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Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive

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Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
Description
It's April 2043 and you—as Tex Murphy, the last of the old-style gumshoes—find yourself racing against time in the most dangerous game of your life. What is the truth behind the rumored UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico? Why did the military suddenly shut down and seal off the Roswell complex? And...
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Product details
1996, Access Software, ...
System requirements
Windows (10, 11), 1.8 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9...
Time to beat
15 hMain
17.5 h Main + Sides
20.5 h Completionist
16.5 h All Styles
Description



It's April 2043 and you—as Tex Murphy, the last of the old-style gumshoes—find yourself racing against time in the most dangerous game of your life. What is the truth behind the rumored UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico? Why did the military suddenly shut down and seal off the Roswell complex? And why the frequent references to the lost Mayan civilization?

The Pandora Directive features:


⭐ Unrestricted movement. The unique "Virtual World" engine allows you to slip under desks, rifle through drawers, and see the flies tanning in the light fixtures. Without the restrictions of rendered paths, you can explore Tex's three-dimensional world with full freedom of movement. 

⭐ The most replayability of any interactive movie to date. Follow one of three narrative paths leading to seven different endings. Are you a hard-nosed but honest P.I. struggling to overcome the forces of greed and corruption? Or a cynical opportunist who may have to "sell out" principles top score the big payoff? Perhaps you'll fall somewhere in between. Your choices could reveal more about yourself than you'd really like to know. 

⭐ Two levels of play. The first level offers a complete on-line hint system to help you through the tougher puzzles. The second level—for expert gamers—has no hints available but rewards players with higher bonus points, extra puzzles and locations. 

⭐ Hollywood! Enjoy the difference Hollywood cinematography, acting, editing, stuntwork, music, and direction make as the world of Tex Murphy becomes amazingly real. Cinematography and direction by Hollywood editor/director Adrian Carr (Quigley Down Under, Man From Snowy River, Power Rangers). Cast stars Barry Corbin (Northern Exposure, War Games), Tanya Roberts (View To A Kill, Beastmaster), and Kevin McCarthy (Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, Just Cause). Original song by blues musician Richie Havens. 


Will Tex and Chelsee finally get together... or is there a new woman in Tex's life? A secret has been buried for 3,000 years. What really happened on July 6, 1947, just outside Roswell, New Mexico? "It was no weather balloon..." This case may be too hot for even Tex to handle. Intriguing puzzles challenge your wits.

Goodies
avatars (series) in-game soundtrack TexExpert (series) manual (12 pages)
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:

Mac notice: The game will not work on macOS 10.15 and up.

Mac notice: The game will not work on macOS 10.15 and up.

This game is powered by DOSBox.
Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
15 hMain
17.5 h Main + Sides
20.5 h Completionist
16.5 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04)
Release date:
{{'1996-07-31T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Size:
3.2 GB

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What improvements we made to this game:
Changelog (18 June 2025):
  • Optimized DOSBox configuration for better performance.
  • Validated stability.
  • Verified compatibility with Windows 10 and 11.
Update (24 January 2020)
  • Fixed the dosboxTex4single.conf file for the Windows version. The game should no longer ask for the CD on Windows.
Update (09 January 2018)
  • Fixed a game-breaking crash in the German version of the game.
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Posted on: January 1, 2025

danxp2

Verified owner

Games: 29 Reviews: 3

Lots of Fun

I have completed this game once. Played the hero and got the girl. Excied to see other possible endings. I do recommend entertainment mode, after playing gamer mode. The game has some easy and some diabolical puzzles and there doesn't really seem to get harder as the game goes on. They seem to throw in hard puzzles in the middle and some easy ones near at the end, and finish with a diabolical one. The story is immaculate a lot of fun cut scenes with full acting movie scense with some amazing gets. I played this game and Under a Killing Moon. Midge from the 70's show in the cut scense of this game and James Earl Jones doing voice acting in UaKM. If I can ever get the video and audio to work for Overseer I am excited to play that game as well. I played Overseer and UaKM back near release on CDs. I did not play Pandora Directive before now. You are welcome to play them out of order as you like. They will reference previous games but not playing the previous games will not detract from the sequels.


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Posted on: August 10, 2013

doc_lomax

Verified owner

Games: 30 Reviews: 2

Still keeping my 266 Pentium II

Yes, I kept a computer from about 1997 to play games like this .... Dos Box is such a breakthrough to threaten my using my old computer, and thanks to GOG also ... but ... weird to use the old one and swap the disks but I did recently and it doesn't bug me much like before. Anyway. The game itself is incredibly underrated, including by gamespot, where they think you have to shoot and kill everything. UAKM was outstanding as well; I got two free copies of it at the time from Computer Sports Network for winning some online golf tournaments. (Was that intended for me as a pun by Access, about the agent who already had been to the place off planet for the pure only but got killed ... when Tex finds a golf software game in a safe). Remember to rerun the alien surgery scene over and over to get 20 points each time, to raise your score. ;) Dr. Lomax


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Posted on: December 30, 2010

grungegreaser

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Games: 31 Reviews: 1

You're okay in my book Murph.

Such nostalgia playing this game. Just as good as ever plus the no hassle of switching game discs


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Posted on: March 10, 2011

pkelley

Verified owner

Games: 7 Reviews: 1

Pandora Directive

Excellently penned and directed. It's difficult to break away from. It's one of those games that has you dreaming about it as you sleep. It's so very entertaining and a good check of your morality as well with the different outcomes based on how you play the game. PBK


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Posted on: April 2, 2011

greskeneveland

Verified owner

Games: 38 Reviews: 2

Amazing Interface

One of the best games I have ever played... I got it when I was a kid and yet the story still intrigues me. I could play this again and again and never be bored. It STILL gives me the creeps!!


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