/vr/ - Retro Games

Tex Murphy's games

Well, they're technically freelance police, but it feels like a detective game.

sherlock holmes game for sega cd

>>1467234
Both /vr/ and your pic related, Philip Marlowe: Private Eye is actually rather fun. Based on Raymond Chandler's novel The Little Sister.

Dead Connection

JB Herold Murder Club. Get a fucking notebook ready cause you got a lot of shit to remember while playing it.

>>1467243
This. Play it. Love it. Knock it out in a couple nights. Use a Justifier on a CRT for that real detectivey tactile element.

>No Deja Vu posts

Ya'll niggas slipping. Ace Harding is rolling in his grave.

>>1467408
Let me add to what this guy's saying that even though the best version of these games for US gamers to play are on the DS, they're remakes of some of the very earliest Japanese detective games and have extremely high retro power levels.

Also, if I had an iOS device I'd be playing Manhattan Requiem since I still don't have a Laseractive.

Sharp as a pancake

>>1467234

>>1467449
This. Déjà Vu should've been the first answer. It seems like last year there was a small surge in its popularity on /vr/ but I guess it died off.

The third game especially. It looks like shit but really makes you feel like you're doing detective work (eavesdropping, taking prints, stalking people). Great use of 3D too, you occasionally have to look at objects from multiple angles to find drawers and switches.
Start with the first game, though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saukff2HqE8

Mikagura Shoujo Tanteidan and Zoku Mikagura Shoujo Tanteidan. It's an adventure game with mechanics kinda similar to the ones in Phoenix Wrights game, you have to find the contradictions and evidence in some characters speech. The game also features some QTE's. It was rereleased on PC on 2003, the game is japanese only, but the PS1 version features furigana for those interested (can be a good learning tool).

>>1467657
Did the translation patch for that ever come out?
I love Famicom Tantei Club 2, and I've been waiting for the first game to get translated for ages

I was so disappointed about the Bladerunner PC game. Just for being nice to all the characters, they turn you into a pedophile and you run off with some 12 year old girl at the end as your reploid waifu.

It made me feel sleazy and disgusted at the developer.

>>1467820
Hey, you're the one who chose to do that. You don't have to run off with her; you can go with the whole gang all together.

It's not much of a game in general, although the ZOOM AND ENHANCE tool is fun.

Only if you like text adventures, but it's great.

Not /v/r, but Evidence (aka In Memorial The Last Ritual).

>>1467836
Oh shoot, I thought this one was old enough to count as /vr/. I guess it's fairly recent.

>>1467462
>Manhattan Requiem

Actually, the iOS version of Manhattan Requiem is the same as the DS version, which was also a port from the mobile phone java remake, the only difference is that they used assets with higher res.

Blue Chicago Blues it's in english with japanese subtitles in the iOS version, unlike the japanese console version which were all dubbed in japanese without subtitles.

Blue Chicago Blues iOS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aJPymSUPeU

There's the Black Dahlia. Be sure to get the patch to install all the discs on your hardrive so you don't have to keep swapping them.

>>1467838
Seriously, you should try this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D82M8XvTAo

>>1467848
There's a DS version of Manhattan Requiem?
Shit, will the DS stop getting more and more awesome? I have two fat DSes and two DS/TTs with 2 gig sd cards in them, total expense under $50 and I keep discovering new awesome shit available for it like every week.

>>1467234

X-Files for PC, if you can put up with 7 CDs of FMV

Good game

>>1467915
>There's a DS version of Manhattan Requiem?

Yes, it's japanese only though and it includes the third game, Kiss of Murder too. DC Connection and the later games were only released on cell phones and iOS.

>>1467927
>it's japanese only though
That's great, Anon. Build me up just to shoot me down. That's so like you to do something like that.

>>1467234
In captain blood, you play a space detective (sort of):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cm1K-tMkHc

there was one called "Orlando" I believe. I never got far but it was pretty cool.
Any Sherlock Holmes iteration.

Also, you might consider Persona 1 and 2 games as detective simulation as well.

Non-retro: Raidou Kuzunoha games.

does it have to feature trenchcoat fedora inspectors?

if not, Echo Night is pretty cool. But it's an adventure game more on the surreal side.

>>1467942
time to learn japanese. there is not even slightly enough japanese gems out there that got localized. feels bad.

>>1468109
>does it have to feature trenchcoat fedora inspectors?
Of course not. Also, a lot of these suggestions look pretty cool. Thanks for all the replies!

Not so long ago some translation group released a patch for one of the Conan games on GBC, I only played the one on the Theme Park, but it was pretty fun and enjoyable if you are a fan of the series.

>>1468108
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Orlando

I just found it. Jack Orlando it is.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

any Carmen Sandiego game basically. there have been a few. Kinda surprised nobody said anything about these yet.

>>1467658
you know what's funny? Zojoi (Infinite Ventures back then) wanted to make a Sherlock Holmes game with the help of Kickstarter and nobody fucking cared. They wanted to do something Deja Vu as well. But they figured they'd rather play their ace (which is Shadowgate) straight away out of desperation because nothing would have been possible on kickstarter otherwise.

>>1467286
>Based on Raymond Chandler's novel The Little Sister.
I loved that book. Looking into this one right away. Thanks!

Last Express. Quite an underrated game.

>>1468553
>Loved Chandler's book.
>Willing to give this old game a chance instead of complain about the outdated look of the artwork.

My nigger of all niggers. The world needs more like you.

I love pretty much everything Chandler ever wrote. The game is very fun and will not dissapoint you.

There also various on NES, that were released in DS as Jake Hunter: Detective Story.

But the NES versions now have english translations, you might look at that too.

>>1468570
As long as the writing is straight up Chandler, then it ain't be bad.

Also you wouldn't happen to have a link, would you?

>>1468643
>then it ain't be bad.
*can't be bad.

>>1468643
No, sorry. I used to have it in spanish, but lost it when my previous comp died 2 years ago.

>>1468561

You would think the Russian anarchist was the bad guy. Or the pack of Serbian terrorists. But it was really the rich African.

Deja Vu for NES

>>1468681
>blacks being criminals
Big surprise.

>>1468712
Someone mentioned that before. Is the NES version the best one?

It's really good, though you will probably need a guide at times. The difficulty is ridiculous.

>>1468738
Not sure, it's the only version i've played.

>>1468738
I like GB better. Never played the PC ones.