Game Classification

The Hollywood Murders Laser Point Publishing, 1997  

Informations Analyses Serious Gaming
 

Classification

VIDEO GAME

Keywords

Adventure - Detective - Interactive fiction - Interactive fiction with graphics - Mystery

Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Entertainment

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
 Age : 12 to 16 years old / 17 to 25 years old
General Public

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:
AVOID : explanation of this brick MATCH : explanation of this brick MOVE : explanation of this brick SELECT : explanation of this brick WRITE : explanation of this brick
0 analysis

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The Hollywood Murders The Hollywood Murders is an interactive text / graphic shareware adventure designed for gamers who are new to this type of game.

The game is set in Hollywood in the 1950's The player takes the role of Jim Novak : private detective, hard-boiled and down on his luck, in the classic film noir tradition.

It's a hot summers day and business is slow. Jim recalls meeting a dame in a bar. He reads her note and calls her. Later she's in his office asking him to find her missing husband. Jim has a case and the game begins.

This game's parser system uses small Verb / Noun sentences such as 'take the rope', 'wear the glasses', 'use the key'. At key points a picture is displayed to help set the scene and at certain points there are sound effects such as gunfire. [source:mobygames]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : PC (Dos)

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