Témoin de l'assassinat de son père par le mystérieux Lan Di, le jeune Ryo Hazuki se jure de le retrouver pour venger son père. Tel est le point de départ de cette aventure hors normes qu'est Shenmue sur Dreamcast, un jeu à la croisée d'une multitude de genres qui comporte son lot d'action et d'affrontements inspirés des arts martiaux.
She gave my mother such a turn, that I have always been convinced I am indebted to Miss Betsey for having been born on a Friday. The word was appropriate to the moment. My mother was so much worse that Peggotty, coming in with the teaboard and candles, and seeing at a glance how ill she was, - as Miss Betsey might have done sooner if there had been light enough, - conveyed her upstairs to her own room with all speed; and immediately dispatched Ham Peggotty, her nephew, who had been for some days past secreted in the house, unknown to my mother, as a special messenger in case of emergency, to fetch the nurse and doctor.
