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Includes 5 items: Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum, Tex Murphy: Mean Streets, Tex Murphy: Overseer, Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive, Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

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Street ending as well, such as Chelsee's flashbacks from Pandora Directive. It's also possible that Tex may have taken the evil path at some point in his past, if we consider his decay into a brutish, unscrupolous PI from his forgotten period between Overseer and Tesla.The Poisoned Pawn novel[]There are no heroes anymore...only villains of varying degrees...From the author of "Tex Murphy and the Tesla Effect", "Tex Murphy and the Pandora Directive" and "Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon" comes the latest exciting adventure in the series.It’s November, 2050 and Tex Murphy, P.I. is fresh off a mid-life crisis…but not the fun kind. First, his memory of the past seven years was mysteriously erased. Then he found out his dream girl, Chelsee, was long gone. And now his bank account—which got inexplicably fat during his lost years—is back to skin and bones.Fate has dealt Tex some lousy cards, but he has one ace in the hole. During his just-completed case, he turned up a secret bit of information worth a “king’s ransom”. Or so he was told by a new player in the game, the enigmatic Count St. Germain, who seemed more than ready to deal.But before Tex can determine what a king’s ransom comes to in 2050 dollars, St. Germain raises the stakes: Tex has played a pivotal role in four potentially world-changing events over the past thirteen years (six, depending on your definition of "world-changing") and St. Germain suspects this hasn’t happened by accident; a “Man Behind the

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Cast & crewUser reviewsTriviaVideo Game1996In a neo-noir post-WWIII future, an old man hires Tex Murphy, a witty mellow private detective, to find his friend, a former government scientist. The clues lead Tex to a serial killer, NSA ... Read allIn a neo-noir post-WWIII future, an old man hires Tex Murphy, a witty mellow private detective, to find his friend, a former government scientist. The clues lead Tex to a serial killer, NSA and an ominous project called Pandora.In a neo-noir post-WWIII future, an old man hires Tex Murphy, a witty mellow private detective, to find his friend, a former government scientist. The clues lead Tex to a serial killer, NSA and an ominous project called Pandora.5User reviewsVideos1Photos2More like thisSometimes this gave me and my friend Andrea a real scare (it 's VERY suspenseful), it's always pitch black outside and you never know when someone might pop out at you! There are many puzzles and they're pretty tough but so I found the built in hints VERY useful! I fully recommend the Pandora Directive, but don't think that it's something quick and easy! It has 6 CD's for a good reason... It's long! :)rosebud:)Oct 11, 2000PermalinkContribute to this pageSuggest an edit or add missing contentEdit pageMore to explore

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Which includes Tesla Effect, The Poisoned Pawn novel. It is set many years after Overseer and the Radio Theatre's events (but also fills in some gaps between Pandora Directive and Overseer/Radio Theatre). It follows elements of both Overseer timeline and the classic timeline, and second game of this generation will contain the third retelling of the Mean Streets/Overseer story.This was the start of a new generation of games and stories following a 16 year hiatus following Overseer. Tex Murphy has noticeably aged, and much of his life in between is a mystery, or fractured.The Case of the Nitro Stalker[]Tex Murphy and The Case of the Nitro Stalker is a comic book prequel to Tesla Effect.Tesla Effect[]Tesla Effect has a number of flashback videos and materials that reference games all the way back to Mean Streets, as well as various different paths of previous games including Pandora Directive. Certain flashbacks only appear down certain paths in the game. There may also be some characters in Tesla Effect whose stories change, depending on which path you are following. Thompson Ault, for example, is Chelsee's husband on certain paths, whereas in others they never got together.As such, none of the endings from the previous games can really be considered "absolute canon": depending on the path taken in Tesla Effect, Tex could have dated holo-women or have been unfaithful to Chelsee via the Lombard Street endings, with whom he eventually could have made up. Other elements seem to have been taken from the Mission. Includes 5 items: Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum, Tex Murphy: Mean Streets, Tex Murphy: Overseer, Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive, Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

