAP FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  No
LANGUAGE SELECTOR  No
NETWORK ADAPTOR (ETHERNET) COMPATIBLE  No
EMULATOR  PCSX 2 v.0.1.4.0
SPEED HACKS USED  EE Cyclerate = 0; VU Cycle Stealing = 0; Enable INTC Spin detection = Yes; Enable Wait Loop Detection = Yes; Enable fast CDVD = No; mVU Flag Hack = Yes; MTVU (Multi-Threaded Micro VU1) = No
SPECIAL GAME FIXES USED  None
VIDEO PLUGIN  GSDX v.1.0.0 ( Allow 8-bit textures = Yes; Alpha Hack = No; Offset Hack = No; Skipdraw Hack = 0 )
AUDIO PLUGIN  SPU2-X v.2.0.0 ( Interpolation = 4; Disable Effects Processing = No; Use the de-alias filter = No; Enable Dubug options = No; Module = 1; Synchronizing Mode = TimeStretch Mix; Audio Expansion Mode = Stereo )
CD-ROM PLUGIN  CDVDolio Cdrom plugin v.0.1.0
GAME PAD PLUGIN  LilyPad svn (r3993) 0.10.0
VIBRATION COMPATIBLE  The game doesn't have it.

  NOTE:   This is not the only possible combination of plugins. There are others that will work (better or worse) for your particular hardware. We provide you with one working set-up so that you may get the game up and running, hassle-free. Testing other emulators/plugins is up to you.
 

 BASIC CONTROLS:

Move between actions or answers / Move character / Move cursor: D-Pad or Left Analog Stick
Select action or answer: Circle Button
Skip dialogue / Move: X Button
Show previous dialogue: Square Button



 

RAW CODES:

Infinite Tobacco
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FRONT BACK
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 - ADVERT COVERS
JAPANESE ADVERT PAGE 1 JAPANESE ADVERT PAGE 2
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 - DISC COVER
DISC
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File Size - 44 KB

 NTSC-J:
  • Tantei Jinguji Saburo - Innocent Black [WorkJam Best Collection] [SLPM-65489]   
     
 KOREAN:
  • Tantei Jinguji Saburo - Innocent Black [SLKA-25071]   
     
  • Tantei Jinguji Saburo - Innocent Black [Big Hit] [SLKA-25071BH]   
     

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