Black Dahlia
Black Dahlia is a suspense thriller based loosely on the unsolved California murder of Elizabeth Short, nicknamed "Black Dahlia" for her favoritism towards black clothing. The game is a point-and-click…
Black Dahlia is an adventure developed by Take-Two Interactive, released 28 February 1998 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Black Dahlia is
Black Dahlia is an adventure game developed by Take-Two Interactive and released in 1998. It was published by Interplay. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Taking place in the 1940s, the game puts the player in control of a rookie government agent, Jim Pearson, whose first case involves investigating Nazi propaganda. The case is not as simple as it sounds, however. Before long, Jim uncovers information and evidence that the Nazis have connections to the supernatural, occultism as well as some very bizarre and ritualistic killings. Jim meets Elizabeth Short who possesses a strange engraved stone known as the "Black Dahlia", an artifact coveted by the Nazis as a source of ultimate power. When her brutal murder occurs, the stone disappears. During Jim's search for the missing item, he uncovers a web of evil, deceit and intrigue. Will he get out…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Black Dahlia launched on 28 February 1998, within three weeks of Xenogears, 1080° Snowboarding and Battlezone.
Released around the same time: Xenogears, 1080° Snowboarding, Battlezone.
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