Sanma no Mei Tantei

a.k.a. さんまの名探偵改造品 / Sanma no Meitantei

created and published by Namco in 1987-04-02, running on Nintendo Entertainment System

type: adventure
perspective: 1st person bird's-eye side view
player options: single player

languages: jpn

3.8/5

Personal review

Namco's first adventure game for the Famicom. A classic detective mystery adventure where you have to solve a murder case. The game starts with a few visitable locations, but When you make progress with your investigations more locations appear on the world map. The game is more complex and bigger than earlier Japanese-style adventure games for the Famicom (Disk System) like Dead Zone or Suishou no Dragon. I didn't understand enough of the plot details and conversation to be able to say whether this is a very humorous adventure or not, but I didn't get that impression. The language barrier aside, this is a rather good game.