He was Jonathan's partner during their days in the LAPD and was also one of the Original Cops. nihongo|Ed Brown|エド・ブラウン|Edo Buraun :The chief of Beyond Coast Police's (BCP) Vice Unit.
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As a result, he is physically younger than his real age. He was stranded in space for 25 years after a space-walking accident, only to be found alive, thanks to the cryogenic sleep module in his suit. One of the five "Original Cops" (a nickname given in likeness to Project Mercury's "Original Seven") that formed the Policenauts. nihongo|Jonathan Ingram|ジョナサン・イングラム|Jonasan Inguramu :The protagonist. There he is reunited with his former partner from his LAPD days, Ed Brown, who agrees to help Jonathan investigate the circumstances surrounding Hojo's disappearance and Lorraine's murder. Jonathan, unable to catch the culprit, decides to fulfill his ex-wife's final request and travels to Beyond.
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However, after Lorraine leaves his office, she is attacked and murdered by a man in a black motorcycle suit. Jonathan is reluctant to take her case at first. She asks for Jonathan's help in solving the disappearance of her current husband, Kenzo Hojo, the only clues he left behind being a torn leaf, a set of capsules, and the word "Plato". Three years later, Jonathan (now a private investigator working in the former Los Angeles) is visited by his former wife, Lorraine. He is found alive and well nearly 25 years later thanks to the cold-sleep module connected to the suit. A freak accident occurs while testing a new space walking suit and Jonathan is drifted away into space and is presumed dead by his colleagues. The game centers around Jonathan Ingram, one of the five "Policenauts", astronauts with police training, assigned to ensure the safety of Beyond Coast, mankind's first fully-functional space colony in the year 2013. The Saturn version features light gun support for the shooting segments. The console versions of the game all include support for their respective mouse peripherals. There are numerous puzzles in the game, including an event where the player must dismantle a bomb by following their partner's instructions. The player can use the shooting trainer at the police department to test their reflex and accuracy. Like in "Snatcher", the game features shooting segments where the player must defend their character from incoming enemies. The game is set in a primarily first person perspective and uses a point-and-click interface: the player can move the cursor and have the protagonist (Jonathan Ingram) analyze objects around his environment or talk to other characters in the game. The game centers around a detective who travels to a space colony to investigate the circumstances surrounding his ex-wife's murder and her new husband's sudden disappearance. "Policenauts", like " Snatcher" before it, pays various homages to previously-existing films, the most obvious being Jonathan's and Ed's (the main characters) respective resemblances to Riggs and Murtaugh from " Lethal Weapon".
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The game has never been officially released outside Japan, despite plans for an English localization of the Saturn version. It was initially released for the PC-9821 computer platform in 1994, followed by remade versions for the 3DO in 1995, and PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1996. Input = Mouse, joypad, light gun (shooting sequence only) nihongo| "Policenauts"|ポリスノーツ|Porisunōtsu is a cinematic adventure game, with a hard science fiction storyline published by Konami, written and directed by Hideo Kojima. Platforms = NEC PC-9821, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Sony PlayStation, Sega Saturn
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Genre = Adventure game (interactive cinema) Konami Computer Entertainment Japan ( SS) Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka ( 3DO, PS) Caption = Cover artwork of the original PC-9821 version.