Martian Memorandum (1991)

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class="nav-tabs mb"> <li> <a class="nav-link active" href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/">Overview</a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-link" href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/credits/">Credits</a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-link" href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/reviews/">Reviews</a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-link" href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/covers/">Covers</a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-link" href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/screenshots/">Screenshots</a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-link" href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/videos/">Videos</a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-link" href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/promo/">Promos</a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-link" href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/trivia/">Trivia</a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-link" href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/specs/">Specs</a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-link" href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/releases/">Releases</a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-link disabled" href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/patches/">Patches</a> </li> <li> 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'https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/cover/group-87641/cover-238525/', 'image': 'https://cdn.mobygames.com/34a926c6-abef-11ed-8a97-02420a00012d.webp' }" :num-covers="22" more-url="/game/222/martian-memorandum/covers/"> </cover-swap-links> </div> </div> <div class="info-release"> <dl class="metadata"> <dt>Released</dt> <dd> <a href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/releases/#dos"> 1991 </a> on <a href="/platform/dos/"> DOS </a> </dd> <dt>Credits</dt> <dd> <a href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/credits/dos/">10 people</a> </dd> <dt><a href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/releases/">Releases</a> by Date <small class="text-muted text-normal hide-sm">(<a href="?s=platform">by platform</a>)</small></dt> <dd> <ul id="platformLinks" class="list-group toggle-long-text mb-0"> <li> <a id="tdos" data-popover='{ "releases": [{"countries": [{"country_code": "US", "flag": "https://cdn.mobygames.com/9f436050-ab5e-11ed-b6d6-02420a000150.gif"}], "release_date": "1991"}], "position": "left" }' aria-describedby="tooltip" href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/releases/#dos">1991</a> <span class="text-muted"> (<a href="/platform/dos/">DOS</a>) </span> </li> <li> <a id="tlinux" data-popover='{ "releases": [{"countries": [{"country_code": "==", "flag": "https://cdn.mobygames.com/d74880f2-ab5e-11ed-b6d6-02420a000150.png"}], "release_date": "Jun 12, 2014"}], "position": "left" }' aria-describedby="tooltip" href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/releases/#linux">2014</a> <span class="text-muted"> (<a href="/platform/linux/">Linux</a>) </span> </li> <li> <a id="twindows" data-popover='{ "releases": [{"countries": [{"country_code": "==", "flag": "https://cdn.mobygames.com/d74880f2-ab5e-11ed-b6d6-02420a000150.png"}], "release_date": "Jun 12, 2014"}], "position": "left" }' aria-describedby="tooltip" href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/releases/#windows">2014</a> <span class="text-muted"> (<a href="/platform/windows/">Windows</a>) </span> </li> <li> <a id="tmacintosh" data-popover='{ "releases": [{"countries": [{"country_code": "==", "flag": "https://cdn.mobygames.com/d74880f2-ab5e-11ed-b6d6-02420a000150.png"}], "release_date": "Jun 12, 2014"}], "position": "left" }' aria-describedby="tooltip" href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/releases/#macintosh">2014</a> <span class="text-muted"> (<a href="/platform/macintosh/">Macintosh</a>) </span> </li> </ul> <toggle-long-text element-id="platformLinks" :small-text="true" :single-line-per-item="true"></toggle-long-text> </dd> <dt>Publishers</dt> <dd> <ul id="publisherLinks" class="list-group toggle-long-text mb-0"> <li> <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/company/73/indie-built-inc/" data-popover='{ "platforms": ["DOS"], "position": "left" }'>Access Software, Inc.</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/company/19706/nightdive-studios-llc/" data-popover='{ "platforms": ["Linux", "Macintosh", "Windows"], "position": "left" }'>Night Dive Studios, LLC</a> </li> </ul> <toggle-long-text element-id="publisherLinks" :small-text="true" :single-line-per-item="true"></toggle-long-text> </dd> <dt>Developers</dt> <dd> <ul id="developerLinks" class="list-group toggle-long-text mb-0"> <li> <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/company/73/indie-built-inc/" data-popover='{ "id": 73, "type": 2, "name": "Access Software, Inc.", "position": "left" }'>Access Software, Inc.</a> </li> </ul> <toggle-long-text element-id="developerLinks" :small-text="true" :single-line-per-item="true"></toggle-long-text> </dd> </dl> </div> <div class="info-score"> <dl class="metadata"> <dt><span data-tooltip="Overall score and rank compared to all games with rankings">Moby Score</span></dt> <dd> <div class="mobyscore" style="background: #00ff00;" data-tooltip="Based on a bayesian average of critic and player ratings"> 7.4 </div> <small class="text-muted">#8,156 of <span data-tooltip="Total number of ranked games">25.6K</a></small> </dd> <dt>Critics</dt> <dd> 71% <small class="text-muted" data-tooltip="13 ratings">(<a href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/reviews/">13</a>)</small> </dd> <dt>Players</dt> <dd> <span class="stars stars-sm" style="--rating: 3.8" data-tooltip="3.8 stars"></span> <small class="text-muted" data-tooltip="49 ratings">(<a href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/reviews/">49</a>)</small> </dd> <dt>Review Ranking</dt> <dd> <ul id="platformRankings" class="list-group toggle-long-text mb-0"> <li class="text-nowrap-desktop"><span data-tooltip="#591 of 1,761 ranked DOS games">#591</span> on <a href="/platform/dos/">DOS</a></li> </ul> <toggle-long-text element-id="platformRankings" :small-text="true" :single-line-per-item="true"></toggle-long-text> </dd> <dt>Collected By</dt> <dd>129 players</dd> </dl> </div> <div class="info-genres"> <dl class="metadata"><dt>Genre</dt> <dd><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/genre/adventure/">Adventure</a><br></dd><dt>Perspective</dt> <dd><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/genre/side-view/">Side