Sam Sleuth: Private Investigator is a 1-player adventure game for the TRS-80 CoCo. The player tries to solve 1 of 3 criminal mysteries of 3 levels of difficulty. The mystery is the same, but the details of each case is randomly generated. All commands are via menu structures using the mouse. The player can travel to different locations by car, driving on a larger map. If the player goes off the road and crashes, they start at their previous location. The player can interview the people at these locations. The player has an inventory, and items in that location or inventory can be picked up, examined, or used. There is also an option to shoot people. Locations and people can also be accessed by telephone.

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