First-person detective adventure set in post-nuclear San Francisco, 2042. You're Tex Murphy, a down-on-his-luck private eye working cases in a city split between radiation-resistant Norms and Mutants. What starts as a simple pawnshop burglary leads to a job from a mysterious countess, then spirals into uncovering a doomsday cult's plans. Full 360-degree movement lets you explore environments and examine objects from any angle. Live-action video sequences feature actors including Brian Keith and Margot Kidder, with James Earl Jones on voice work. Puzzles range from inventory challenges to logic problems you'll solve while navigating between the rebuilt downtown and the decaying old quarter where Tex keeps his office. The tone mixes noir detective tropes with dark humor—you're trying to save humanity and make rent. If you want FMV adventure games that don't take themselves too seriously, this defined the mid-'90s CD-ROM era.