view</a><br></dd><dt>Gameplay</dt> <dd><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/genre/graphic-adventure/">Graphic adventure</a><br><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/genre/puzzle-elements/">Puzzle elements</a><br></dd><dt>Setting</dt> <dd><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/genre/sci-fi-futuristic/">Sci-fi / futuristic</a><br></dd><dt>Narrative</dt> <dd><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/genre/detective-mystery/">Detective / mystery</a><br></dd></dl> </div> <div class="info-specs"> DOS Specs <hr> <dl class="metadata"> <dt>Business Model</dt> <dd> <a href="/attributes/attribute/124/">Commercial</a> </dd> <dt>Media Type</dt> <dd> <a href="/attributes/attribute/516/">3.5" Floppy Disk</a>, <a href="/attributes/attribute/517/">5.25" Floppy Disk</a> </dd> <dt>Input Devices Supported/Optional</dt> <dd> <a href="/attributes/attribute/23/">Keyboard</a>, <a href="/attributes/attribute/24/">Mouse</a> </dd> <dt>Number of Offline Players</dt> <dd> <a href="/attributes/attribute/489/">1 Player</a> </dd> <span class="text-nowrap">[ <a href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/specs/">view all 27 specs</a> ]</span> </dl> </div> </div> <random uri="game"></random> <div class="border border-1 mb" data-nosnippet> <div class="flex flex-wrap flex-gap"> <div> <b class="text-nowrap">Buy on Windows</b> <hr> <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/302340/" rel="nofollow" class="text-nowrap-desktop link-external" target="_blank" title="Price last updated at 11/26 12:15 AM"> $5.99 new on Steam</a><br> </div> </div> </div> <div class="border border-1 mb"> <b>Included in</b> <ul id="related1" class="list-group toggle-long-text toggle-max-3 mb-0"> <li> <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/41217/mean-streets-martian-memorandum/"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://cdn.mobygames.com/ecdc9c30-af39-11ed-be4f-02420a0001ba.webp" width="96" height="136" alt="box cover" class="img-thumbnail-box img-thumbnail-xs"> </a> <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/41217/mean-streets-martian-memorandum/">Mean Streets + Martian Memorandum</a> <small class="text-muted">(2009)</small></li> <li> <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/66178/tex-murphy-classic-collection/"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://cdn.mobygames.com/451a9d08-af3e-11ed-8847-02420a0001be.webp" width="240" height="90" alt="box cover" class="img-thumbnail-box img-thumbnail-xs"> </a> <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/66178/tex-murphy-classic-collection/">Tex Murphy: Classic Collection</a> <small class="text-muted">(2014)</small></li> </ul> <toggle-long-text element-id="related1" :small-text="true" :single-line-per-item="true"></toggle-long-text> </div> <section id="gameDescription"> <h2> Description <small> <a href="/game/222/-/adblurbs/">official descriptions</a> </small> </h2> <div id="description-text" class="toggle-long-text" v-pre> <p><em>Martian Memorandum</em> is the sequel to <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/search/?q=Mean+Streets">Mean Streets</a>. Six years have found the private investigator Tex Murphy broke, down on his luck, and seriously in need of a new case. He gets a call from Marshall Alexander, a business tycoon who owns most of the industry on Mars. It seems his daughter Alexis has run away from home, and taken "something else" with her. Marshall won't say what that something else is, but he is willing to pay handsomely to get it (and his daughter) back.</p> <p>Unlike its predecessor, the game contains only adventure gameplay, removing flight simulation and action sequences. Basic gameplay mechanics are very similar to those of the first game, placing interrogation and choices above object-based puzzles. Verb commands are used to interact with the environment, while interrogating suspects usually involves selecting conversation options. Making a wrong choice may sometimes prematurely end the game or render it unwinnable.</p> </div> <toggle-long-text element-id="description-text"></toggle-long-text> </section> <section id="gameGroups"> <h2>Groups <a href="/contribute/game-group-game/game/222/" class="link-contributor" rel="nofollow">+</a></h2> <ul class="list-group flex flex-wrap gap-xxs"> <li class="badge text-ellipsis"> <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/group/11644/protagonist-pi-private-investigator/">Protagonist: P.I. (Private Investigator)</a> </li> <li class="badge text-ellipsis"> <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/group/7614/setting-mars/">Setting: Mars</a> </li> <li class="badge text-ellipsis"> <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/group/31/tex-murphy-series/">Tex Murphy series</a> </li> <li class="badge text-ellipsis"> <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/group/12254/visual-technique-style-digitized-sprites/">Visual technique / style: Digitized sprites</a> </li> </ul> </section><h2> <a href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/screenshots/">Screenshots</a>  </h2> <div id="gameShots" class="img-holder mb"> <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/screenshots/dos/938/"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://cdn.mobygames.com/bb49840e-ab6e-11ed-b6ec-02420a00019b.webp" class="img-thumbnail" width="600" height="375" alt="screenshot"> </a> <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/screenshots/dos/939/"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://cdn.mobygames.com/dace76b8-ab6e-11ed-a188-02420a00019a.webp" class="img-thumbnail" width="600" height="375" alt="screenshot"> </a> <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/screenshots/dos/940/"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://cdn.mobygames.com/c9e2a8d8-ab6e-11ed-8048-02420a000198.webp" class="img-thumbnail" width="600" height="375" alt="screenshot"> </a> <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/screenshots/dos/941/"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://cdn.mobygames.com/ccefe860-ab6e-11ed-9d05-02420a000198.webp" class="img-thumbnail" width="600" height="375" alt="screenshot"> </a> <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/screenshots/dos/942/" class="hide-sm"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://cdn.mobygames.com/d17cf88c-ab6e-11ed-ba50-02420a000199.webp" class="img-thumbnail" width="600" height="375" alt="screenshot"> </a> </div> <h2> <a href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/promo/">Promos</a>  </h2> <div id="gamePromoImages" class="img-holder mb"> <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/promo/group-57371/image-483713/"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://cdn.mobygames.com/78083504-abec-11ed-a161-02420a000136.webp" class="img-thumbnail" width="331" height="440" alt="promo