List of Detective Jenny video games (Johnsonverse)

This is a list of games based on the Detective Jenny franchise.

Overview
The Detective Jenny games all featured FMV cutscenes animated by Toei for odd-numbered games and TMS for even-numbered games. Also, they are notable for releasing on older consoles (for example, the sixth and seventh games were released on the Sega Dreamcast as Japanese state-exclusive titles). Older games have since been released on newer consoles (as part of compilations), Steam, and mobile, typically as remastered versions for the latter, with even higher quality for the FMV cutscenes. All games have received critical acclaim for their graphics, cutscenes, gameplay, voice acting, and variety in stages.

====Detective Jenny: The Game (DOS, Macintosh, Linux, Amiga, Sega Genesis, Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy; released November 29, 1994)==== The first game was created as a WAD for Doom, which Johnson Games liked so much they made it an official game with permission from id Software. The first game follows Team Jenny stopping an organized crime ring. Each level involves the player playing as either Jenny, Makayla, or Terry, taking out various criminal bosses ranging from the mafia to corrupt cops in 20 levels. Also, FMV cutscenes featuring new animation and special effect sequences were made, which were considered revolutionary for the time due to their high video and audio quality; the FMV cutscenes are only seen in the DOS, Macintosh, and Amiga versions, while all other versions have comic-book style cutscenes, though digitized voice samples provided by the show's cast are used in-game, and an FMV of Jenny and Makayla running until they freeze into place for the title screen is used at the beginning of the Genesis and SNES versions. The graphics for the 8-bit and 16-bit versions were praised for staying true to the show, with the 16-bit versions in particular having animations as smooth as those in the show. All three players have a "Rage" mode, activated if they kill enough enemies (in said mode, they're invincible, and they have unlimited ammo).

==== Detective Jenny: Government Smackdown (DOS, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Nintendo 64, PlayStation; released September 1, 1996) ==== This game involves Team Jenny stopping Black Scorpion from a terrorist plot to take over the US by stopping bombs in the White House, the Capitol, the Pentagon, among others. The Genesis and PlayStation versions were Doom clones, while the N64 and Saturn versions were fully-fledged 3D first-person shooters that set the stage for Rare's GoldenEye 007 the following year. Once again, only the DOS, Windows, Macintosh, Saturn, and PlayStation versions had FMV cutscenes; the SNES, Genesis, and Game Boy versions had comic-book style cutscenes (again, the former two featured an FMV sequence of Team Jenny running until it cuts to a freeze-frame for the title screen), while the N64 version had the audio of the FMV cutscenes played over still images. Once again, only Jenny, Makayla, and Terry were playable.

====Detective Jenny: Base Breakin' (Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Mandatum, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn; released July 19, 1998)==== This game involves Black Scorpion building bases in 22 countries to take over the world, and Team Jenny must stop this plot in 22 levels. It was the first game to include vehicular levels, and thus the first time Kristen and Louise were playable.

====Detective Jenny: Y2K (Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Mandatum, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Sega Dreamcast; released November 22, 2000)==== In this game, Black Scorpion attempts to create an actual Y2K bug. Team Jenny must stop this scheme by killing key Black Scorpion hackers. This game introduces new weapons and marks the first time Ronnie was playable. It was the final Detective Jenny production with Mary Kay Bergman as the voice of Jenny, as she had committed suicide the year prior (as it happened during voice-acting sessions, the remainder of Jenny's lines were done by Bergman's replacement, Tara Strong, who was credited as Jenny alongside Bergman and recorded some of Jenny's lines in certain stages and cutscenes, along with pedestrian voices; it's also worth noting that Bergman's death devastated Alanna Ubach, and as the first scene recorded following Bergman's death was one towards the end of the game where it was believed Jenny was killed in a building explosion, Ubach gave perhaps her best performance as Makayla to date, as the pure anguish in her voice was completely genuine, as if Jenny had died with Bergman; when the game was remastered in 2012, this was the only piece of dialogue not re-recorded, as Tammy Jo thought it was perfect as it was); the game was dedicated to her memory.

====Detective Jenny: Terrorist Wipeout! (Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Mandatum, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Sega Dreamcast, Xbox; released December 6, 2002)==== This game was made in direct response to the September 11 attacks and involved Team Jenny going to the Middle East to hunt down Osama Bin Laden. Upon release, the game drew widespread controversy due to its use of real terrorists and their groups (such as al-Qaeda, Taliban, and Hamas), as well as missions in which the player has to kill innocent civilians to draw terrorists out of hiding, with many critics accusing the game of being nothing more than pro-military propaganda and even a US Army recruitment tool. In recent years, though, the game is viewed as a satirical piece on the post-9/11 paranoia and the gung-ho tactics employed by the military. Most infamously, the game provoked foiled Hamas, Taliban, and al-Qaeda terrorist bombings near Johnson HQ and several key Johnson buildings. The game was also noted for being the first time Team Jenny and Black Scorpion were forced to work together, as well as the last Detective Jenny game to be released on the Sega Dreamcast in North America and Europe (the Dreamcast versions of the next two games were only released in the Japanese states).

====Detective Jenny: Pirate Pillage (Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Mandatum, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS, Xbox, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Sega Dreamcast; released August 7, 2004)==== This game sees Team Jenny investigating a suspected pirate operation on the Eastern Seaboard, eventually finding that a group of pirates backed by Black Scorpion has been using old naval ships dating back to World War II and the Cold War have been raiding all merchant shipping in the Atlantic. This game marked Christy, Emily, and Sandra's first playable appearance.

====Detective Jenny: Cities of Justice (Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Mandatum, Ubuntu, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Sega Dreamcast; released December 1, 2006)==== The first game to use an open-world sandbox mechanic. Team Jenny is given various tasks by Joe, Dennis, or other members of the UN to foil various plots laid out by Black Scorpion, the Camino Cartel, the Vincenetti Crime Family, the Celtic Liberation Front, and the New Black Panthers, all of whom team up later in the game. The SNES version was a first-person shooter with comic book-style cutscenes, with voice samples provided by the cast, and was the last licensed game released for the system until the homebrew title New Super Mario Land was officially licensed by Nintendo and released on August 5, 2020.

====Detective Jenny: Battle in Space (Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Mandatum, Ubuntu, Steam, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable; released May 19, 2008)====

====Detective Jenny: Taking Back the World (Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Mandatum, Ubuntu, Steam, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable; September 12, 2010)====

====Detective Jenny Forever (Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Mandatum, Ubuntu, Steam, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Wii U; March 18, 2012)====

==== Detective Jenny: Alien Invasion (Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Mandatum, Ubuntu, Steam, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Wii U; February 16, 2014)==== This was the last Detective Jenny game released on the PlayStation 2 and the PlayStation Portable.

====Detective Jenny: Bringing Down the Scorpion (Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Mandatum, Ubuntu, iOS, Android, Steam, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U; October 22, 2016)==== The game sees

====Detective Jenny: Destruction of Evil (Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Mandatum, Ubuntu, Chromebook, iOS, Android, Steam, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch; September 24, 2018)====

====Detective Jenny: Bloodshed (Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Mandatum, Ubuntu, Chromebook, iOS, Android, Steam, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch; August 30, 2020)==== This was the first time Krystall, Molly, and Daisy were playable, as well as the last Detective Jenny game for seventh-generation consoles.