Underplayed Gems

Last Window: The Secret of Cape West (2010)

Last Window: The Secret of Cape West cover
Developer
Cing
Publisher
Nintendo
Platforms
Nintendo DS
Genres
Point-and-click, Puzzle, Quiz/Trivia, Adventure, Visual Novel
Rating
4.5 of 5, 18 player ratings
Where to get it
Nintendo eShop

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How it feels

A moody noir mystery adventure set in 1980s LA where a detective uncovers dark secrets in his apartment building.

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About

Last Window: The Secret of Cape West is an adventure video game developed by the now-defunct Cing and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. It is the sequel to Hotel Dusk: Room 215, starring protagonist Kyle Hyde and placed one year after the events of its predecessor. The game has visual and audio styles similar to that of the first game. In Last Window, Kyle Hyde is living in the Cape West Apartments, Los Angeles, in 1980. The story of this sequel is separate from the first game, even though it includes some connections to it. Last Window was the last game developed by Cing before the company filed for bankruptcy on March 1, 2010.

Screenshots

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