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The wail of a siren, the bark of a gun. A private eye's job is never easy, and it only gets harder after the world nearly ended. A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, though, and you've never given up on a tough job just because life wasn't fair. A Norm has to work hard to stay ahead of the muck that's in this world, and now's your chance to save Frisco from the worst of it. Life's like a dame: you gotta take care of it or, just when you think everything's going fine, you'll be out of luck.

That was a terrible metaphor, but when you've been kicked in the head as much as Tex has--and enjoyed as much bourbon--writing isn't your strong suit. Not much is, except finding the secrets that people don't want found, and making the world a little better.

If you're not familiar to Tex Murphy games let us make a short intro. The games take place in San Francisco, or what's left of it, in a not too distant future. You take the role of Tex Murphy, a down-on-his-luck private detective who finds it hard to make both ends meet every month. All five games are point and click, noir-style adventure games, take you through a different case and will test your deduction skills and wits.

This weekend, you can pick up the Tex Murphy games for 50% off, and see if you've got what it takes to make San Francisco a better place.
Tempting...

If I have any sanity left, I'd first check at home which Tex Murphy games I already own in CDs (probably the three newer ones, but I don't remember for sure). But, in the end I probably end up buying these because digging the games up is just too much work... Kinda pointless purchase like earlier buying the Myst games here, but at least I wouldn't have to care about the CDs...

Two questions to anyone who knows:

- Were there any real issues getting the original games running on modern systems, ie. do these GoG versions make it much easier to play them on modern systems? If they are DOS games, I have no problem running the originals through DOSBox manually.

- Are there any known issues with these GoG versions, something that is not a problem with the original versions? I presume these don't have lacking expansion packs or anything...
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KOC: Great promo... now to decide if I want more than one of them. I guess I will buy one first and see if I like it. Is Pandora Directive the best one? (highest rated in the catalogue it seems, but thought I'd ask for opinions).

also, how long are these games approximately? (if you're an average player, not a puzzle-solving genius)
they are all just as good. under a killing moon has it uniqueness because it was the first , pandora directive had a very good story, overseer is good too but less puzzles i find and less difficult. and you might see some actors you recognize in all three.
tex murphy 2 is offcourse different but great just as well. never managed to finish 1 or played it much because the driving/strategy part kinda put me off but i bought it so gonna try it again.

they all take a few days to solve, some a week if you just play nights.

and no offcourse they dont have expansion packs (it's an adventure!)
Post edited September 16, 2011 by lugum
Under a Killing Moon and the sequals are propably the prime examples of how to make firts person adventure game with FMV cutsecenes right.
My wallet just screamed:
"Make it stop, please, make it stop! I'm too young to die!"
Shame on you GOG
Shame.On.You.
=D
Aw.. the previous promo was better for getting them all http://www.gog.com/en/promo/tex_murphy_games
Finally...
It took me 557 days, but for the first time I see:
"Nice, you own all games from this promo"
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lugum: ...
According to MobyGames, UAKM and Padora Directive are for both DOS and Windows (MS+MM are DOS only (and some non-Intel platforms), and Overseer Windows-only).

So which version does UAKM and PD include, or both, and is there any real difference between the two versions?

Just remembering some other games like Master of Orion 2 where the DOS version was considered better than the Windows version...
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JMich: Is it a new trend for GOG to have spelling mistakes in all announcements? Do we win something for finding them? Or is it just a pun I couldn't understand?
Too much bourbon.
Oh and if I decide to play Mean Streets, any idea if it is worth to play e.g. the Amiga version instead (even though I'd buy the PC version here)? Graphics are probably the same, but it seems to me PC version does not apparently have any sound card support, so I'm thinking:

+ Plus: Amiga version probably has much better music and sound effects

- Minus: Amiga version might come with umpteen discs and needs constant changing of discs during gameplay, something that made e.g. the Amiga versions of Monkey Island games not a good choice.
Well, I ended up buying both Under a Killing Moon and Pandora Directive. Forgot that I already had 1+2 from when it was free, so there should be plenty of Tex Murphy in my life for quite a while :)
Need to pass this time. Simple too many unplayed-GOG-games
Oh look, I've got them all. In fact, it's getting harder and harder for me to find an unowned promotion.
Hmm, this is something of a milestone for me... the first time I've had the 'Nice, you own all these games.' message. Now I know I have a GOG problem.
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timppu: Oh and if I decide to play Mean Streets, any idea if it is worth to play e.g. the Amiga version instead (even though I'd buy the PC version here)? Graphics are probably the same, but it seems to me PC version does not apparently have any sound card support, so I'm thinking:

+ Plus: Amiga version probably has much better music and sound effects

- Minus: Amiga version might come with umpteen discs and needs constant changing of discs during gameplay, something that made e.g. the Amiga versions of Monkey Island games not a good choice.
Hmm, looking at some screenshots it does look slightly nicer in some areas (although weirdly the title screen has been 'painted over' rather than just being a digitised photo like in the DOS version). Now, we all the know that the Amiga's sound capabilities were miles ahead of PCs at the time, but I have a feeling this was ported to the Amiga from DOS. It may or may not have had a sound upgrade.
Post edited September 16, 2011 by SirPrimalform
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Titanium: Oh look, I've got them all. In fact, it's getting harder and harder for me to find an unowned promotion.
Which reminds me, have any of the Interplay/Bioware RPGs been in promotion ever (and the "similar" games like Arcanum and Temple of Elemental Evil)? I assume not, as they are probably all time best-sellers here even without...

I own many of them already, but e.g. IWD2 and NWN I'm missing, and thinking of getting IWD also from GoG just so that I don't have to care about Starforce skit on my IWD: Heart of Winter CD...
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SirPrimalform: Hmm, looking at some screenshots it does look slightly nicer in some areas (although weirdly the title screen has been 'painted over' rather than just being a digitised photo like in the DOS version). Now, we all the know that the Amiga's sound capabilities were miles ahead of PCs at the time, but I have a feeling this was ported to the Amiga from DOS. It may or may not have had a sound upgrade.
Usually the Amiga versions of DOS games had quite good sounds and music even in games where the does version was pretty much silent or with horrendous beeper sounds. But if I understood right, Mean Streets DOS plays digitized sounds through the PC beeper, so possibly the Amiga versions sound effects and music are the same, but sounds clearer because of using a proper digital-2-analog converter..

There were some exceptions though, IIRC the Amiga versions of early Sierra adventures (King's Quest 1-3, Space Quest 1 etc.) had just as bad CGA graphics and beeper sounds as the DOS originals, ie. they really appeared to be 1:1 direct ports from DOS.

Anyway, I guess I'll take the plunge, ie. get these games from GoG and check the Amiga version. Only Mean Streets apparently appeared outside x86.
Post edited September 16, 2011 by timppu
I already had Tex Murphy 1+2 from the GOG Christmas special, but I never did get the chance to play it...

Though I'm kind of tempted to purchase at least one of the other Tex Murphy games. Which one is the best?