J.B. Harold Murder Club

TurboGrafx-CD release
Developer(s)Riverhillsoft
Althi (DS, Switch)
Publisher(s)Riverhillsoft (PC-98)
Micro Cabin (MSX)
Kyodai (MS-DOS)
Hudson Soft (TG16CD)
FonFun (DS)
SETA Corporation (FC)
Platform(s)Famicom, Fujitsu FM-7, FM Towns, NEC PC-88, NEC PC-98, MSX, Sharp X1, X68000, MS-DOS, TurboGrafx-CD, Windows, Nintendo DS, iOS, Nintendo Switch
ReleaseNEC PC-88
  • JP: August 1986
NEC PC-98
FM-7
X1
MSX
X68000
Famicom
  • JP: June 30, 1989
MS-DOS
TurboGrafx-CD
Windows
Nintendo DS
  • JP: February 21, 2008
iOS
February 15, 2011
Switch
  • JP: August 10, 2017
Genre(s)Adventure, visual novel
Mode(s)Single-player

J.B. Harold Murder Club, known as J.B. Harold no Jikenbo #1: Murder Club in Japan, and as Murder Club in North America (MS-DOS), is a 1986 murder mystery adventure game, developed by Riverhillsoft and released for the NEC PC-98, MSX, MS-DOS, NEC TurboGrafx-CD (TurboDuo), and Nintendo DS. The TurboGrafx-CD version includes still photographs, text and audio voices as well as the option to select the language, English or Japanese. The game sold 200,000 copies. It is the first entry in the J.B. Harold series, which have been released on various platforms.