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Tex Murphy

Tex Murphy is a series of video games designed by Chris Jones. The eponymous main character is portrayed in live-action by Chris Jones himself. He is characterized as a down-on-his-luck private investigator in a post-nuclear future San Francisco, borrowing tropes from both the film noir and cyberpunk genres.

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Developers
Access Software (1989-98) Big Finish Games (2014-present)
First release
Mean Streets 1989
Genres
Adventure Mystery Cyberpunk Neo-noir
Latest release
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure May 7, 2014
Platforms
MS-DOS, Commodore 64, Atari ST, Amiga, Windows, OS X
Publishers
Access Software (1989-98) Atlus (2014)

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Games

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Radio theater

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Tex Murphy

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Tex Murphy

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related to The character · 14
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related to External links · 13
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related to The Poisoned Pawn · 12
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related to Novelizations · 10
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related to Video documentary · 10
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related to Setting · 9
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related to Radio theater · 8
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related to Mean Streets (1989) · 5
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Tex MurphyDevelopersAccess Software (1989-98) Big Finish Games (2014-present)1.00infobox
Tex MurphyFirst releaseMean Streets 19891.00infobox
Tex MurphyGenresAdventure Mystery Cyberpunk Neo-noir1.00infobox
Tex MurphyLatest releaseTesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure May 7, 20141.00infobox
Tex MurphyPlatformsMS-DOS, Commodore 64, Atari ST, Amiga, Windows, OS X1.00infobox
Tex MurphyPublishersAccess Software (1989-98) Atlus (2014)1.00infobox
Tex Murphyis aseries of video games designed by Chris Jones0.90text
Sam Spadeinstance ofhe does his work in the style of archetypal film noir detectives0.80text
Philip Marloweinstance ofhe does his work in the style of archetypal film noir detectives0.80text
Tex Murphyrelated to External linksOfficial0.60section
Tex Murphyrelated to External linksMobyGamesKunimune0.60section
Tex Murphyrelated to External linksRobin0.60section

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