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* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler:J. Saint Gideon in ''Mean Streets'' was little more than GenericDoomsdayVillain with aspirations to world domination. The most complexity his motivations got was bitterness over losing control of the company he built. ''Overseer'' instead turns Gideon into a WellIntentionedExtremist VisionaryVillain who fears mankind will destroy itself through endless factional conflicts and his dream is to apply Overlord to unite people under a common goal.]]
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the original game J. Saint Gideon himself [[https://www.mobygames.com/game/221/mean-streets/screenshots/dos/322446/ looked like a withered old man with few scraggly strands of hair left on his head]], a stark contrast to Creator/MichaelYork with his SilverFox good looks.
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* DeathByAdaptation: Sonny Fletcher was a minor informant in the original game who stayed safely in hiding. Part of his expanded role in ''Overseer'' includes a personal vendetta against Big Jim Slade whom he confronts offscreen and is mortally wounded as a result.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the original Big Jim Slade was shot by Tex at the end of an action sequence and perished after some parting words. Here he receives a beating from Tex, but survives.
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* ShoutOut: According to WordOfGod, Tex's recurring police contact Mac Malden is named after actor Karl Malden. They both also have an unusually large, round nose.
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* ShoutOut: According to WordOfGod, Tex's recurring police contact Mac Malden is named after actor Karl Malden.Creator/KarlMalden. They both also have an unusually large, round nose.
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* NPCAmnesia: {{Averted}}. Every single thing you do and say will be remembered by everyone around you, and can come back to haunt you several chapters later.
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* NPCAmnesia: {{Averted}}. Every single In the second game, Tex is on the phone trying to convince another man to meet with him. This requires a very specific set of (lying through your teeth) conversation steps, and if you say the wrong thing at any point he'll hang up on you. But don't worry, you do can call him back two seconds later and say will repeat the process from step 1; he'll be remembered by everyone around none the wiser. And if you've done the whole thing right and convinced him to meet you, and can come back but forgot to haunt use the address tracker to find out where his home is, well, you several chapters later.just do the whole thing again.
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* NPCAmnesia: {{Averted}}. Every single thing you do and say will be remembered by everyone around you, and can come back to haunt you several chapters later.
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* FlyingCar: Called a speedster, it's a flying car that can quickly move from across the state in a short period of time.
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In 1989, Access Software developed and published ''Mean Streets,'' a noir adventure thriller for several different platforms. The game starred Tex Murphy, who represented the epitome of an old-fashioned, black-and-white noir private detective.
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In 1989, Access Software Creator/AccessSoftware developed and published ''Mean Streets,'' a noir adventure thriller for several different platforms. The game starred Tex Murphy, who represented the epitome of an old-fashioned, black-and-white noir private detective.
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* HalfHumanHybrid / HumanMomNonhumanDad: [[spoiler: Gordon Fitzpatrick]] turns out to be a partial alien.
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* HalfHumanHybrid / HumanMomNonhumanDad: HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler: Gordon Fitzpatrick]] turns out to be a partial alien.
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* GaiasLament: It is not prominent, but there are background details about how the environment has gone to hell and back.
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* GaiasLament: It is not prominent, but there are background details about how the environment has gone to hell and back. For example the government is mentioned to have instituted a "time reversal" so regular working hours are during the night and most people sleep through the day because of how much the ozone layer is gone.
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* {{Novelization}}: Two novels were written based on ''Under a Killing Moon'' and ''The Pandora Directive''. A novel for ''Tesla Effect'' has also been released.
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* {{Novelization}}: Two novels were written based on ''Under a Killing Moon'' and ''The Pandora Directive''. A novel for ''Tesla Effect'' has and ''The Poisoned Pawn'' have also been released.
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A Fan Remake of Overseer called ''The Poisoned Pawn'' is in development, Access Software were initially working with them but this stopped due to creative differences (but the remake was allowed to continue.), the novelization of ''The Poisoned Pawn'' by the series writter Aaron Conners, however, was released in 2021.
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* ActionizedSequel: Inverted. In ''Mean Streets'', there are several combat sequences where Tex has to shoot his way past hordes of enemies. In ''Martian Memorandum'', Tex has a gun, but it's only used [[spoiler:one time, to kill a poisonous snake attacking him]] and after that he's out of ammo for the rest of the game. In ''Under a Killing Moon'', Tex accidentally throws his gun out the window early on and spends the entire game unarmed.
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After years of speculation they finally confirmed that Fedora was indeed a new Tex Murphy game and eventually released it as "Tesla Effect" on May 7th, 2014 after a very successful [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/251414413/tex-murphy-project-fedora Kickstarter project]]. It was published by Creator/{{Atlus}} in addition to the Kickstarter backing.
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After years of speculation they finally confirmed that Fedora was indeed a new Tex Murphy game and eventually released it as "Tesla Effect" ''Tesla Effect'' on May 7th, 2014 after a very successful [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/251414413/tex-murphy-project-fedora Kickstarter project]]. It was published by Creator/{{Atlus}} in addition to the Kickstarter backing.
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* RacingAgainstTheClock: A ''very'' common situation is that Tex has only a few minutes to do what he needs to do in someplace he's visiting before he'll be arrested or killed by poison, or some other instant game-over situation.
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* RacingAgainstTheClock: RaceAgainstTheClock: A ''very'' common situation is that Tex has only a few minutes to do what he needs to do in someplace he's visiting before he'll be arrested or killed by poison, or some other instant game-over situation.
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* AscendedExtra: Chelsee Bando. So many Tex Murphy fans asked Access if there was any way for the comedic flirting in ''Under A Killing Moon'' to go anywhere that romancing Chelsea became one of the major subplots of ''The Pandora Directive''.
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* NeverSuicide: Sylvia Linsky doesn't believe the official story, and hires Tex Murphy to verify that the facts are correct.
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* StartsWithASuicideStartsWithASuicide: Carl Linsky jumped off the Golden Gate bridge.
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* BlahBlahBlah: Used as a date dialogue option, which appears if you already chose the failing conversation track.
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The final three games were, as mentioned, notable for their "interactive movie" quality. They featured solid writing, sharp acting and some surprising celebrity appearances. (Russell Means, Creator/MargotKidder, Creator/JamesEarlJones, Barry Corbin, Tanya Roberts, John Agar, Michael York, Richard Norton, Joe Estevez, Brian Keith and Creator/ClintHoward)
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The final three games were, as mentioned, notable for their "interactive movie" quality. They featured solid writing, sharp acting and some surprising celebrity appearances. (Russell Means, Creator/MargotKidder, Creator/JamesEarlJones, Barry Corbin, Tanya Roberts, John Agar, Michael York, Creator/MichaelYork, Richard Norton, Joe Estevez, Brian Keith and Creator/ClintHoward)
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* GeniusProgramming: Mean Streets could do music and speech on PC speaker. Yes, that very PC speaker that's seemingly only capable of beeps and boops.