image"> </a> <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/promo/group-57371/image-789163/"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://cdn.mobygames.com/2677efd0-ac10-11ed-83f5-02420a000134.webp" class="img-thumbnail" width="600" height="206" alt="promo image"> </a> <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/promo/group-4225/image-52086/" class="hide-sm"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://cdn.mobygames.com/537435be-ab72-11ed-837d-02420a00019b.webp" class="img-thumbnail" width="587" height="440" alt="promo image"> </a> <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/promo/group-4225/image-52083/" class="hide-sm"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://cdn.mobygames.com/5c09b122-ab72-11ed-a519-02420a00019d.webp" class="img-thumbnail" width="587" height="440" alt="promo image"> </a> <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/promo/group-4225/image-52089/" class="hide-sm"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://cdn.mobygames.com/54ab79e2-ab72-11ed-837d-02420a00019b.webp" class="img-thumbnail" width="587" height="440" alt="promo image"> </a> </div> <section id="gameVideos"> <h2> <a href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/videos/">Videos</a> </h2> <div class="grid-overview-videos mb-0"> <div class="lazyframe" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MM9-cmCiGWQ" data-vendor="youtube"></div> <div class="border flex flex-center"> <p class="mb-0"> <a href="/contribute/game-video/222/" class="link-contributor" rel="nofollow">Add Trailer or Gameplay Video</a> +1 point </p> </div> <div class="border flex flex-center"> <div> <p> See any errors or missing info for this game? </p> <p class="mb-0"> You can <a href="/contribute/game-correction/222/" class="link-contributor" rel="nofollow">submit a correction</a>, contribute <a href="/contribute/game-trivia/222/" class="link-contributor" rel="nofollow">trivia</a>, <a href="/contribute/game-group-game/game/222/" class="link-contributor" rel="nofollow">add to a game group</a>, <a href="/contribute/game-site/222/" class="link-contributor" rel="nofollow">add a related site</a> or <a href="/contribute/alternate-title/222/" class="link-contributor" rel="nofollow">alternate title</a>. </p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="gameCredits"> <h2>Credits (DOS version)</h2> <p class="text-sm text-muted"> 10 People </p> <div class="overflow-x-scroll"> <table class="table table-credits"> <tr> <td valign="top">Producer</td> <td> <ul class="commaList"> <li><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/person/1082/brent-erickson/" data-popover='{ "id": 1082, "name": "Brent Erickson", "type": 1 }' class="text-nowrap">Brent Erickson</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Designers</td> <td> <ul class="commaList"> <li><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/person/1082/brent-erickson/" data-popover='{ "id": 1082, "name": "Brent Erickson", "type": 1 }' class="text-nowrap">Brent Erickson</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/person/1089/chris-jones/" data-popover='{ "id": 1089, "name": "Chris Jones", "type": 1 }' class="text-nowrap">Chris Jones</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Programming</td> <td> <ul class="commaList"> <li><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/person/1082/brent-erickson/" data-popover='{ "id": 1082, "name": "Brent Erickson", "type": 1 }' class="text-nowrap">Brent Erickson</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Art Direction</td> <td> <ul class="commaList"> <li><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/person/10374/douglas-vandegrift/" data-popover='{ "id": 10374, "name": "Douglas Vandegrift", "type": 1 }' class="text-nowrap">Douglas Vandegrift</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Additional Art</td> <td> <ul class="commaList"> <li><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/person/1292/jon-clark/" data-popover='{ "id": 1292, "name": "Jon Clark", "type": 1 }' class="text-nowrap">Jon Clark</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/person/10375/d-frank-brown/" data-popover='{ "id": 10375, "name": "D. Frank Brown", "type": 1 }' class="text-nowrap">D. Frank Brown</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Story</td> <td> <ul class="commaList"> <li><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/person/1082/brent-erickson/" data-popover='{ "id": 1082, "name": "Brent Erickson", "type": 1 }' class="text-nowrap">Brent Erickson</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/person/1089/chris-jones/" data-popover='{ "id": 1089, "name": "Chris Jones", "type": 1 }' class="text-nowrap">Chris Jones</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Additional Text</td> <td> <ul class="commaList"> <li><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/person/1092/kevin-l-jones/" data-popover='{ "id": 1092, "name": "Kevin L. Jones", "type": 1 }' class="text-nowrap">Kevin L. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/person/10378/linda-roundy/" data-popover='{ "id": 10378, "name": "Linda Roundy", "type": 1 }' class="text-nowrap">Linda Roundy</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Original Music</td> <td> <ul class="commaList"> <li><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/person/10376/brett-raymond/" data-popover='{ "id": 10376, "name": "Brett Raymond", "type": 1 }' class="text-nowrap">Brett Raymond</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/person/10377/ron-saltmarsh/" data-popover='{ "id": 10377, "name": "Ron Saltmarsh", "type": 1 }' class="text-nowrap">Ron Saltmarsh</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Sound</td> <td> <ul class="commaList"> <li><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/person/1292/jon-clark/" data-popover='{ "id": 1292, "name": "Jon Clark", "type": 1 }' class="text-nowrap">Jon Clark</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Box art</td> <td> <ul class="commaList"> <li><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/person/15169/shaun-mitchell/" data-popover='{ "id": 15169, "name": "Shaun Mitchell", "type": 1 }' class="text-nowrap">Shaun Mitchell</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </section> <h2 id="reviews"><a href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/reviews/">Reviews</a></h2> <div class="grid-split"> <section id="critic-reviews"> <h4>Critics</h4> <p> Average score: 71% <span class="text-muted">(based on 13 ratings)</span> </p> <critic-reviews :reviews='[{"citation": "The game is immediately addictive, and has quite a large storyline. Convoluted with many twists and turns, you won\u0027t fail to get engrossed and stuck in situations. Thankfully, the concise help feature will get you out of most problems. The only slight