Policenauts is a graphic adventure game developed by Hideo Kojima and published by Konami. It was originally released on July 29, 1994, on the NEC PC-9821 and later ported on the 3DO and the PlayStation only in Japan. Supposed to be an English release but was canceled. However, in 2009 an English Translation was released by a fan.
Please Note I am using Duck Station (PS1 Emulation) to play Policenauts
The game starts off with our main Character Jonathan Ingram
and the rest of his colleagues in space doing astronaut training. An accident occurred leaving Jonathan Ingram spinning in a cryogenic ball that kept him alive leaving his body to never age. 30 Years later in 2040, he is a private eye investigator on Earth in Old Los Angeles. His former wife visits him asking for help to find her husband who disappears but she is soon eliminated by an unknown perpetrator. He is left with two clues a half leaf and a capsule pill. He travels to Beyond a Colony in space and catches up with his old friend Ed Brown to investigate a darker truth.
I came in blind with some minor help from a WalkThrough click here!!! lol
The gameplay is ok lol. The gunplay action is just point and click by moving the cursor with the thumb pad, left thumb sticks, or you could use the mouse on the emulator. However, on the Sega Saturn Version, you can use a light gun. You could try out your skills at the training section in the BCP gun range. where it can assist your aim better. But not really lol Because your thumb or wirst could get very very tired/sore from the intense action. You will need to interact with every Character, read every dialogue, and literary click every part "Don't miss" You won't be able to leave that section unless you interact with everything on screen.
Overall the whole game is awesome with some minor annoyances. I felt the action elements were so much like metal gear solid if it was in a 3d setting lmao. From the enemies taking cover and popping in and out. I always felt like the 90s was all about space, jazz, and how we look at things from the past in a philosophical sense. The story is really really good coming from Kojima before Metal Gear Solid on the PS1. Another game like this is Snatcher on the Sega CD.
So yeah this game will take you about 30 hours or maybe 3 days to finish it.
With a bunch of twists and turns. It will be quite a satisfying experience
Please note When Switching to disc 2 load your save file from the memory card
you may encounter a black screen if loaded on a save state.
If you get stuck here is a walk-through
www.hexdidnt.clara.net/policenauts/faq/
or
this one lparchive.org/Policenauts/