Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

This game was awesome in '95, it's still fun to play now. I used to think through all the memorable scenes in my head and now finally thanks be to gog, I can actually play them again. woo hoo!

What you have here is a fantastic piece of games developer engineering that has etched its way into history as one of the most memorable adventures. Through amazingly advanced graphics (for the era), a deep story, with incredibly hilarious and witty humour, Access Software deliver the title that is "Under a Killing Moon". This game is a fantastic first person interactive adventure, set in San Francisco in 2042 AD, when the world has become a post apocalyptic and bleak place to live. You are Tex Murphy, PI and DI (Private Investigator and Dance Instructor), and looking for work. Not expecting to get much more work than finding someones lost puppy, Tex winds up traveling the country, and even ending up on the giant cultist Moonchild floating away in space. Facing extreme danger with manly pleading, Tex lucks his way through a barrage of hilarious and interesting situations with the witty humour that makes Tex, Tex. If you have never played the game, it might take some getting used to, but I guarantee this game will keep you immersed and wanting more for hours. The enormous game was on 4 cds for the time, and guarantees plenty of play time to figure things out (unless you use a walkthrough). Five stars for this amazing game.

I remember taking a tour of the Access Software studios here in Salt Lake, back when they were still around - the Guy who played Tex Murphy - Chris Jones I think was his name - came and said hi to us. To me and my friends who were all psycho fans of this series it was quite awesome. I'll never forget his words of wisdom - "takin' a little tour of the office are ya?" - OK so maybe it wasn't like running into a big movie star...but it was special - just like these games. You won't be disappointed. I still have all these on disk and I'm re-buying them just so I don't have to mess with DOSBOX to play them.

I was thrilled when I found out there was a Vista version of the game. It is one of my all time favorites and sadly, I had only played it as a loan when I was a teenager. Now I can own and replay the game and I am phyched about it. Tex Murphy is the MAN!

This is one of my favorite game all times. When I first played it I could not belive my eyes. A game on 4 cds?? Who could belive it back then? It was good then and it's still good to dag. 15 years later.