flaw is in the excessively tricky areas, especially entering the pyramid and getting to Big Dick\u0027s safe. You need to save frequently and be pixel perfect in movement. If you have a PC, then order your copy now, and prepare to be dazzled.", "date": "1991-10-10", "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=47\u0026oid=4297090516", "grade": null, "id": 552697, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/reviews/#critic-score-552697", "language": "en", "max_score": 5.0, "normalized_score": 100.0, "platform": {"id": 2, "name": "DOS"}, "score": 5.0, "source": {"country": {"country_code": "uk", "flag": "https://cdn.mobygames.com/9f7e9f08-ab5e-11ed-b6d6-02420a000150.gif", "id": 22, "name": "United Kingdom"}, "description": null, "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=46\u0026oid=49257911", "first_year": 1991, "id": 505, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/critic/505/games-x/", "languages": [{"code": "en", "id": 36, "name": "English", "ordering": 360}], "last_year": 1992, "name": "Games-X", "num_reviews": 811, "url": null}, "submitter": {"id": 65110, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/user/65110/tim-janssen/", "name": "Tim Janssen"}, "type": {"id": 2, "name": "Star System"}, "url": "https://retrocdn.net/images/9/95/GamesX_UK_25.pdf#page=18"}, {"citation": "Tr\u00e8s semblable \u00e0 Final Countdown du m\u00eame \u00e9diteur, ce logiciel est particuli\u00e8rement soign\u00e9. Le graphisme est sans reproche et surtout, le son tr\u00e8s bien g\u00e9r\u00e9.", "date": "1991-11", "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=47\u0026oid=4297089181", "grade": null, "id": 552650, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/reviews/#critic-score-552650", "language": "fr", "max_score": 100.0, "normalized_score": 92.0, "platform": {"id": 2, "name": "DOS"}, "score": 92.0, "source": {"country": {"country_code": "fr", "flag": "https://cdn.mobygames.com/9f4ebb9e-ab5e-11ed-b6d6-02420a000150.gif", "id": 8, "name": "France"}, "description": null, "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=46\u0026oid=49257942", "first_year": 1990, "id": 130, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/critic/130/joystick-french/", "languages": [{"code": "fr", "id": 42, "name": "French", "ordering": 420}], "last_year": null, "name": "Joystick (French)", "num_reviews": 1496, "url": null}, "submitter": {"id": 65110, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/user/65110/tim-janssen/", "name": "Tim Janssen"}, "type": {"id": 1, "name": "Numeric (Highest score is best)"}, "url": "https://retrocdn.net/images/1/18/Joystick_FR_021.pdf#page=254"}, {"citation": "Martian Memorandum has an interesting storyline, and the graphics and sound are excellent. I\u0027ve still got some of the more memorable speech samples running through my head. Now, what Access needs to do is give their games some polish. If they just clean up the text, clean up the graphics and clean up the configuration system in future products, they\u0027ll be hard to beat.", "date": "1992-01", "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=47\u0026oid=850035662", "grade": null, "id": 448091, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/reviews/#critic-score-448091", "language": "en", "max_score": 100.0, "normalized_score": 81.0, "platform": {"id": 2, "name": "DOS"}, "score": 81.0, "source": {"country": {"country_code": "us", "flag": "https://cdn.mobygames.com/9f436050-ab5e-11ed-b6d6-02420a000150.gif", "id": 1, "name": "United States"}, "description": null, "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=46\u0026oid=4187120469", "first_year": 1990, "id": 2878, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/critic/2878/enchanted-realms/", "languages": [{"code": "en", "id": 36, "name": "English", "ordering": 360}], "last_year": 1992, "name": "Enchanted Realms", "num_reviews": 100, "url": null}, "submitter": {"id": 210099, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/user/210099/narushima/", "name": "Narushima"}, "type": {"id": 1, "name": "Numeric (Highest score is best)"}, "url": "https://www.mocagh.org/enchantedrealms/enchantedrealms9.pdf#page=35"}, {"citation": "Martian Memorandum has more in common with Mean Streets than with the later FMV titles, but does fit into the Tex-a-verse nicely. It\u0027s a fitting sequel that improves and streamlines some of the flaws from the original, while offering a new case and vastly different locales. If you\u0027re coming from the series backwards, you might not be as impressed with this title as you will be with Under A Killing Moon, but it\u0027s still worth a play if you want another chance to slip into Tex\u0027s gumshoes.", "date": "2008-05-26", "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=47\u0026oid=44098781", "grade": null, "id": 94223, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/reviews/#critic-score-94223", "language": "en", "max_score": 5.0, "normalized_score": 80.0, "platform": {"id": 2, "name": "DOS"}, "score": 4.0, "source": {"country": {"country_code": "us", "flag": "https://cdn.mobygames.com/9f436050-ab5e-11ed-b6d6-02420a000150.gif", "id": 1, "name": "United States"}, "description": null, "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=46\u0026oid=49259538", "first_year": 2001, "id": 272, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/critic/272/just-games-retro/", "languages": [{"code": "en", "id": 36, "name": "English", "ordering": 360}], "last_year": null, "name": "Just Games Retro", "num_reviews": 531, "url": "http://www.justgamesretro.com/"}, "submitter": {"id": 59037, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/user/59037/wizo/", "name": "Wizo"}, "type": {"id": 2, "name": "Star System"}, "url": "http://justgamesretro.com/dos/martian-memorandum"}, {"citation": "Martian Memorandum continues the series\u0027 high quality of writing and complex, satisfying mysteries, and its improved tech are far more user-friendly for modern players. Its occasional fussiness will likely vex players more than once, but those willing to endure its quirks will enjoy their time with Tex - even if he is a bit on the surly side.", "date": "2009-07-06", "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=47\u0026oid=45223758", "grade": null, "id": 160075, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/reviews/#critic-score-160075", "language": "en", "max_score": 5.0, "normalized_score": 80.0, "platform": {"id": 2, "name": "DOS"}, "score": 4.0, "source": {"country": {"country_code": "us", "flag": "https://cdn.mobygames.com/9f436050-ab5e-11ed-b6d6-02420a000150.gif", "id": 1, "name": "United States"}, "description": null, "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=46\u0026oid=49259354", "first_year": 2006, "id": 561, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/critic/561/gamezebo/", "languages": [{"code": "en", "id": 