Spoof text adventure based on pulp detective novels like "The BIg Sleep" and "Mike Hammer."
AdventureComedyMysteryinteractive fictionCommodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC
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Character
Ironic, unpretentious, cool and nostalgic.
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
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About the game
- Platforms
- Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC
- Developer
- Delta 4 Software
- Publisher
- Piranha
- Released
- December 31, 1987
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person, Text
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