"UNDER A KILLING MOON"
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Under a Killing Moon (1994) was the third installment in the Tex
Murphy series of adventure games produced by Access Software. In Under
a Killing Moon Tex will again fight the forces of evil as he tries to
stop a dangerous cult from destroying the world. Under a Killing Moon
combined full motion video (FMV) cutscenes with a 3D virtual world to
explore.
Contents
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* 1 Setting
* 2 Plot
* 3 Gameplay
o 3.1 The Virtual World
o 3.2 Conversations
* 4 Cast
* 5 Other Tex Murphy games
* 6 External links
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Setting
Like all Tex Murphy games, Under a Killing Moon takes place in
post-World War III San Francisco. After the devestating events of
WWIII, many major cities have been rebuilt (as is the case with New
San Francisco), though certain areas still remain as they were before
the war (as in Old San Francisco). WWIII also left another mark on the
world: the formation of two classes of citizens. Specifically, the
Mutants and the Norms. Tensions between the two groups have risen
dramatically since the end of the war, and Norms and Mutants usually
do not get along. The Mutants are usually forced to live in the
run-down areas of cities such as Old San Francisco. Tex lives on
Chandler Ave. in Old San Francisco. All his friends are Mutants,
though he himself is a Norm. Under a Killing Moon takes place in
December 2042.
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Plot
In Under a Killing Moon you play as Tex Murphy, Private Investigator.
Tex has hit rock bottom. Recently divorced from his wife Sylvia, out
of work, low on cash, and living in a rundown part of Old San
Francisco, Tex realizes that he has to get his act together. Tex sets
out to hunt for work. He finds it quickly once he discovers that the
pawnshop across the street from his apartment has been robbed. Tex
solves the case in no time flat, and feels his luck has begun to
change. Then a mysterious woman calling herself Countess Renier,
having heard good things about Tex, hires him to find her missing
statuette. Everything seems great at first. The Countess is promising
to pay Tex more money than he's seen in his life. But everything
quickly goes downhill when Tex finds himself unwittingly involved in
the affairs of a dangerous cult. Under a Killing Moon has many unique
characters, and stars several well-known actors such as Brian Keith
(The Parent Trap), Margot Kidder (Superman), Russel Means (The Last of
the Mohicans), and the voice of James Earl Jones (Star Wars, The Lion
King)
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Gameplay
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The Virtual World
Under a Killing Moon was the first Tex game to utilize 3D
environments. The player controls Tex from a first person perspective.
The virtual world allows full freedom of movement, and as such allows
the player to look for clues in every nook and cranny. Though it was
not the first game to use 3D environments, it was revolutionary in an
adventure game. To this day, most adventure games don't use 3D
technology to create the game world.
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Conversations
Under a Killing Moon was the first Tex game to stray from the
traditional adventure game dialogue format of providing options that
showed exactly what your character would say. Instead, descriptions of
the dialogue choices were given, providing some mystery to what Tex
would say.
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Cast
* Chris Jones as Tex Murphy
* Brian Keith as The Colonel
* Margot Kidder as Bartender
* Russel Means as The Chameleon
* James Earl Jones as The Big PI in the Sky
* Mindy Lawson as Eva Schanzee
* Monique Lanier as Countess Renier
* Michail Bailey as Lowell Percival
* Sandy Jensen as Eddie Ching
* Rebecca Clay as Alaynah Moore
* Suzanne Barnes as Chelsee Bando
* Randall Edwards as Louie LaMintz
* Doug Vandegrift as Rook Garner and Beek Nariz
* Jeri Christian as Francessca Lucido
* Kevin L. Jones as Mac Malden
* Steve Barnes as Clint
* Aaron Conners as Ardo Newpop
* Shannon Engemann as Melahn Tode
* Richard Haslam as Pug
* Mark Hulka as Paul DuBois
* David Madsen as Ferrel Pus
* Mark McArthur as Marcus Tucker
* Brian Underwood as Hamm Underwood
* Willie Walker as Franco Franco
* Jay Richards as Mick Flemm
* George Manousakis as Rudy
* Kris Mickler as Sylvia Linsky
* Dave Pehrson as Eddie Ching Thug #1
* Wayne Braithwaite as Eddie Ching Thug #2
* Nathan Larson as Moonchild Technician
* Travis Driscoll as Security Guard
* Trisha Woods as Computer Voice
* Les Oswald as Captain Wallaby
* Brandon Wright as Monks
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Other Tex Murphy games
* Mean Streets (1989)
* Martian Memorandum (1990)
* The Pandora Directive (1996)
* Tex Murphy: Overseer (1998)
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External links
* The Unofficial Tex Murphy Site
* Alcatraz: A Tex Murphy Site
* Microsoft's Under a Killing Moon website
* Under a Killing Moon review
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