[2] Cross Tantei Monogatari is a visual novel, and is mostly played as a young 18-year-old detective named Koruso Ken.
[3] The game was featured in Japan's June 1996 issue of Sega Saturn Magazine.
[5] Hamster later published it as a budget game in two separate releases: Kōhen and Zenpen.
Famitsu gave the game a score of 30/40, and reviewers praised the presentation, story and difficulty, while criticizing the lack of hints in the gameplay.
[2] In a 2002 press interview, WorkJam announced, "We will focus on developing games with Jinguji Saburo and Cross as our two main pillars."