Parascientific Escape: Cruise in the Distant Seas

Parascientific Escape: Cruise in the Distant Seas is a visual novel adventure game developed by Intense, and the first entry in the Parascientific Escape trilogy. It was originally released in Japan as 超科学脱出ストーリー ～絶海の豪華客船 (Chou Kagaku Dasshutsu Story ~Zekkai no Gouka Kyakusen~; lit. "Super Science Escape Story ~Luxurious Passenger Ship~) by Intense, before being published and localized under it's English title by Flyhigh Works, and published in North America and Europe by Circle Entertainment. It would be followed by a sequel and the second title in the trilogy, Gear Detective.

The game sets up the world of Parascientific Escape, taking place in the spring, and follows the story of Hitomi Akeneno, a 16 year old psychic who my be the world's first "double psychic". After following an anonymous invitation, she boards the luxury cruise ship Idinaloq for the maiden voyage. It's there that Hitomi becomes involved in a game to save a young girl's life set up by the mastermind "Ghost of W", who has strapped a bomb set to detonate around the girl's neck.