Martian Memorandum
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Martian Memorandum | ||
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Designer(s) Chris Jones | Brent Erickson | |
Programmer(s) | Brent Erickson | |
Series | Tex Murphy | |
Platform(s) | MS-DOS | |
Release | ||
Genre(s) | Adventure | |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Martian Memorandum is a dystopian
The game was re-released in 2014 on
Plot
Tex Murphy is hired by business mogul Marshall Alexander, founder of TerraForm Corporation, to locate his missing daughter, Alexis. As in the first game, Tex travels between destinations and interrogates characters associated with the subject such as Alexander's attorney, his wife, and Alexis's roommate and business partners. Interrogations are menu-based and dialogues open up additional destinations and dialogue options. The investigation reveals to Tex that the girl's disappearance is linked with an item in Alexander's possession.
Alexis has been traced on planet Mars, whose exploitation is mostly owned by Alexander's company. Tex finds out that Alexander was actually Collier Stanton, a scientist and explorer of Mars, infamous for killing mutant colonists to obtain the "Oracle Stone". With this stone, Alexander foresaw the future, read antagonists' minds and built his corporate empire. Alexis's good will was used to lure her into stealing the Stone and bring it to Mars, only to fall into the hands of Thomas Dangerfield, the original discoverer of the Stone.
The character of Larry Hammond, who appeared in Mean Streets, returns to this game, giving information to the player. Lowell Percival, who is introduced here, also appears in Killing Moon, as does Mac Malden, who appears in both Killing Moon and Pandora Directive.
Gameplay
Unlike the more experimental
Reception
Dragon gave the game 3 out of 5 stars.[3] Computer Gaming World in 1992 praised the audio and digitized animation, and concluded that "Martian Memorandum produces hours of enjoyment [and] provides a tremendous challenge".[4] That year the magazine named it one of the year's top four adventure games.[5]
Sales
As of July 1992, the game had sold approximately 85,000 copies.[6]
References
- ^ "Bits & PCs". The Press Democrat. September 19, 1991. p. 18. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
New Games//Martian Memorandum
- ^ "Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia & Lesser, Kirk (January 1992). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (177): 57–66.
- ^ Chaut, Michael (January 1992). "A P.I. on Mars". Computer Gaming World. No. 90. pp. 38, 40. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
- ^ "CGW Salutes The Games of the Year". Computer Gaming World. November 1992. p. 110. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ "It's Not All Fun for Computer-Games Makers". The Salt Lake Tribune. July 12, 1992. p. 74. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
"Martian Memorandum", which has sold about 85,000 copies at $59.95 each, allows a player to control a down-on-his-luck detective, hired to find a kidnapped teen-ager on Mars.