Lupin Sansei: Pandora no Isan/Gameplay

Controls

 * : Use the direction pad to control your designated player character. Press left or right to make the character run in either direction.  The longer you hold a direction down, the faster they will run.  Press down to squat..
 * : The up direction has many special uses in this game. Press it to instruct your character to enter a passage or a doorway.  If the scene does not change when you enter a door, you can continue to remain behind the door for as long as you like by holding the up direction.  Additionally, hold up while you jump will allow you to jump higher, and land on platforms above you.
 * : Press the A button to jump. The longer you hold down A, the higher a character will jump.  Press and hold  on the direction pad while pressing A to jump even higher.
 * : Tap the B button to attack. Lupin and Jigen can fire up to three bullets on the screen at one time.  Goemon will only attack with his sword.
 * : Press Start to begin a new game, or to pause the action mid-game. While paused as Lupin, press  and  to cycle through the available gadgets at the top of the screen.
 * : Press Select to activate the currently selected gadget. Unless you are Lupin, this will only apply to the Radio (see below).

Items
Throughout the game, characters can collect various items. However, with the single exception of the Radio, all of these items are exclusively usable by Lupin. While they can be collected by any character, only Lupin can activate any of the selectable items beyond the Radio, or benefit from the automatic items.

''Note: At any given time, the number of each item that you have is shown on the screen. Any amount from 1 to 9 shows normally. Beyond 9, letters are sometimes used to represent amounts, although 15 and 19 do appear. Above 19, the actual sprites of the items themselves begin to show in the counters.''