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Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? is an educational computer game released by Broderbund in 1985. Players take on the role of detectives pursuing the titular thief and her henchmen across international locations, using geographical clues to determine their next destination. The game spawned a s...

Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego? is a 1986 educational adventure game developed and published by Broderbund Software. As an ACME detective, the player travels across the fifty states tracking the villainous V.I.L.E. henchmen to ultimately apprehend the master thief Carmen Sandiego. The gamepl...

Shinichi Kudou, a high school student of astounding talent in detective work, is well known for having solved several challenging cases. One day, when Shinichi spots two suspicious men and decides to follow them, he inadvertently becomes witness to a disturbing illegal activity. Unfortunately, he is...

Sam & Max Hit the Road is a graphic adventure game developed by LucasArts based on the “Freelance Police” characters Sam and Max. The game follows the anthropomorphic dog and rabbity thing as they investigate a missing Bigfoot case, traveling across America. Originally released in 1993 for MS-DOS an...

L.A. Noire is an adventure video game set in 1947 Los Angeles. Players investigate crimes by interviewing witnesses and examining evidence to solve cases. The game’s realistic approach to interrogation techniques, utilizing facial expression analysis, makes it a notable example of narrative design....

Arthur Conan Doyle was a British novelist primarily recognized for developing the character of Sherlock Holmes. His stories, beginning with *A Study in Scarlet*, established the detective fiction genre and remain popular due to their intricate mysteries and iconic protagonist. Doyle's work is enjoye...

"Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?" is an educational computer game originally released by Broderbund in 1989. It belongs to a larger franchise of mystery games designed to teach players geography and history. In this iteration, players act as time detectives pursuing Carmen Sandiego and her villain...

The latest innovation in virtual reality gaming is set for a private showcase, with the children of Japan's elite given the opportunity to playtest it. Unfortunately, their carefree fun is cut short when a company employee is found murdered, his dying message pointing to a clue hidden within the gam...

La Chèvre, released in 1981, is a comedy film directed by Francis Veber and starring Pierre Richard and Gérard Depardieu. The movie was produced as an international collaboration between France and Mexico, marking the beginning of a recurring partnership for the two actors. It centers on the dynamic...

Kaitou Kid dares to challenge the police once more, setting his sights on the Russian Imperial Easter Egg. With the date, time, and place, the Osaka police force scrambles to stop him. But this time, Kid may have bitten off more than he can chew—Conan Edogawa, Heiji Hattori, and numerous others are...

Conan Edogawa, the Detective Boys, and Professor Hiroshi Agasa decide to visit the Nishitamashi Twin Towers. There they run into Ran Mouri; her closest friend, Sonoko Suzuki; and Ran's father, the famous Kogorou. Learning the trio are attending the towers' grand opening, Conan and company tag along...

The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures is an adventure game created by Capcom, directed by Shu Takumi, and produced by Shintaro Kojima. Initially released on the Nintendo 3DS in 2015, it was later ported to Android, iOS, and compiled into a duology for Switch, PlayStation 4, and Windows. A sequel, The G...

Thimbleweed Park is an action-adventure game evoking the style of 1980s point-and-click classics. Created by Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick, it presents a humorous mystery within the unusual town of Thimbleweed Park. Players investigate strange occurrences and interact with memorable characters. The g...

On a rainy afternoon, the Detective Boys witness a murder across the street. Barred by traffic, the culprit slips away and Conan Edogawa is left a single clue by a dying detective. Days later, another detective is found murdered in a parking lot, leaving the police rattled. Suspicious that the culpr...

After receiving a strange invitation, Kogorou Mouri pays a visit to the Miracle Land theme park along with his daughter Ran, Conan Edogawa, and the Detective Boys. Once there, Kogorou and Conan are tasked with finishing an unsolved case by a mysterious stranger. Realizing that the invitations were a...

*Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time* is a 1997 educational adventure game developed by Brøderbund Software as part of the long-running *Carmen Sandiego* franchise. It is distinguished by its point-and-click mechanics, where players travel through history to solve case-based missions and reco...

Conan Edogawa is facing a dilemma: Ran Mouri has asked Shinichi Kudou out to the movies and he is unable to provide a convincing excuse not to go. However, when the day of the date arrives, he has more pressing problems to worry about—a great amount of plastic explosives has recently been stolen and...

A mysterious attacker has appeared and is assaulting people whose names contain a number from the standard deck of cards in descending order. When Conan Edogawa points out that all the victims are related to the now famous detective Kogorou Mouri, suspicion immediately falls upon the recently releas...

Detective Conan: Episode One - The Great Detective Turned Small presents the initial transformation of Sherlock Holmes into Conan Edogawa. This television special recounts his fateful encounter with Elizabeth Brightwood and the subsequent poisoning that resulted in his miniaturization. It’s a key or...

The Pink Panther, released in 1963, centers on Inspector Jacques Clouseau’s pursuit of the elusive criminal “The Phantom.” The film involves Clouseau traveling between Paris and Cortina d'Ampezzo to apprehend “The Phantom” and recover a valuable diamond. It is the initial entry in a series featuring...

Fifteen years ago in a barren stretch of the Pacific, a cruise ship collided with an iceberg and was lost at sea. More than a decade later, Hideto Yashiro—a ship engineer—died in a fatal car accident. The unlikely connection between these events only comes to light on the luxury liner St. Aphrodite...

After receiving a letter from the thief Kaitou Kid, famous actress Juri Maki seeks the help of private detective Kogorou Mouri to protect the Star Sapphire—the "Jewel of Destiny," said to represent faith, fate, and hope. Thinking he has deciphered Kid's riddle, Kogorou personally shows up to the new...

“Conan Edogawa: The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa” is a vintage anime television special presenting a significant, and unsettling, addition to the Conan Doyle detective series. This short form adventure reveals a harrowing two-day period from Conan’s childhood, showcasing his early investigative sk...

One night, the Tokyo National Institute of Microorganisms is attacked by a mysterious organization calling themselves the "Red Siamese Cats." The group causes the explosion of a high-security lab storing a virus—said to have a mortality rate of 80% with no known cure. This act of terror dominates th...

Where in Europe Is Carmen Sandiego? is an educational detective game released by Broderbund in 1988 as part of the Carmen Sandiego franchise. Players take the role of an Acme detective tracking the thief Carmen Sandiego across European countries, using clues about capitals, landmarks, currencies, la...

Arsène Lupin is a television series adapted from the works of Maurice Leblanc. The show draws upon seventeen novels and thirty-nine short stories concerning the activities of the famed French master thief, Arsène Lupin. It was produced through international collaboration with numerous European and i...

Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is a detective adventure game for the Nintendo DS. Players investigate the disappearance of a wealthy businessman within a remote hotel, utilizing the device’s touchscreen and microphone to interact with the environment and interrogate suspects. The game's innovative use of the...

Under the cover of darkness, a masked samurai murders five men across the metropolis of Japan: three in Tokyo, one in Osaka, and the last in Kyoto. In their investigation, the police learn that each man was a member of the Genjibotaru—a thieves gang centered on the theft of Buddhist statues and arti...

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec is a 2010 French fantasy film adapting Jacques Tardi’s comic series. Set in 1912 Paris, the story centers on journalist Adèle Blanc-Sec as she investigates her sister's illness and combats a pterosaur while attempting to resurrect an Egyptian physician...