36, "name": "English", "ordering": 360}], "last_year": null, "name": "GameZebo", "num_reviews": 2050, "url": "http://www.gamezebo.com/"}, "submitter": {"id": 91632, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/user/91632/ggruber/", "name": "Macs Black"}, "type": {"id": 2, "name": "Star System"}, "url": "http://www.gamezebo.com/games/martian-memorandum/review"}, {"citation": "The second installment in the Tex Murphy series, this sequel to the original Mean Streets was quite fun; almost as fun as the original. Popular characters were met once again, along with a short video animation of each character when you first meet (for a game on mere floppy disks, this was pretty impressive!).", "date": "2000", "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=47\u0026oid=45696578", "grade": null, "id": 223043, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/reviews/#critic-score-223043", "language": "en", "max_score": 5.0, "normalized_score": 80.0, "platform": {"id": 2, "name": "DOS"}, "score": 4.0, "source": {"country": {"country_code": "us", "flag": "https://cdn.mobygames.com/9f436050-ab5e-11ed-b6d6-02420a000150.gif", "id": 1, "name": "United States"}, "description": null, "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=46\u0026oid=49259433", "first_year": 1999, "id": 964, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/critic/964/techtite/", "languages": [{"code": "en", "id": 36, "name": "English", "ordering": 360}], "last_year": null, "name": "Techtite", "num_reviews": 164, "url": "http://www.techtite.com/"}, "submitter": {"id": 55856, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/user/55856/scaryfun/", "name": "Scaryfun"}, "type": {"id": 2, "name": "Star System"}, "url": "http://www.techtite.com/Reviews/Archpc/MarsMemo.html"}, {"citation": "The year is 2039 and things cannot be any worse. It starts off as a simple search for a daughter of a millionaire. Soon enough, you find out that this is not the usual crime and this is not the usual kidnapping at all. The more truth you unravel the more confusing and dangerous the case becomes. Has the ex-wife of the millionaire something to do with it? Or has that junky boyfriend? Why does no one know anything about the millionaire\u2019s past? Everything seems to point to Mars. As you head to red planet, you cannot get rid of a feeling that something big is behind all this.", "date": "1998-01-07", "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=47\u0026oid=43842964", "grade": null, "id": 4794, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/reviews/#critic-score-4794", "language": "en", "max_score": 5.0, "normalized_score": 80.0, "platform": {"id": 2, "name": "DOS"}, "score": 4.0, "source": {"country": {"country_code": "ca", "flag": "https://cdn.mobygames.com/9fa117cc-ab5e-11ed-b6d6-02420a000150.gif", "id": 5, "name": "Canada"}, "description": null, "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=46\u0026oid=49257896", "first_year": 1996, "id": 155, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/critic/155/adventure-classic-gaming/", "languages": [{"code": "en", "id": 36, "name": "English", "ordering": 360}], "last_year": null, "name": "Adventure Classic Gaming", "num_reviews": 524, "url": "http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/"}, "submitter": {"id": 55856, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/user/55856/scaryfun/", "name": "Scaryfun"}, "type": {"id": 1, "name": "Numeric (Highest score is best)"}, "url": "http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/reviews/50/"}, {"citation": "Martian Memorandum, Tex Murphy\u0027s second detective adventure, is truly a sequel to Mean Streets in every sense of the word, boasting many of the same weaknesses and the same major strength: an excellently plotted and well-written story that will interest you enough to complete the game. Thankfully, this time around Access fixed some of the major weaknesses of the first game and, while far from being the \"great interactive movie\" that it was touted as, Martian Memorandum is still a very enjoyable detective game.", "date": "2002-05-19", "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=47\u0026oid=44409305", "grade": null, "id": 46816, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/reviews/#critic-score-46816", "language": "en", "max_score": 5.0, "normalized_score": 70.0, "platform": {"id": 2, "name": "DOS"}, "score": 3.5, "source": {"country": {"country_code": "ie", "flag": "https://cdn.mobygames.com/c50c95f4-ab5e-11ed-b6d6-02420a000150.gif", "id": 37, "name": "Ireland"}, "description": null, "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=46\u0026oid=49254204", "first_year": 1999, "id": 66, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/critic/66/adventure-gamers/", "languages": [{"code": "en", "id": 36, "name": "English", "ordering": 360}], "last_year": null, "name": "Adventure Gamers", "num_reviews": 1109, "url": "http://www.adventuregamers.com/"}, "submitter": {"id": 8375, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/user/8375/jeanne/", "name": "Jeanne"}, "type": {"id": 2, "name": "Star System"}, "url": "http://www.adventuregamers.com/display.php?id=49"}, {"citation": "Modernis\u00e9, d\u00e9poussi\u00e9r\u00e9, enfin d\u00e9barrass\u00e9 de phases d\u2019action et de simulation aussi inutiles qu\u2019inint\u00e9ressantes, Martian Memorandum se r\u00eavait comme une enqu\u00eate dans la continuit\u00e9 directe de Mean Streets, aussi prenante tout en se voulant un peu plus accessible. Malheureusement, le titre reste p\u00e9nalis\u00e9 par de frustrantes phases d\u2019obstacles, parfois chronom\u00e9tr\u00e9es, qui ne seraient que d\u00e9sagr\u00e9ables si le logiciel ne devait pas \u00e9galement composer avec une maniabilit\u00e9 douteuse \u2013 jamais on n\u2019avait rencontr\u00e9 de jeu d\u2019aventure o\u00f9 il est aussi difficile de parvenir \u00e0 d\u00e9placer le personnage principal. Cela handicape une enqu\u00eate qui reste autrement int\u00e9ressante pour peu que l\u2019on se donne la peine de la jouer \u00e0 l\u2019ancienne, en prenant des notes \u2013 mais cela emp\u00eache surtout Martian Memorandum d\u2019\u00eatre \u2013 enfin \u2013 le titre qui aurait fait entrer Tex Murphy dans les m\u00e9moires. Dommage.", "date": "2018-07-04", "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=47\u0026oid=2522233990", "grade": null, "id": 374437, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/reviews/#critic-score-374437", "language": "fr", "max_score": 20.0, "normalized_score": 70.0, "platform": {"id": 2, "name": "DOS"}, "score": 14.0, "source": {"country": {"country_code": "fr", "flag": "https://cdn.mobygames.com/9f4ebb9e-ab5e-11ed-b6d6-02420a000150.gif", "id": 8, "name": "France"}, "description": null, "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=46\u0026oid=2191930145", "first_year": 2017, "id": 2333, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/critic/2333/retro-archives/", "languages": [{"code": "fr", "id": 42, "name": "French", "ordering": 420}], "last_year": null, "name": "Retro Archives", "num_reviews": 2397, "url": "http://www.retroarchives.fr/"}, "submitter": {"id": 307496, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/user/307496/retroarchivesfr/", "name": "RetroArchives.fr"}, "type": {"id": 1, "name": "Numeric (Highest score is best)"}, "url": "http://retroarchives.fr/martian-memorandum/"}, {"citation": "Trotz sichtlicher Anstrengungen schafft es Access mit diesem Programm nicht, sich in die\nSpitzengruppe der Adventure-Hersteller zu hieven. Technisch fehlt immer noch eine ganze\nKlasse, um mit den neuesten VGA-Titeln von Sierra und Lucasfilm konkurrieren zu k\u00f6nnen.