is a platform action/puzzle game based on the popular Monkey Punch

Monkey Punch

Monkey Punch is the pen name of Japanese manga artist Kazuhiko Katō , creator of the successful Japanese manga series Lupin III...

 characters. It was released by Epoch

Epoch Co.

Epoch Co., Ltd. is a Japanese toy and computer games company founded in 1958 which is best known for manufacturing Barcode Battler and Doraemon video games...

 on December 27, 1994 for the Super Famicom

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...

 console, solely in Japan

Japan

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.

Plot

Lupin

Arsène Lupin III

is a fictional character introduced by Monkey Punch in Weekly Manga Action on August 10, 1967. According to its creator, Lupin is the grandson of Maurice Leblanc's Arsène Lupin....

, Jigen

Daisuke Jigen

is a fictional character in Monkey Punch's Lupin III series.-Abilities:Jigen is master thief Arsène Lupin III's marksman. He can perform a 0.3-second quick-draw and has an accuracy that borders on superhuman; he can shoot skeet with a handgun, explode a missile before it hits by targeting the...

, and Goemon

Goemon Ishikawa XIII

is a fictional character created by Monkey Punch for his Lupin III series. Goemon is the thirteenth generation of renegade samurai, a descendant of the historical figure Ishikawa Goemon...

 are at their Manhattan

Manhattan

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 hideout plotting their next caper, when suddenly a large masked man bursts in. The man is escorted by a woman who proceeds to tell Lupin and the others that Fujiko

Fujiko Mine

is a fictional character created by Monkey Punch, for his Lupin III series. Fujiko is a professional criminal, burglar and "confidence trickster"....

 has been kidnapped and is being held prisoner at one of the skyscrapers downtown. In order to get her back they must find the fountain of youth. When the two leave, Lupin decides to go and rescue Fujiko himself and sets off to save her. When arrives he discovers that the building is crawling with NYPD, all under the command of Zenigata

Koichi Zenigata

, usually called , is a fictional character in Monkey Punch's anime and manga series Lupin III.- Personality :Inspector Zenigata hails from Japan, city of origin unknown. According to Lupin III: Episode Zero - First Contact, his original title was Tokyo Police Inspector whose original interest was...

... so Lupin must enter through the building's ventilation to find Fujiko.

Gameplay

As Lupin, the player must move through each maze-like floors of the skyscraper. The player must search around for the control computers in order to open the doors to freedom. The player also comes across an array of bizarre devices to aid in the quest, including spring shoes that allow Lupin to reach high places and to leap tall walls.

External links

• Game review at stevethefish.net