Game Classification

The Child Murderer 1994  

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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 Child Murderer The Child Murderer is a shareware text and graphics adventure game designed for the beginning level player.The player takes the role of Charles Browning, personal servant to Robert Harris a rich businessman living in Victorian London. You are blamed for a murder you did not commit, and must both evade your captors and find the real killer.

The text parser uses small Verb / Noun sentences, such as Talk to the woman, or Use the candle. In addition a menu of common commands and keystroke shortcuts is displayed in most locations and key objects in the game are preceded with the term, Visible Objects.

In 2001 this game was updated and re-issued as public domain software The Murderer. [source:mobygames]

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

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