\nGr\u00f6bere Defizite gibt es auch bei Story und Puzzles. Man kann Martian Memorandum spielen,\naber gr\u00f6\u00dfere Geniestreiche und \u00dcberraschungseffekte bleiben aus. Hinter dem Tschingderassa-Bumm der aufwendigen Pr\u00e4sentation verbirgt sich etwas einfallslose Adventure-Kost,\nbei der es oft nur darauf ankommt, jeden Raum genau abzusuchen. Man spielt das Programm\nvor allem, um mehr von diesen h\u00fcbschen Animationen zu sehen und den Ausgang der\nGeschichte zu erfahren. Ein ertr\u00e4glicher Titel, aber nicht der erhoffte Adventure-Meilenstein.", "date": "1992", "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=47\u0026oid=1062959153", "grade": null, "id": 457109, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/reviews/#critic-score-457109", "language": "de", "max_score": 10.0, "normalized_score": 60.0, "platform": {"id": 2, "name": "DOS"}, "score": 6.0, "source": {"country": {"country_code": "de", "flag": "https://cdn.mobygames.com/9f8eb00a-ab5e-11ed-b6d6-02420a000150.gif", "id": 9, "name": "Germany"}, "description": null, "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=46\u0026oid=49252686", "first_year": 1992, "id": 638, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/critic/638/pc-spiele-93/", "languages": [{"code": "de", "id": 47, "name": "German", "ordering": 470}], "last_year": 1992, "name": "PC-Spiele \u002793", "num_reviews": 101, "url": null}, "submitter": {"id": 136314, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/user/136314/patrick_b/", "name": "Patrick Bregger"}, "type": {"id": 1, "name": "Numeric (Highest score is best)"}, "url": null}, {"citation": "Die Handlung spielt in der Zukunft, das Interface scheint geradewegs aus dem finstersten Mittelalter zu stammen. Ein Beispiel: Wenn man einen Gegenstand von Tisch A auf Tisch B legen will, mu\u00df man erst einen Umweg \u00fcber das Inventory machen. Der Cursor weigert sich beharrlich, anders als in ausgereifteren Konkurrenzprodukten, als Hand zu dienen. Alle Gegenst\u00e4nde m\u00fcssen durch pixelgenaues Anklicken erst einmal gesucht werden. In der dunkelbraunen Endzeitgrafik ist das nur zu schaffen, wenn Ihr die Helligkeit am Monitor voll aufdreht - Grauschleier inklusive. Diese unsch\u00f6nen technischen Macken versalzen die recht stimmungsvolle \"Blade Runner\"-Atmosph\u00e4re erheblich. Deshalb: Nur f\u00fcr Adventure-Fans mit viel, viel Geduld zu empfehlen. Da retten auch die digitalisierten Sch\u00f6nheiten (und die restliche, durchaus sch\u00f6ne Grafik) nicht vor dem spielerischen Mittelma\u00df.", "date": "1991-12", "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=47\u0026oid=44189085", "grade": null, "id": 36355, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/reviews/#critic-score-36355", "language": "de", "max_score": 100.0, "normalized_score": 53.0, "platform": {"id": 2, "name": "DOS"}, "score": 53.0, "source": {"country": {"country_code": "de", "flag": "https://cdn.mobygames.com/9f8eb00a-ab5e-11ed-b6d6-02420a000150.gif", "id": 9, "name": "Germany"}, "description": null, "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=46\u0026oid=49252775", "first_year": 1987, "id": 109, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/critic/109/power-play/", "languages": [{"code": "de", "id": 47, "name": "German", "ordering": 470}], "last_year": 2000, "name": "Power Play", "num_reviews": 5841, "url": null}, "submitter": {"id": 552, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/user/552/terok-nor/", "name": "Terok Nor"}, "type": {"id": 1, "name": "Numeric (Highest score is best)"}, "url": null}, {"citation": "Martian Memorandum feels like a piece of slightly cynical non-art. Like nobody was really in it with all their heart. It plays sort of alright, but remains too mechanical throughout. The long pixel hunting and trial \u0026 error sections destroy any storytelling pacing it may otherwise have had. In spite of being conceived as a \u201cmultimedia\u201d dazzler at the time, the narration actually works best in the purely textual parts, i.e. either in long-ish chapter intros or in the optional dry remarks Tex has while examining his surroundings. Quite ironic for a game which was on the forefront of technology in its own day. Though it does teach us something, doesn\u0027t it? Scratch away all the bling-bling, and the timeless parts remain: drama and storytelling. Get those right and you have a game which will stand the test of time.", "date": "2023-03-25", "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=47\u0026oid=4295339352", "grade": null, "id": 487197, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/reviews/#critic-score-487197", "language": "en", "max_score": 6.0, "normalized_score": 50.0, "platform": {"id": 2, "name": "DOS"}, "score": 3.0, "source": {"country": {"country_code": "de", "flag": "https://cdn.mobygames.com/9f8eb00a-ab5e-11ed-b6d6-02420a000150.gif", "id": 9, "name": "Germany"}, "description": null, "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=46\u0026oid=3352592475", "first_year": 2000, "id": 2671, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/critic/2671/good-old-days-the-staff-reviews-only/", "languages": [{"code": "en", "id": 36, "name": "English", "ordering": 360}, {"code": "de", "id": 47, "name": "German", "ordering": 470}], "last_year": null, "name": "Good Old Days, The (staff reviews only)", "num_reviews": 680, "url": "https://www.goodolddays.net/"}, "submitter": {"id": 558, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/user/558/mr-creosote/", "name": "Mr Creosote"}, "type": {"id": 1, "name": "Numeric (Highest score is best)"}, "url": "https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1525/Martian-Memorandum.html"}, {"citation": "Jetzt zum \u201ewenn\u201c: Bei Murphy hat \u201eMurphys Gesetz\u201c wirklich voll zugeschlagen! Von unseren drei Testexemplaren st\u00fcrzten alle drei (100%) permanent ab - unabh\u00e4ngig vom Rechner und an verschiedenen Stellen. Zweifellos