J.B. Harold Murder Club
Cover art for the TurboGrafx-CD release
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| Developer(s) | Riverhillsoft |
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Riverhillsoft (PC-98) Micro Cabin (MSX) Brøderbund (DOS) Hudson Soft (TG-CD) FonFun (DS) SETA Corporation (FC) |
| Platform(s) | Famicom, Fujitsu FM-7, Microsoft Windows, NEC PC-88, NEC PC-98, MSX, Sharp X1, Sharp X68000, TurboGrafx-CD, MS-DOS, Nintendo DS, iOS, |
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NEC PC-88
February 15, 2011 |
| Genre(s) |
Adventure game Visual novel |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
J.B. Harold Murder Club, known as J.B. Harold no Jikenbo #1: Murder Club in Japan, is a 1986 murder mystery adventure game, developed by Riverhillsoft and released for the NEC PC-98,MSX,MS-DOS, NEC TurboGrafx-CD (TurboDuo) and Nintendo DS platforms. The TurboGrafx-CD version featured still photographs, text and audio voices as well as the option to select the language, English or Japanese. It was the first entry in the J.B. Harold series, which have been released on various platforms and sold 20 million copies as of 2011.
A horrible murder has taken place in the sleepy little town of Liberty. Bill Robbins, a wealthy man known for his wild womanizing ways is the victim and, list of possible suspects keeps growing. As J.B. Harold you must figure out the who, what, where and why of the case. To solve the mystery you will need to travel to various locations, interview people and search for clues. The game is laid out over a grid map that displays various locations, though other than that, the game is mainly presented in the form of still photos.
J.B. Harold Murder Club is the first in the Japanese J. B. Harold series of murder mystery graphic adventure games, which includes Manhattan Requiem (1987),Kiss of Murder (1988), D.C. Connection (1989), and Blue Chicago Blues (1995).J.B Harold Murder Club was the first title in the series to be released in the United States. After the series sold 20 million copies, an iOS version of the second game Manhattan Requiem was released in the Western world.
In 2008, an enhanced remake of the game was released for the Japanese Nintendo DS, under the title Keiji J.B. Harold no Jikenbo: Satsujin Club.
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