Play Pro Yakyuu Satsujin Jiken! (Japan) Online

Pro Yakyuu Satsujin Jiken! is this weird little NES gem from Capcom that never made it outside Japan—probably because it’s a baseball game and a murder mystery, but also neither of those things. It’s more like someone took a detective story, dunked it in absurd humor, and then made you solve crimes while baseball lingo keeps creeping in. The whole thing feels like an inside joke about how many Famicom games were either baseball sims or murder mysteries back then.

You’ll interview suspects who talk in exaggerated baseball metaphors, collect clues that make zero sense until they suddenly do, and occasionally stumble into mini-games that have no business being in a detective story. It’s janky, unpredictable, and honestly kind of brilliant if you’re into that late-’80s Capcom weirdness. Just don’t expect it to play by normal rules—half the fun is seeing how far the joke goes.