ein originelles \u201eFeature\u201c, das aber unweigerlich zu schweren Zweifeln an der Qualit\u00e4t des Produkts f\u00fchrt. Wer also nicht verzweifeln m\u00f6chte, der l\u00e4\u00dft im Zweifelsfall lieber die Finger von Martian Memorandum!", "date": "1991-12", "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=47\u0026oid=458036975", "grade": null, "id": 299528, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/reviews/#critic-score-299528", "language": "de", "max_score": 100.0, "normalized_score": 27.0, "platform": {"id": 2, "name": "DOS"}, "score": 27.0, "source": {"country": {"country_code": "de", "flag": "https://cdn.mobygames.com/9f8eb00a-ab5e-11ed-b6d6-02420a000150.gif", "id": 9, "name": "Germany"}, "description": null, "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=46\u0026oid=49257811", "first_year": 1991, "id": 397, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/critic/397/pc-joker/", "languages": [{"code": "de", "id": 47, "name": "German", "ordering": 470}], "last_year": 2001, "name": "PC Joker", "num_reviews": 2748, "url": null}, "submitter": {"id": 136314, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/user/136314/patrick_b/", "name": "Patrick Bregger"}, "type": {"id": 1, "name": "Numeric (Highest score is best)"}, "url": null}, {"citation": "Ich f\u00fcr meinen Teil bin bei einem grafisch schw\u00e4cheren, aber spielerisch besserem Adventure wie \"Spellcasting 201\" eher zu Hause. Bei Martian Memorandum stellt man sich nach ein paar Stunden die gelangweilte Frage \"Warum spiele ich das Ding eigentlich?\", was f\u00fcr die Motivation reichlich t\u00f6dlich ist. Sparen Sie sich Ihr Geld lieber f\u00fcr das vielversprechende \"Monkey Island 2\".", "date": "1991-11", "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=47\u0026oid=2556986480", "grade": null, "id": 375883, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/reviews/#critic-score-375883", "language": "de", "max_score": 100.0, "normalized_score": null, "platform": {"id": 2, "name": "DOS"}, "score": 0.0, "source": {"country": {"country_code": "de", "flag": "https://cdn.mobygames.com/9f8eb00a-ab5e-11ed-b6d6-02420a000150.gif", "id": 9, "name": "Germany"}, "description": null, "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=46\u0026oid=49254123", "first_year": 1991, "id": 635, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/critic/635/pc-review-germany/", "languages": [{"code": "de", "id": 47, "name": "German", "ordering": 470}], "last_year": 1994, "name": "PC Review (Germany)", "num_reviews": 6, "url": null}, "submitter": {"id": 552, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/user/552/terok-nor/", "name": "Terok Nor"}, "type": {"id": 6, "name": "Unscored"}, "url": null}, {"citation": "Martian Memorandum produces hours of enjoyment, provides a\ntremendous challenge and even offers an important message:\n\"Revere life, protect the living things and recycle.\" The game offers\nquite a different perspective on Mars than the red planet depicted in\nthe fiction of Edgar Rice Burroughs or Ray Bradbury, but it is definitely\na planet worth visiting.", "date": "1992-01", "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=47\u0026oid=1971267221", "grade": null, "id": 358600, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/reviews/#critic-score-358600", "language": "en", "max_score": 100.0, "normalized_score": null, "platform": {"id": 2, "name": "DOS"}, "score": 0.0, "source": {"country": {"country_code": "us", "flag": "https://cdn.mobygames.com/9f436050-ab5e-11ed-b6d6-02420a000150.gif", "id": 1, "name": "United States"}, "description": null, "edit_object_url": "/approval/edit-object?type=46\u0026oid=49257845", "first_year": 1981, "id": 35, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/critic/35/computer-gaming-world-cgw/", "languages": [{"code": "en", "id": 36, "name": "English", "ordering": 360}], "last_year": null, "name": "Computer Gaming World (CGW)", "num_reviews": 4741, "url": "http://cgw.1up.com/"}, "submitter": {"id": 136314, "internal_url": "https://www.mobygames.com/user/136314/patrick_b/", "name": "Patrick Bregger"}, "type": {"id": 6, "name": "Unscored"}, "url": null}]'></critic-reviews> </section> <section id="player-reviews"> <h4>Players</h4> <p> Average score: 3.8 out of 5 <span class="text-muted">(based on 49 ratings with 5 reviews)</span> </p> <div class="border mb"> <p> <b><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/user-review/2628303/">Tex is back!</a></b> <span class="stars stars-sm" style="--rating: 4.8" data-tooltip="4.8 stars"></span><br> </p> <div class="text-sm toggle-text-review toggle-long-text text-break-word" id="review-1"> <p><strong>The Good</strong><br>Other than the Police Quest games, there weren't many "gritty" games widely available. This was one of them. Murder, sex, mutations...it was all there. Want to get the help of a secretary? You don't give her candy, you take her out on a date and then take her to bed. Ever see Guybrush do that? Like Mean Streets, the sound and graphics were advanced for their time, but of course they don't look so great now. The locales were also very well done, and if you went to a junkyard, it looked like, well, a junkyard. The ending is good for a laugh, too.<br><br><strong>The Bad</strong><br>Whenever someone talks about "dead-end syndrome" I immediately think of this game. Forgot to do something you had no idea you were supposed to do? Well, that will come back to haunt you...at the very end. This, coupled with the built-in hint system, made it too tempting to cheat. <br><br><strong>The Bottom Line</strong><br>A solid adventure/mystery game. Not the best ever, but a worthy addition to the Tex saga. If you find it, grab it.</p> </div> <toggle-long-text element-id="review-1" :small-text="true"></toggle-long-text> <rate-review csrf-token="546b20df-025a-4c9b-b084-b7868e8dd511" :authenticated="false" action-url="/ajax/review-helpful/" login-url="/user/login/" :review-id="2628303" :initial-values="{ score: -1, num_helpful: 1, num_votes: 1 }"> </rate-review> <p class="text-sm mt mb-0"> DOS · by <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/user/5709/toka/">Toka</a> (13) · <span title="Mar 18, 2001">2001</span> </p> </div><div class="border mb"> <p> <b><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/user-review/2681455/">Monkey Island meets Sam Spade.