Here are 2 more games from our top 10 free detective games online list. Both are black and white detective games in the film-noir style, such as you would find in the brilliant Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett.
The detective character in these games is Nick Bounty – also written in the classic American private eye ‘Sam Spade’ style but with his own quirky brand of humour!
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From Pinhead Games: A Case of the Crabs and The Goat in the Grey Fedora are both point-n-click adventure flash games that you can play online for free. As well as being available for computer download (for PC, Mac or Linux).
These fun puzzle adventure games perfectly pay homage to the well-known well-loved hard-boiled PI style detective novels by parodying this genre, making them perfect mystery games for fans of the 1920s style American crime fiction.
From the funny game titles, the quirky dialogue and odd-ball characters to the point-and-click investigations and tricky puzzles to solve you will have so much fun playing these games!
These 2 games have been around on the net awhile now, but if you haven’t had a go at these games – then check them out and get your crime-solving fix now, it’s free!
#3 Nick Bounty 1 – A Case of the Crabs
Plot: Something stinks and it smells like crab, only there’s something funny about these crustaceans. You play as Detective Nick Bounty, who despite his ability to solve the most tangled cases, has yet to work for a paying client. This time it’s up to you to discover who knocked off a local seafood salesman and get to the bottom of a diabolical counterfeiting operation!
No download required, play now at pinheadgames.com.
#4 Nick Bounty 2 – The Goat in the Grey Fedora
Plot: This time, detective Nick Bounty sets out to find a missing ceramic goat for the niece of a recently deceased lawyer. He soon finds out, however, that he isn’t the only one looking for it!
No download required, play now at pinheadgames.com.
These are #3 and #4 in our top 10 free detective games online. If you love film-noir style crime solving flash games check out, this post: Play Detective Games Online Free Top 10 #2 Detective Grimoire.
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