Sanma no Meitantei [Model NAM-SM-4900]

39 Years old Nintendo Famicom cart. NAMCOT [Japan]

さんまの名探偵 © 1987 NAMCOT.
(Sanma no Meitantei)

Murder mystery detective adventure game. Sanma no Meitantei casts the player as the assistant to the famous Japanese comedian and television personality Sanma Akashiya.

4,900 JPY

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TECHNICAL

GAME ID: NAM-SM-4900
BARCODE: 4 907892 000254

TRIVIA

Released on April 2, 1987 (Thursday) in Japan at a retail price of 4,900 JPY.

The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Great Detective Sanma'.

The game is written almost entirely in a dialect called Kansai-ben, used mostly in the Kansai region.

The game features a mini game which is a parody of Galaxian, and contains sound effects from other Namco hits such as Dig Dug and Xevious.

TIPS AND TRICKS

This game has 4 different endings, with only one of them being the true ending.

GAME GENIE CODES:
GAVYNTEI: CRC Test.

STAFF

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Scenario Written by: Takefumi Hyodo (Mentako Hyodo)
Music Directed by: Hiroyuki Kawada (Hirokun Kawada)
Music Composed by: Yuriko Keino (Return of Keino)
Music Assisted by: Junko Ozawa (Zunko Odawa)
Character Designed by: Skeleton Hie San
CG Designed by: Bahoon Kunchan
Title Designed by: Sonoe Takigami (Gachan Takigami)
Programmed by: Takashi Fukawa (Sakusaku Fukawa)

CRC Text Routine by: Haruhisa Udagawa, Kumi Hanaoka

SOURCES

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ROM dump (MAME).