</a></b> <span class="stars stars-sm" style="--rating: 3.8" data-tooltip="3.8 stars"></span><br> </p> <div class="text-sm toggle-text-review toggle-long-text text-break-word" id="review-2"> <p><strong>The Good</strong><br>This game is about Tex Murphy, a failed P.I even after solving the case of Syliva Linsky's father's murder in Mean Streets. You are called by Marshal Alexander to find his daughter, this turns into something much much bigger as you find that people have bigger things cooking that it first seems. The game supports fairly realistic graphics, some good some bad, some voice that is fairly good and a strong plot, with lots of surprises. <br><br><strong>The Bad</strong><br>The graphics in the search parts of the game are pretty bad, you spend lots of time hitting the "pick up" button at various things till somthing happens. The puzzles are a bit too easy at times and at other times make it too easy to fail. Such as a puzzle where you have to get up on to a platform with a monkey wrench by using large magnet that is hauling chunks of metal. You have to step up at the right time or fall into a pit. Then there is the annoying maze that gives you no intications of where you are on the map.<br><br><strong>The Bottom Line</strong><br>Apart from annoying flaws and rather shoddy animations the game still holds out well in my mind. A good game for people who like Spy thrillers</p> </div> <toggle-long-text element-id="review-2" :small-text="true"></toggle-long-text> <rate-review csrf-token="546b20df-025a-4c9b-b084-b7868e8dd511" :authenticated="false" action-url="/ajax/review-helpful/" login-url="/user/login/" :review-id="2681455" :initial-values="{ score: -1, num_helpful: 2, num_votes: 2 }"> </rate-review> <p class="text-sm mt mb-0"> DOS · by <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/user/7267/webdog/">Sam Hardy</a> (80) · <span title="Jun 23, 2001">2001</span> </p> </div><div class="border mb"> <p> <b><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/222/martian-memorandum/user-review/2527728/">Those streets don't look so mean no more...</a></b> <span class="stars stars-sm" style="--rating: 3.8" data-tooltip="3.8 stars"></span><br> </p> <div class="text-sm toggle-text-review toggle-long-text text-break-word" id="review-3"> <p><strong>The Good</strong><br>Tex Murphy continues to elude plagiarism lawsuits and commercial success in Martian Memorandum, the second game in the now famous "Tex Murphy Mysteries" series. As luck would have it, Murphy's latest adventures didn't have the successful results he was expecting (sort of the same that happened with the game) and now, years after the events played in Mean Streets Tex still finds himself without the money, girls and fame he thought was in store for him.</p> <p>However if you're barely familiar with the "Noir" detective films and novels of the 40's/50's you'll know this is the perfect setup for a classic private eye-plotline that starts with an innocent enough missing persons case and turns into a gigantic conspiracy with the fate of an entire planet hanging in the balance... Well, actually I think I'm making the plot sound weaker than it is, and the fact is that the story in Martian Memo is actually really good, surpassing by far the plot of the original game, with much more original twists and situations (even if it seems like a ripoff of Total Recall at certain points).</p> <p>The game makes a series of improvements from the original that can be summed up under the "Ok, we'll just make an adventure game this time" design mantra Access seemed to abide to with this game. Gone are the genre-bending and freeform elements from the original classic and instead the game is a full-blown point'n click adventure game like the million others or so that got released in 90's. Of course I wouldn't be writing this in the "good" section unless they made an improvement, and the fact is that they do: The game is a much more dynamic experience, without any of the "dead air" moments you had in the original when you had to waste time disabling alarm systems, shoot down stupid goons for cash and have endless flights from one corner of the universe to the other.</p> <p>In this new game Tex "warps" from location to location using a location menu. Gameplay and gameworld exploration is handled completely via the mouse and the game, while keeping the lead-following/clue-gathering detective oriented gameplay concept, adds much more inventory/deduction puzzles to appease adventure fans. Far from dragging down the action, these puzzles actually increase the overall gameplay value, as the game is no longer just a dot-connecting exercise.</p> <p>Technology-wise the game is a major improvement from the original, with gorgeous VGA graphics that include even more digitized images and animations than before and much better soundtracks and sfxs courtesy of the now common soundcard proliferation for pcs which rendered such amazing concepts as Access RealSound technology redundant.<br><br><strong>The Bad</strong><br>For as nice as the switch to a full point'n click adventure gameplay is, you still miss the original elements that made Mean Streets such an unique title, and there's no question that the switch also limits the gameplay depth considerably. Plus it hasn't been a completely smooth transition, as the game has plenty of dead ends in which not having a specific item or having missed a key event gets you stuck, with your only hope being reloading and hoping that you get whatever you missed this time. There's a nice online hint system, but it hardly helps when your problem lies buried in the past.<br><br><strong>The Bottom Line</strong><br>Tex Murphy returns, and this time he brings full-mouse support with him!</p> <p>Martian Memorandum is the perfect introductory title for the Tex Murphy games, as it's linear point'n click adventure gameplay perfectly (well, near perfectly) follows the classic adventure template and gives you a perfectly coherent experience without the hit-and-miss elements of the original (and dated) Mean Streets. Fans of the series however will probably argue that it would have been a better idea to fix what was wrong in the original instead of just getting rid of it, but what the heck... if it gets you a better storyline and tighter gameplay then I'm all for it.</p> </div> <toggle-long-text element-id="review-3" :small-text="true"></toggle-long-text> <rate-review csrf-token="546b20df-025a-4c9b-b084-b7868e8dd511" :authenticated="false" action-url="/ajax/review-helpful/" login-url="/user/login/" :review-id="2527728" :initial-values="{ score: -1, num_helpful: 2, num_votes: 3 }"> </rate-review> <p class="text-sm mt mb-0"> DOS · by <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/user/3250/zovni/">Zovni</a> (10502) · <span title="Mar 28, 2005">2005</span> </p> </div> <p> [ <a href="/game/222/martian-memorandum/reviews/">View all 5 player reviews</a> ] </p> </section> </div> <section id="gameTrivia"> <h2>Trivia </h2> <div id="trivia-text" class="text-break-word shrink-headings toggle-long-text"> <h3>Tex Murphy</h3> <p>As in all other <em>Tex Murphy</em> games, principal designer <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/search/?q=Chris+Jones">Chris Jones</a> plays the titular character. 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