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This article is a stub. You can help Tex Murphy Wiki by expanding it.The Tex Murphy Wiki recognises several levels of canon. In this Wiki all information from all products are included, but in the case of conflicts and inconsistencies, lesser-canonical information is given on separate sections.The evolution of the series is represented by four separate timelines.The nature of the video games makes the definition of canon even more difficult. Many of the games have different paths, and endings. In most cases there is no clear way to determine that one path is more canon than the others. This wiki includes information about all alternative paths even when they contradict each other.Tex Murphy's canon is made up of essentially three generations of stories represented by three retelling of the original game Mean Street's story. Elements of this first game are retold again and again by Tex Murphy (perhaps others) as an unreliable narrator.A fourth retelling of history is covered in the novels, which sometimes include extended plot lines, and new endings not found in the games themselves, or blend certain paths from the games into one.The game series' absolute canon appears to depend on certain aspects of mixed canon. It is also unknown if the novels will take over as continuation of the series in the future if no more games are made. At that point, it may be easier to know how much of Tex Murphy material is of a hybrid/mixed canon status.Third Generation[]The series resurrection from 2014 onwards

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Curtain” has made Tex an unwitting pawn in an unknown game. And it all seems to have started during Tex’s very first case.With St. Germain’s unique assistance, Tex travels into the past, recounting the story of his first case, back in 2037. Together, they find new connections between all of Tex’s cases and pick up the trail of the unknown puppet master. A shocking discovery awaits about what happened all those years ago…and how those events are about to change Tex’s future.Second Generation[]This was series designed by Aaron Conners from 1994 onwards to 2001 (the primary difference in this generation Overseer seemingly replaced Mean Streets): Under a Killing Moon, The Pandora Directive, Tex Murphy: Overseer, Tex Murphy Radio Theater.The main influence of this generation is introduction of Overseer as both a continuation of the earlier FMV games a total retelling of the original Mean Streets game. These products as a whole, where Conners establishes background and backstory, and shared a certain degree of continuity and don't acknowledge much from the earlier games, except for some minor references. Overseer has no references to Martian Memorandom as its focus is on the original game's story (but there are some references back to UAKM and Pandora Directive in subtle ways).Overseer was a complete retelling of Mean Streets (from Tex Murphy's own unreliable perspective), but treated the former game as more of an easter egg inside the game. Mean Streets' Shoot-out takes the form of an arcade game in one of the game's playable

Tex Murphy and the Pandora Directive

To be adapted into new video games, the original plan for the audio dramas had to be replaced.Tex Murphy and the Romanov Enigma[]Story begins immediately after The Pandora Directive novel.This novel tells the story of what happened to Tex and his lady love Chelsee after the events of Tex Murphy and the Pandora Directive. It begins with Tex taking on a new case just days before the infamous night at the Golden Pagoda. After the abduction, Tex's search for Chelsee leads him around the world and deep into the past, where he'll uncover secrets dating back to the time of the last Russian Czar. This adventure provides long-awaited details about Chelsee's "murder" and Tex's mysterious disappearance, as well as adding more pieces to the puzzle that is Tex's future.This one appears to be the planned novel story, which had the working title of "Chance". This one is unlikely to become a game (although perhaps it may get referenced in a game) due to the age of the actor who plays Tex.Trance[]This will be the final novel in the series, and maybe the final game in the series as well. The 'last chapter'. The developers at Big Finish Games hope to make one final tex game, his biggest and best ending for the hero.Future Audio Dramas[]Maybe a continuation of previous audio dramas, and fill in the gaps which Tesla Effect touched upon/portrayed. The lost memories restored.Poisoned Pawn (game)[]Cancelled 7th game in the series. Only a novel adaptation was published. Game was

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Is kept in Tex's storage room in Tesla Effect, which he acknowledges as being from his Martian Memorandum case. However, the bulk of the story remains unreferenced and obscure in terms of canon.There are a few possible inconsistencies or overlooked details. For example, UAKM establishes that Tex married Sylvia Linsky whom she met during the events of Mean Streets, however in Martian Memorandum, which represents an intermediate period, Tex Murphy is alone and there is no mention of Sylvia. However, it is possible that they married following Martian Memorandum case. However, the mere use of Sylvia is a clear call back to the events of Mean Streets.As a nod to some kind of mixed-canon between versions of Mean Street and Overseer, there is a newspaper article in Tex's office in Tesla that discusses that Tex was in critical condition after a shoot-out at the old warehouse district from Mean Streets (Bridgeview Warehouse). Tex mentions that during his first case, he experienced the shootout of his life, in which he had taken a bullet and, during recovery, he swore he would use his brains rather than his brawn. The game includes a flashback memory (video) to the shootout stage in Mean Streets, and the newspaper article includes image of Tex Murphy from the game's boxart. There is no "group" shootout in Overseer's version of the story, if we discount the face-off with Slade.Overseer was an "unreliable narrator' retelling of the first story (and ignored many details from the original game). The. Includes 5 items: Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum, Tex Murphy: Mean Streets, Tex Murphy: Overseer, Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive, Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon Includes 5 items: Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum, Tex Murphy: Mean Streets, Tex Murphy: Overseer, Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive, Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

