Unofficial Tex Murphy

I am delighted to know that there are thousands of Tex Murphy fans from all around the world and I find it intriguing to discover all of the new places where fans come from. What I would like to know is how many of you foreign fans were introduced to the Tex series?

-Parker

Here in Brazil a friend of mine and my brother's had UAKM in 94, he used to travel a lot to the US, his family is quite rich, so he had that PC no one could afford and showed it to us. Two years later we bought ourselves a PC and UAKM was one of the first things along with it. TPD was published here with (brazilian) portuguese subtitles, TM:O wasn't, but we imported. Back then I knew nothing about MS and MM.

I was living with some friends of mine (fellow archaeology students)and one of them made me play through one of her favorite games. Whitch turned out to be The Pandora Directive. I have no idea how she came by it though.

Anne-Lise, are you an archaeologist? Or studying to become one?

For my part, it was something as mundane as a friend showing me a game he'd bought. I got hooked. He didn't.

-Fred

well for me it was when I purchased my first home Pc. P4 186 & my first game was - murder in the first degree which was full video & then I purchased pandora for also the FMV.
Loved it & hated that it kept me up till early hours of the morning tearing my hair out trying not be killed by the black arror killer. In those days it had a lot of crashes.

I remember emailing james for help with the abductor & thinking I would never heard back from him but shortly after I sent it he replied. I was stoked.

after finishing pandora I had to have overseer which had just been released so it was my first title that I purchased on line from the USA. Remember trying this disk they called a DVD &
it didn't work in my drive, I think no-one really knew much about DVD's then.

First time i was introduced to the tex games i was about 9 or 10, my dad swaped UAKM with a friend for Torins passage ( the sierra game). I sat behind my dad for countless afternoons and watched him play it, remember getting really pissed when my mom said that it was ime for bed and my dad conntinud playing found the game fun but dident play pandora unthil this year when i bought all the games on GOG. back in 98 or so my cousin got Overseer for his birthday and we loved it.. howerver that was a 8 disck pack i think (or was it 6), no dvd for us :S
i think the reason it took me this long to play PD was that i wasent really good in english back then.

No Fred, I'm not an archaeologist. After studying archaeology, history and political science I ended up in the media analysis business. Naturally.

So you go digging for facts where there are no truths?

-Fred

I was introduced twice, the earliest time without realising or remembering.

I was in a shop in America, probably Florida, looking for a game to buy. Another customer recommended TPD, so I went with their recommendation. The box looked great and I loved both the actors that I recognised and the fact that it had three story lines and multiple endings - finally a game I could play again and again.

But when I played it, I realised that I had in fact played Mean Street with my Grandfather many years earlier. He had a copy and I played it whenever I stayed at my grandparents house. I remember not being able to finish the game at the time, but it was nice to see a game where even when I thought TPD was my first intro to Tex, it brought back distant memories of an earlier game.

...ahh, those nice memories

It was back in '94, I was studying information technology at the Danish Telecom, where I happened to come across a computer magazine, with a CDROM inside.

As I'm sure lots of you remember, back then we were using 386 and 486 computers, DOS and Windows 3.11 was it, Z80 was still kicking here and there, and Windows95 was yet to come...

And the internet... ? well, If you had a modem, there were BBS's available though.

Anyway -

I just had to try out that "Worlds First Interactive Movie"-game on the demo CD, called Under A Killing Moon.

The demo took place behind Rook's pawnshop, where Tex had a look around, searching for clues, and chatted with an urging chocoholic...

Needless to say, I was totally hooked, then and there. The gameplay, the graphics and sound, the whole Tex Murphy-experience - - it was absolutely amazing!

Of course, it goes without saying, I just had to buy the game as soon as it hit the shops.
It was fairly expensive back then as I remember, but it was worth every penny. Tenfold.

After that, of course I kept a good lookout for the sequel, The Pandora Directive.
Sadly, I never were able to get it anywhere, although numerous attempts were made.

But, fortunately my cry for help was heard and swiftly acted upon, by a most kind and gracious gentleman; Jim (JOG).
He sold me one of his extra copies, and before I knew it, I was playing The Pandora Directive

After that, Overseer came, and I was left on that cliff-hanger like all of you, of course.

Luckily The Radio Theater episodes did turn on a little light in the dark, in our mutual hope for a new Tex Murphy game release, but.. .alas, I'm afraid that candle has burned out by now...

To me, the Tex Murphy games are wonderful masterpieces, and even now 18 years after the UAKM release, its still unbeaten.

Its heartbreaking if we're never to see our beloved hero and the gang again, but at least we've got the memories of all the great adventures we've shared with Tex.

Those, Ladies and Gentlemen, are here to stay.

Off-Topic: Hey all, as always great to see this place ticking along still. How's Project Fedora going? If anyone can give me the lowdown on whats current and upcoming in the Tex world shoot me a Private Message, I'd appreciate it. Just downloaded the updated soundtrack files that were uploaded, thanks for those!

On-Topic: I'm in the UK. I first was introduced to Tex Murphy when I was a little kid, about 10 I guess? It was released in 1994 when I was 9 but I remember I found it in a bargain bin so it may of been sometime after its initial release that I came across it. I was browsing around a small little privately-owned/rented games shop/corner in a market (which years later shutdown and now the building itself doesn't exist anymore!). Looking at the back it seemed interesting and had a lot of discs for a good price. So I picked it up and was hooked. Such an awesome and unique experience. A year or something later I got Pandora Directive. I was probably 11 or so. Roswell was incredibly creepy as a kid. The dark atmosphere and gradual exploration of a place where something has obviously gone horribly wrong, the music being all quiet and spooky and suddenly stabbing at random occassions, the feeling something's going to get you! I barely got through it at first! (Of course years later I've played through most the Silent Hill games so its not as scary, but still creepy). There were lots of creepy places actually in these games especially exploring the cabins and remote rooms such as the Ruins office. Just the idea that someone could come in at any moment or anticipation of stumbling across something unexpected. But also I loved the lighter humour and wit as well. The next Tex installment couldn't come soon enough and Overseer came out when I was 13. Awesome experience and again some tense moments like sneaking around Slade's apartment, took me a few tries to get it right with the closet thing. I have a lot of fond memories.

13 years later, sorely missing Tex Murphy and waiting for the next installment. Thanks for keeping the faith as always guys! Wishing you all the best!

I can give you good run down on whats happening in the tex world.................nothing

plumgas wrote:I can give you good run down on whats happening in the tex world.................nothing

Ah. Well I did notice from some of the top threads the upcoming Q&A session on GOG and some kind of possible interactive audio thing (though slow going)? Not a new game but nice to see Aaron still active in the community as always

I had a post and my computer froze so i am going to make this second attempt short.

The novel Chance is being written, so we will finally get the next part of the story.

I was introduced twice like Demonlawer... first with MM.

Found UAKM at a pawn shop, fell in love with the game by looking at the box, and was interested in the actors; especially Margo Kidder, since I was a huge Superman fan as a kid.
I didn't know it was related to MM when i first played it, and then when I realized it, I played MM all the way through. I only had previously played bits and pieces at my cousin's house.

After that, I pre-ordered Pandora and loved it even more.
Then Overseer.

Upset when I reached the end....

And very upset when access shut down.

That is my Tex experience in a nutshell.