Following Murder Club, this is another detective story about the fearless private investigator J.B. Harold. This time, an unknown woman in a red dress was murdered in Chicago. A female detective who began investigating the murder was killed as well, and this time the killer made it look like a suicide. J.B. Harold arrives at Chicago and has now to work together with the local police and to solve the mystery.
J.B. Harold: Blue Chicago Blues is an interactive movie. Most of the player's time is spent watching movie footage (with real actors and scenery). At certain points, the movie freezes, and the player is presented with a screen with two or more choices. Each choice advances the clock, so it is necessary to plan well in order not to run out of time and to successfully solve the case.
Nanatsu no Hikan (七つの秘館, Literally: Seven Mysterious Mansions) is a three-disc adventure game produced by Shibusawa Kou. It is one of the few adventure games from Koei to feature 3D models for its characters. The game is set in a contemporary setting, roughly taking place in the mid or late nineties. Even so, there are several historical references within the game's puzzles.
The game's story was written by Kageki Shimoda,
a novelist, picture book writer, and entertainer. Shimoda also acts out
live action segments played throughout the game to give clues to the
player. Ichirō Nagai provides the sporadic narration.
Eve The Lost One (イブ・ザ・ロストワン) is an adventure game developed by C's ware and published by Imadio for the Sega Saturn, and is the sequel to Eve Burst Error.
This game was also released in a package with MeltyLancer Re-inforce Taikenban bundled in as an extra.
The game sold 145,071 units for the Saturn.
EVE: The Lost One is a sequel to Eve burst error.
The events of the game take place three years after those of the first
game. The player is able to control two characters - the female
detective Kyoko and the mysterious Snake, as they try to solve a complex
mystery full of betrayals and political intrigues. In order to complete
the game successfully, the player will have to to experience it from
the perspectives of both heroes, helping each other to gather clues and
to unlock events.
The game uses a menu interface typical for
Japanese adventures. The player interacts with the game world by
selecting menu choices, which mainly include looking, talking, or going
to a different location. The game is done in anime style with characters
appearing on still pre-rendered backgrounds.
Eve Burst Error
Gameplay
Eve Burst Error (イヴ・バーストエラー) is a 1997 adventure game by C's ware for the Sega Saturn. It was a visual novel created by a team consisting of Hiryoki Kanno and Ryu Umemoto; they previously created Desire, and later joined Elf, where they created Kono Yo no Hate de Koi wo Utau Shoujo Yu-No.
Eve burst error is set in modern-day Japan. The player controls
two characters: a young, seemingly careless private investigator
Kojiroh, and the special agent Marina. Kojiroh has been struggling to
make a living as a lone PI, but now luck seems to smile to him: the
director of the Eldian International School, Mr. Ko, asks him to find a
missing painting, supposedly of great value. At the same time, Marina is
hired by the ambassador of the fictional Middle East republic Eldia to
protect his daughter Mayako from terrorists. Switching between Kojiroh
and Marina, the player gradually finds out the connection between the
two cases and plunges deeper into a mystery that involves political
struggle, scientific discoveries, and horrifying murders.
The
game is a traditional Japanese adventure: the player interacts with the
world by choosing appropriate commands from the menu (which is different
for every location). There are no puzzles to solve, and the player
makes progress in the game by examining the environments and talking to
the characters. At certain points, it is necessary to switch between the
two characters and make them cooperate.
The original version was a full-fledged hentai
game with explicit sex scenes. Subsequent releases removed those, but
still contained a lot of sexual innuendo in the dialogues and images of
half-naked girls.