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.
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FEATURES:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Detective & Mystery themes.
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