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Cover that period).As such, the novels may be considered to describe some "alternate reality", or perhaps a fractured "alternate memory" of Tex Murphy's (if considered as part of hybrid canon at all)...Aaron Conners has plans to continue the Tex Murphy universe via the novels, including Tex Murphy and the Romanov Enigma, which would take place after Pandora Directive immediately after Chelsea's kidnapping in Overseer; a sequel to Tesla Effect called "Trance"; and yet another retelling of Texas Murphy's first case, called the The Poisoned Pawn and set after Tesla Effect, in which he tells the story to Count St. Germaine while under hypnosis and regression following the events of Tesla Effect (in which Tex is supposed to remember details he had forgotten even during his account in Overseer, and see it from a different perspective).[1] This appears to be another indication that "Overseer" was Tex telling the story as an 'unreliable narrator' (but it is unknown if it will incorporate more of Mean Streets or not).As such it seems the novels will be taking over as primary medium for the Canon.Unreleased=[]This covered cancelled and unreleased projects that were initially part of third generation revival. Three included a couple of novel concepts; The Romanov Enigma, and TrancePolarity[]May have been working title for The Poisoned Pawn novel....or it maybe it was completely unrelated original story concept.There was ideas for it to cover materials related to Poisoned Pawn, and other future novel ideas. But as many of those are were to be rewritten

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Areas. Mean Streets also appears as a movie poster in Sonny Fletcher's room. Overseer also changed certain historical/chronological dates used in the original games for certain events.The Tex Murphy Radio Theatre served as a kind of direct sequel to Overseer but ends abruptly on a cliffhanger it was meant to be a prologue to a cancelled games story. Another example of differences that in Mean Streets Big Jim Slade is killed. In Overseer he is simply arrested alive, and appears again in Tesla.Some of the changes are simply due budget restraints limiting the more fancy mutant makeup of earlier games (see one headed Hammond vs the two-headed version from the earlier games.).The original plan[]Question: What happened after Overseer and radio theater? What was that you mentioned about an upcoming trilogy? What were you referring to?Answer: The "Trilogy" consists of three connected stories:"Chance", "Polarity", and "Trance", all of which revolve around Tex Murphy, as well as his past, present and future. Part I ("Chance") begins a few weeks after the cliffhanger at the end of Overseer, which happened (in Tex's timeline) a month or two after the conclusion of the Pandora Directive case. (For those who haven't played all the games, Overseer was a retelling of Tex's first case "Mean Streets" -- from years earlier, which Tex related to Chelsee over dinner at the Golden Pagoda.)Contrary to some rumors, the Trilogy stories had existed only in "outline form", accompanied by many, many pages of notes, drawings, conversations, etc. It's possible that. Includes 5 items: Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum, Tex Murphy: Mean Streets, Tex Murphy: Overseer, Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive, Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon Includes 5 items: Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum, Tex Murphy: Mean Streets, Tex Murphy: Overseer, Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive, Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

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From 2010 to 2014 Richard Cobbett wrote Crapshoot, a column about rolling the dice to bring random games back into the light. This week, how many Mean Streets must a man walk down? In Tex Murphy's case... none. He has a flying car.The Tex Murphy series hasn't... uh... done well in PC Gamer over the years, but never mind. I love these games. 3D worlds to explore. Quirky FMV characters. And above all, Chris Jones as Tex Murphy himself: a 1940s PI about a hundred years out of his time, still rocking the fedora and trenchcoat look in a mutated, radiation-filled San Francisco, living case to case despite regularly saving the whole world.The never-aging Chris Jones. Vampire, or Dorian Gray-style painting in his house? It has to be one of them. That's only the series as of the third game though, Under a Killing Moon. Before that came a pair of 2D adventures, this one and its sequel, Martian Memorandum. Martian Memorandum is fairly traditional and deeply crap. Mean Streets, though? Only halfway there. See if you can guess which half.You may likeI'm so desperate to play Grand Theft Auto 6 that I downloaded this unfinished open-world game set in 1990s SlovakiaYou probably don't remember Remember Me, but its one brilliantly unforgettable idea lives onIf you're aware of most of the non-golf games that Access Software put out, the answer shouldn't be a surprise. Access was a weird company, really. It produced prototype interactive movies back in the days of