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The Portopia Serial Murder Case (1983)

Yuji Horii

FM-7 · Family Computer · MSX · NEC PC-6000 Series · PC-8800 Series · Sharp X1

3.56 from 9 ratings

35 members have it in their collection · 14 backlogged · 11 wish listed

How long? Main story 3h (from 1 logged playthrough)

An investigation adventure in which the player, acting as an unnamed Japanese detective, is called to solve the murder of a bank executive by searching for clues, exploring different areas, interacting with characters, and solving item-based puzzles. The game, especially its Famicom version, was received positively in Japan, where it was an influential title that defined the visual novel genre, … Read more
An investigation adventure in which the player, acting as an unnamed Japanese detective, is called to solve the murder of a bank executive by searching for clues, exploring different areas, interacting with characters, and solving item-based puzzles. The game, especially its Famicom version, was received positively in Japan, where it was an influential title that defined the visual novel genre, as well as inspiring future designers such as Hideo Kojima and paving the way for creator Yuji Horii to go on to make Dragon Quest series of role-playing games. Read less
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Details

Developers
Yuji Horii
Publishers
Enix Corporation
Genres
Adventure, Point-and-click, Visual Novel
Themes
Mystery, Open world, Thriller
Series
Yuji Horii Mysteries

Release dates

  • Jun 1983 (Full Release) (Japan) PC-8800 Series
  • Aug 1983 (Full Release) (Japan) NEC PC-6000 Series
  • Sep 1983 (Full Release) (Japan) FM-7
  • 1983 (Full Release) (Japan) Sharp X1
  • Jun 1985 (Full Release) (Japan) MSX
  • Nov 29, 1985 (Full Release) (Japan) Family Computer

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Nelemania

Status Nelemania May 17, 2023

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2280000/SQUARE_ENIX_AI_Tech_Preview_THE_PORTOPIA_SERIAL_MURDER_CASE/

This software is an educational demonstration of Natural Language Processing (NLP), an AI technology, as applied to the adventure game “The Portopia Serial Murder Case” (created by Yuji Horii and first published in Japan in 1983).

From the Steam reviews:

"lets go to the port"
Im not sure what to say about that
"lets go to the kobe port" …
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/2280000/SQUARE_ENIX_AI_Tech_Preview_THE_PORTOPIA_SERIAL_MURDER_CASE/

This software is an educational demonstration of Natural Language Processing (NLP), an AI technology, as applied to the adventure game “The Portopia Serial Murder Case” (created by Yuji Horii and first published in Japan in 1983).

From the Steam reviews:

"lets go to the port"
Im not sure what to say about that
"lets go to the kobe port"
Im not sure what to say about that
"Go to Kobe Port"
Im not sure what to say about that
"Go to the port"
Im not sure what to say about that
"Go to Nagisa Apartments"
Idk where that is but lets go to the port first

... bruh

😂 At least it is free.

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