Mean Streets (video game)
| Mean Streets | |
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DOS Cover art
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| Developer(s) |
Access Software The Code Monkeys (AMI) |
| Publisher(s) | Access Software U.S. Gold (ST & AMI) |
| Director(s) | Bruce Carver |
| Producer(s) | Bruce Carver |
| Designer(s) | Roger Carver David Curtin Brent Erickson Kevin Homer |
| Artist(s) | Douglas Vandegrift John Berven Jon Clark |
| Writer(s) |
Brent Erickson Brian Ferguson Chris Jones |
| Series | Tex Murphy |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS, Commodore 64, Atari ST, Amiga |
| Release |
MS-DOS & Commodore 64 Atari ST & Amiga
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| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Mean Streets is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Access Software for MS-DOS and Commodore 64 in 1989. It was later ported to the Atari ST and Amiga in 1990 but these ports were only released in Europe. The game, set in dystopian cyberpunk neo-noir world, is the first in the series of Tex Murphy mysteries; its immediate sequel is Martian Memorandum. In 1998, Mean Streets was later remade as Tex Murphy: Overseer.
The player plays the role of Tex Murphy, a down-and-out private investigator living in post-apocalyptic San Francisco. Tex is hired by a beautiful young woman named Sylvia Linsky to investigate the death of her father, Dr. Carl Linsky, a professor at the University of San Francisco. Prior to his death, Carl would not talk to his daughter about the secret project he was working on, and days later, he was seen falling off the Golden Gate Bridge. Sylvia suspects murder, but the police say it was routine suicide. To help get him started, Tex is given $10,000 and a few leads. The player is referred to the game's manual for a list of their leads.
The game starts in Tex's speeder flying car, and the player can perform various functions, including moving the speeder backward and forward, raise or lower the altitude, switching between different views, and accessing the on-board computer. The player can also contact Tex's secretary and informant and receive faxes from them if they ask for information on suspects.
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