Inspector Parker Unsolved JC

by Mumbo Jumbo

Product Features

• Ten increasing levels of difficulty
• Get a close up of all the rooms and suspects
• Gain access to the victims and room galleries
• Randomly generated boards for unlimited variation
• Endless hours of puzzling fun

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000O5HY46
• Item Weight: 7 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: April 10, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,726 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform:  WINDOWS 98/ME/2000/XP Publisher:  MUMBO JUMBO Packaging:  JEWEL CASE Rating:  EVERYONE If you like to snuggle with a good mystery you'll love Inspector Parker to death. Solve the mystery of Misanthorpe Manor where seven potential suspects motives weapons victims pieces of evidence and body disposal methods must be sorted through to solve the crime. This puzzler plays like a simple logic game. Eliminate possibilities from the gameboard using the clues in your notebook until the details of the crime emerge. Your mentor Inspector Parker will guide you through each level in this murder mystery.Features:Unlimited game play!10 levels of difficulty each with randomly generated boards for unlimited variationAccess to the victims and rooms galleriesUnlock the entire gallery with the expansion pack get a close up of all the rooms and suspects Bonus - 2nd case included free - Case #2In this adventuresome puzzler travel with the Chief Inspector to Ravencourt.  Investigate 12 shady suspects and a castle full of booby trapped rooms to sniff out the would be murderer.  You must incapacitate him until help arrives.  Unravel the full mysteries of Ravencourt and the Vandernots in Adventure Mode or simply solve increasingly challenging puzzles in Puzzle Mode.  Deep in story and rich in graphic detail Betrapped! is the perfect to while away a stormy night in your own castle.Features:Ponder of the puzzle modeSolve the mystery with attention to detailQuick and easy tutorial gets you on your waySweep each room for murder cluesUncover the mysterySystem Requirements:Windows 98/Me/2000/XPPentium II - 500 Mhz or better64mb RAM or betterDirectX video card - 16mb vram or better32 MB free hard drive space

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Logic Game, December 26, 2007

By 

Janet Boyer "Author, Blogger, Mystic" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Inspector Parker Unsolved JC (Video Game)

Because of its affordable price, I bought Inspector Parker sight unseen. I had (mistakenly) thought it was a hidden object game like the Mystery Case Files (Prime Suspect, Huntsville, etc.)

Essentially, Inspector Parker is a logic game. Remember those logic puzzles in book format where there is a cast of characters wearing different clothes in different rooms--and then, after reading some clues (John wore a green hat but was not in the kitchen), you had to place each individual in a particular room wearing particular clothing?

Well, this game is a lot like that, except the same premise is carried out visually. You get a vertical "slice" view of a house with several characters and several weapons. Based on the clues given, you have to figure out who was in what room with what weapon.

It's not a bad game...but it's not, in my opinion, an enjoyable or addictable missing object game. (I get enough of a mental workout writing, so I tend to look to PC games to relax between chapters or reviews.) No, this requires a bit more brain power akin to logic puzzles. If logic puzzles are your thing, you may enjoy this. But if you're looking for casual gaming that doesn't require a ton of logical analysis, you may be a bit disappointed.

Janet Boyer, author of The Back in Time Tarot Book: Picture the Past, Experience the Cards, Understand the Present (coming Fall 2008 from Hampton Roads Publishing)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A lot of fun! Suitable for hearing impaired but not visually impaired., December 24, 2008

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critters - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Inspector Parker Unsolved JC (Video Game)

I have to say that I've thoroughly enjoyed these games. "Inspector Parker" churns out logic puzzles of varying complexity, and I LOVE logic puzzles. It can also give little hints by blinking when only one possibility is left, which may be handy for those just becoming acquainted with logic puzzles. It's not bad for the rest of us either, but it can be turned off if you wish. My only problem with the game is that only 2 "strikes" are allowed, which are very, very easy to make if you get your mouse button fingers confused. I finally took to using my laptop "mouse" with both hands, which helped.

"BeTrapped" works a lot like "Mine Sweeper," but there's a mystery story behind clearing the rooms of traps. Suspects are interviewed, and secret objects can be found.

I consider both games excellent buys, particularly for the price. Try them; you might like them! Both are suitable for the hearing impaired but not low vision. Scenes are open captioned where necessary, but tiny details are necessary visually. No magnifier option is available.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun- 2 Games In 1, December 23, 2008

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K. Koval "Kelly" (Somerset, New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Inspector Parker Unsolved JC (Video Game)

This game came to me as a 2 game cd. The first game is Inspector Parker, which is a logic game. There are a series of rooms (in a square, like 3 by 3 or 4 by 4, etc) And there are clues (Like object 1 must be above object 2) where you figure out by elimination which object goes where. I like this game. It doesn't take long to complete one go at it and it's fun. I do not consider this a hidden object game I know another reviewer said the were unhappy with the hidden pictures and I don't blame then since there weren't any.
Go to yahoo games to try Inspector Parker in its limited version to see if it's for you.

The second game surprised me. I bought the cd for the first game and this one actually turned out to be my favorite! It's called Betrapped, and though I don't particulaly care for the name it was very addictve and the murder mystery really sucked me it (which doesn't happen often).
Betrapped is a more interactive minesweeper game, where you figure out where traps are. You are given a colored series of squares and each color represents the number of traps that surround it. (Like minesweeper but with colors instead of numbers). I played this game all the way through to the end in one run of atleast 5 hours but I was really into it and did all my invetigating.
The best part of Betrapped is in the end you have to deduce who and how things happened during the crimes. It's great fun and WELL WORTH the under $10 price tag :)