How to play Yamamura Misa Suspense: Kyouto Ryuu no Tera Satsujin Jiken on Mac
Game summary
The first in a series of murder mystery games by Taito penned by and named for Japanese mystery writer Misa Yamamura. The game was released only in Japan for the Nintendo Famicom on December 11, 1987.
Yamamura Misa Suspense: Kyoto Ryuu no Tera Satsujin Jiken (roughly "Yamamura Misa Suspense: Murder Case of the Kyoto Buddhist Temple Dragon") is the first in a series of murder mystery games from Taito, based on the work of prolific Japanese mystery writer Yamamura Misa.
Like many of its Famicom crime adventure game peers the goal is to track down a killer using the provided detective skills: examining crime scenes, collecting evidence and talking to suspects and other helpful NPCs.
The game, and its sequels, were never localized or released outside of Japan.
First released: Jan 1988
Play Yamamura Misa Suspense: Kyouto Ryuu no Tera Satsujin Jiken on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Yamamura Misa Suspense: Kyouto Ryuu no Tera Satsujin Jiken on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.
Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.
Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).
Yamamura Misa Suspense: Kyouto Ryuu no Tera Satsujin Jiken installation steps for Mac
Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Yamamura Misa Suspense: Kyouto Ryuu no Tera Satsujin Jiken like you would on any PC.
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