Jikuu Tantei DD: Maboroshi no Lorelei (1996)

Developer

System Sacom

Publisher

ASCII Corporation

Platforms

PC (Microsoft Windows), Sega Saturn, PlayStation

Genres

Adventure

How it feels

A slow, dialogue-driven investigation that feels like wandering through a moody noir mystery stitched together from grainy full-motion video footage.

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About

Sci fi/noir detective-themed FMV first-person adventure game released for the PlayStation and Saturn in 1996 (Japan only). The game stars time-travelling vampire private eye Raizo (the titular "Dracula Detective") who travels from his native 2238 to 1939 Nazi Germany in order to find a client's missing father.

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