Cruise for a Corpse

Cruise for a Corpse (orig. Croisière pour un Cadavre ) is a computer game that was released in 1991 by the company Delphine Software International. Cruise for a Corpse is an adventure game with point- and - click control. It was released for the platforms IBM PC, Amiga and Atari ST.

Description

The game was at the time of its publication, an innovation since it is the first Adventure liquid 2D vector graphics for the game characters using that move on painted backgrounds.

The action takes place on a cruise ship in 1927 in typical Agatha Christie type -. , And since, in particular in the Hercule Poirot series - the player must as Inspector Raoul Dusentier solve a murder and collect evidence and interrogate suspects. How far the player has progressed in the story, can be derived from the time in the game. Once a task is completed, a new evidence found or interviewed a key witness, so the progression of the watch is displayed, thus signaling that the old areas of the ship should be revisited, as they may have changed. This unusual principle of progress indicator prevents unnecessary Umhergelaufe on the ship.

The similarities of the protagonist of the computer game, Raoul Dusentier to his novel and television template Hercule Poirot are (intentionally ) striking, but have been changed for legal reasons. Finally, the first successful TV adaptations of the character of Poirot appeared already in 1989. Was not until many years later published PC games, which included marketing law, the actual naming and links to the novels / TV adaptations.

Reviews

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