Kate, the daughter of a wealthy businessman named E.A. Lomax, is abducted by a Chinese warlord named Li Deng near Chengdu, where she was volunteering as a nurse. Lomax recruits the former World War I fighter pilot Jake "Lucky" Masters for a dangerous mission: travel to Hong-Kong, locate a mysterious ninja, and find a way to infiltrate Li Deng's fortress and rescue Kate.
The game has tasks with multiple solutions, allowing players to try different approaches and choose from branching dialogues. However, some choices can lead to the protagonist's death or a dead end in the investigation. There are also arcade sequences that can be skipped if the player fails after several tries. The game uses digitized photos of live actors superimposed on hand-painted graphics.