Jack the Ripper

The real murders by the renowned killer, Jack the Ripper, took place in London in the year 1888. As everyone knows, the cases have never been solved. What would happen if Jack left London and started his killing thirteen years later ... in New York City?

Similar to other Jack the Ripper stories, the main character is a reporter. You play James "Jimmy" Palmer, a newspaper man in New York, who is assigned to get the scoop on some strange and grotesque murders. Guide Jimmy around the dank and dirty "Low Side" of New York in the year 1901 - twelve years after Jack the Ripper's last known killing in London. Visit crime scenes, interview people who knew the victims in a brothel, a cabaret nightclub and alleyways. Get help from different types of people from various walks of life - bookies, prostitutes, street bums as well as the police, investigative agency professionals and Jimmy's co-workers.

This first person adventure game is completely mouse controlled and features an in-game map for navigating between locations, 360° views, 3D graphics, and ambient background effects. Exploration, interaction with other characters, solving various types of puzzles, and finding/using inventory objects are all part of the gameplay.

Added March 8, 2020
Published By Microids
Front Cover (Canada,United States) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Back Cover (Canada,United States) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Inside Cover (Canada,United States) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Inside Cover (Canada,United States) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Media (Canada,United States) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Front Cover (United Kingdom) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Back Cover (United Kingdom) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Media (United Kingdom) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Media (United Kingdom) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Manual (United Kingdom) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Manual (United Kingdom) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Back Cover (France) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Front Cover (France) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Media (France) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Front Cover (Russia) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Media (Russia) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Media (Russia) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Inside Cover (Russia) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Back Cover (Russia) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Title Screen (Windows) from mobygames.com
Main Menu (Windows) from mobygames.com
Options Menu (Windows) from mobygames.com
The first newspaper article about the murders (Windows) from mobygames.com
Your boss, the Editor-in-Chief (Windows) from mobygames.com
Meet Paul, your friend and co-worker (Windows) from mobygames.com
Navigation Map - dragging notes from your inventory to the pushpins on the map make new locations available (Windows) from mobygames.com
Your first visit to the Police Station (Windows) from mobygames.com
Outside a cabaret. This shot is typical of the streets shown in the game. (Windows) from mobygames.com
There is a bit of reading - like this autopsy report. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Jimmy's notebook includes newspaper clippings, articles and other papers which can be examined and even used. (Windows) from mobygames.com
The Police Chief is sometimes not very helpful. (Windows) from mobygames.com
At the Pinkerten Agency, get help from several professionals - like this gruff-looking, but very nice, forensics guy. (Windows) from mobygames.com
A prostitute who knew more than one of the victims. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Working the "Map Puzzle". Your objective is to match up the two maps on the light table. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Abigail is the singer in the Low Side Red Chapel nightclub. It is hinted that she and Jimmy are forming a relationship of some sort, but nothing really develops inside the game. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Trailer

Year of Release:
2004

Platform(s):

Genre(s):
Puzzle Adventure

Graphic Style:
3D

Camera View:
First-Person

Control Type:
Point and Click

Setting/Theme:
Mystery

Other Tags:
Historical

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