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Tex Murphy: Mean Streets

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…

31 January 1989

Tex Murphy: Mean Streets is an adventure developed by Access Software, released 31 January 1989 on Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Tex Murphy: Mean Streets is

Tex Murphy: Mean Streets is an adventure game developed by Access Software and released in 1989. It is available on Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

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. Are these deaths coincidental or is there something more sinister going on? And which characters could have a motive? Could it be J. Saint Gideon, former head of British Intelligence? Could Frank Schimming, president of the largest surveillance company in the world be hiding something? Or what about Sylvia, the professor's daughter. Is she as innocent as she seems? And why is an infamous…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, educational and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 20.8 hrs.

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When did Tex Murphy: Mean Streets come out?
Tex Murphy: Mean Streets was released on 31 January 1989 for Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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