Private Eye
Humphrey Bogart played him. Robert Mitchum played him. Now it’s your turn to become Philip Marlowe, the world’s most famous private eye! It all starts with an innocent girl who hires you to find her missing…
Private Eye is an adventure developed by Brooklyn Multimedia, released 31 December 1996 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Private Eye is
Private Eye is an adventure game developed by Brooklyn Multimedia and released in 1996. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Humphrey Bogart played him. Robert Mitchum played him. Now it’s your turn to become Philip Marlowe, the world’s most famous private eye! It all starts with an innocent girl who hires you to find her missing brother, but it soon leads to a trail of greed, blackmail, revenge, deceit and murder. Find out who is guilty before the bad guys or the cops get you.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Private Eye launched on 31 December 1996, within three weeks of Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8 and Money Puzzle Exchanger.
Released around the same time: Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8, Money Puzzle Exchanger.
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