Games like Tex Murphy: Mean Streets
by Access Software
The year is 2033. Your name is Tex Murphy, Private Investigator in San Francisco. You've been hired by the beautiful daughter of a university professor to uncover the facts about his death. As you begin your investigation you uncover the deaths of several prominent members of the scientific community.
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$9.99Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
Jun 12 · Access Software
Both: Noir · Detective · Cyberpunk
Enter the virtual world of Under A Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check. This thrilling and hilarious adventure is unlike anything you've seen before.
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$9.99Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
Jun 12 · Access Software
Both: Detective · Noir · Classic
It's April 2043 and you- as Tex Murphy, the last of the old-style gumshoes- find yourself racing against time in the most dangerous game of your life. What is the truth behind the rumored UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico? Why did the military suddenly shut down and seal off the Roswell complex?
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$9.99Tex Murphy: Overseer
Jun 12 · Access Software
Both: Detective · Noir · Classic
The client is drop-dead gorgeous. Her father is just plain dead—of an apparent suicide. She's certain he was murdered and is willing to do anything to prove it.
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$19.99Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
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Both: Detective · Noir · Cyberpunk
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$9.99Gemini Rue
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Both: Noir · Cyberpunk · Detective
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$4.99Art of Murder - FBI Confidential
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$14.99Murder On Space Station 52
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$14.99Technobabylon
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Both: Cyberpunk
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$14.99Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
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$4.99Art of Murder - Hunt for the Puppeteer
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Both: Detective · Mystery
A series of dark macabre murders is crisscrossing two continents and FBI agent Nicole Bonnet is called in again to investigate. The only clue, mysterious dolls dressed in 18th century costumes, are left next to the deceased. What are the motives behind the actions of an insane pitiless slayer?
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$6.99BloodNet
Oct 17 · MicroProse Software, Inc
Both: Cyberpunk · Classic
I met her in her penthouse, expecting payment for the freelance job-and perhaps a little more. But I got more than I bargained for. I'm now part of an exclusive fraternity that moves catlike in the night through a world of high technology and senseless violence.
AdventureVampiresCyberpunkPoint & ClickHorrorClassicRPG1990's
$4.99Runaway, A Road Adventure
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Both: Mystery · Classic
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$1.99The Underground Man
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