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Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
The 3rd game in the Tex Murphy series. This was the first game to ship on CD and feature full motion video.
The story is set in a post World War III San Fransisco. Image a sort of 20's film-noir world mixed with some elements of the Blade Runner universe. You play Tex Murphy, a Private Eye, who quite literally stumbles (and bumbles) his way into a "Save The World" epic. Along the way, he deals with the down-and-out troubles of his everyday life.
The game uses a very impressive 3D 1st person view engine. This engine pushed computers to their very limits back in 1991. My first computers could not handle running it at full detail.
Newman Rating:
4 Star
4 Star
System:
PC
PC
Format:
CD-ROM
CD-ROM
Region:
United States
United States
Category:
Adventure Games
Publisher:
Access
Includes:
Game Box, Game Manual
Condition:
Complete in Box
Date Added:
October 21, 2005
Last Updated:
February 20, 2019
Tips & Tricks
| CONTROLS | |
| MOVEMENT | |
| Mouse Forward | walk forward |
| Mouse Backward | walk backward |
| Mouse Left | turn left |
| Mouse Right | turn right |
| Left Button + Mouse Left | slide left |
| Left Button + Mouse Right | slide right |
| Cursor Up Arrow | tilt view up |
| Cursor Down Arrow | tilt view down |
| Tab | cancel tilt & return to level |
| Left Shift | raise your eye level |
| Control | lower your eye level |
| E | return to normal eye level |
| HOT KEYS | |
| F1 | bring up the help system |
| F2 | display the movement mode graphics in high resolution |
| F3 | display the movement mode graphics in med resolution |
| F4 | display the movement mode graphics in low resolution |
| F5 | turn captioning(text) on or off |
| F7 | set the tilt control to normal (up arrrow keys tilts up and the down arrow tilts down) |
| F8 | set the tilt control to reverse (up arrow key tilts down and the down arrow key tilts up)(as in most flight simulators) |
| F10 | set slow walking speed |
| F11 | set med walking speed |
| F12 | set fast walking speed |
| Spacebar | switch between movement mode and interactive mode |
| Any Key | bypass a movie sequence or voice over |
| P | pause a movie sequence or voice over(press any key to continue) |
| INTERACTIVE MODE | |
| N | bring up the hint system |
| V | bring up the travel system |
| I | avtivate the inventory system |
| Page Up | go the the preious page of inventory items or ask about topics |
| Page Down | go to the next page of inventory items or ask about topics |
| bring up the combine screen (inventory | |
| must be active) | |
| E | examine an inventory item (inventory |
| must be active) | |
| - | go to the previous page of text in the text window |
| + | go to the next page of text in the text window |
| AUXILLIARY PANEL | |
| P | open the auxillary panel |
| C | close the auxillary panel |
| N | start a new game |
| L | load a saved game and resume play |
| S | save a game |
| O | go to the configuration screen |
| I | run the intro sequence |
| R | run the credits |
| E | exit to dos |
| CONVERSATION | |
| A | select response attitude a |
| B | select response attitude b |
| C | select response attitude c |
| SIZE WINDOWS | |
| 1 | size the action window to 240x180 |
| 2 | size the action window to 320x240 |
| 3 | size the action window to 400x300 |
| 4 | size the action window to 432x324 |
| 5 | size the action window to 480x360 |
| 6 | size the action window to 560x420 |
| 7 | size the action window to 640x480 |
| 8 | size the action window to 640x240 |
| 9 | size the action window to 240x420 |
| 0 | size the action window to 280x480 |
| COMMANDS | |
| L | select the look command if available |
| G | select the get command if available |
| M | select the move command if available |
| O | select the open command if available |
| T | select the talk command if available |
| F | select the on/off command if available |
| VIEW | |
| A | look left 30 degrees |
| S | look right 30 degrees |
| Z | look to the rear |
| Q | look left 90 degrees |
| W | look right 90 degrees |
| D | look down 30 degrees |
| F | look up 30 degrees |
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