Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
Enter the virtual world of Under A Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check. This…
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon is an adventure developed by Access Software, released 15 October 1994 on DOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 10 hrs to finish.
What Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon is
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon is an adventure game developed by Access Software and released in 1994. It is available on DOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Under a Killing Moon takes place in post-World War III San Francisco in December 2042. After the devastating events of the nuclear war, many major cities have been rebuilt (as is the case with New San Francisco), though certain areas still remain as they were before the war (as in Old San Francisco). The war also left another mark on the world: the formation of two classes of citizens. Specifically, some people have developed a natural resistance against radioactivity, and thus are normal or "Norms"—everybody else are Mutants in some form. Tensions between the two groups have risen dramatically and Norms and Mutants usually do not get along. The Mutants are usually forced to live in the…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are mystery and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1994 averaged 72, so it scored 3 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 10 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 15 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.0 GHz Processor, 512 MB RAM and 100% DirectX compatible graphics. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon launched on 15 October 1994, within three weeks of DOOM II, Doom II: Hell on Earth, The Lion King and Super Punch-Out!!. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: DOOM II, Doom II: Hell on Earth, The Lion King, Super Punch-Out!!.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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