Famicom Tantei Club: Kieta Koukeisha
Famicom Tantei Club: Kieta Koukeisha is a text adventure game. The protagonist is found on the ground near a cliff by a man named Amachi. The protagonist can't remember anything, and finds that he has amnesia. After some rest, he returns to the cliff and meets a young girl, who informs him that he is an assistant detective investigating the death of someone named Kiku Ayashiro. He heads over to the Ayashiro estate, learning that in the village there is a saying that the dead will com back to anyone who attempts to steal the Ayashiro family's fortune. As he keeps investigating, he learns that there may be a connection between this legend and the serial killings in the village.
The game has a horror movie-like atmosphere. Actions are controlled by selecting text commands like interrogate, examine, or move. The Famicom Disk System version comes on two disks released on different dates. All later releases have both parts in one release.
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DeveloperNintendo
PublisherTose
ReleasedApril 27, 1988
StatusReleased
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SeriesFamicom Detective Club
About This Game
A detective's assistant awakens with no memory of his past after being found unconscious at a cliff's edge, and upon recovery encounters a young woman named Ayumi Tachibana who reveals his true occupation. She directs him to the Ayashiro estate in a remote village, where he must unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of Kiku Ayashiro, a member of the prominent family that controls vast hereditary lands. Local folklore speaks of a curse tied to the family's treasure—a belief that the dead will rise to punish those who covet it—and as the assistant detective delves deeper into the case, he finds himself confronting a series of brutal murders that seem disturbingly connected to these ancient warnings. The investigation becomes a race to separate superstition from sinister truth while battling both the village's dark secrets and his own fractured past.