<s>
Clue	B-Application
(	O
known	O
as	O
Cluedo	B-Application
outside	O
of	O
North	O
America	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
1998	O
video	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
board	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
same	B-Application
name	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Clue	B-Application
:	I-Application
Murder	I-Application
at	I-Application
Boddy	I-Application
Mansion	I-Application
or	O
Cluedo	B-Application
:	I-Application
Murder	I-Application
at	I-Application
Blackwell	I-Application
Grange	I-Application
,	O
depending	O
on	O
whether	O
the	O
country	O
of	O
release	O
used	O
American	O
or	O
British	O
English	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clue	B-Application
runs	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Engineering	O
Animation	O
released	O
a	O
spin-off	O
named	O
Clue	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
:	I-Application
Fatal	I-Application
Illusion	I-Application
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clue	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
branch	O
of	O
Engineering	O
Animation	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
called	O
EAI	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
programming	B-General_Concept
and	O
game	O
design	O
took	O
place	O
in	O
Salt	O
Lake	O
,	O
while	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
art	O
and	O
animations	O
were	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
Ames	O
office	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
of	O
Clue	B-Application
aimed	O
to	O
"	O
improve	O
...	O
on	O
all	O
of	O
those	O
areas	O
with	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
emphasis	O
put	O
into	O
the	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
of	O
computer	B-Application
players	I-Application
in	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Clue	B-Application
took	O
approximately	O
one	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Nash	O
,	O
Lead	O
Programmer	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
interviewed	O
by	O
the	O
official	O
Cluedo	B-Application
fansite	O
Cluedofan.com	O
in	O
May	O
2003	O
,	O
said	O
that	O
while	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
fun	O
project	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
,	O
"	O
it	O
was	O
hard	O
at	O
times	O
too	O
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
does	O
not	O
include	O
credits	O
,	O
but	O
dozens	O
of	O
people	O
were	O
involved	O
in	O
Clue	B-Application
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
3D	O
characterisations	O
in	O
this	O
game	O
would	O
later	O
appear	O
in	O
the	O
Cluedo-inspired	O
title	O
Fatal	O
Illusion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clue	B-Application
enjoyed	O
an	O
unusually	O
long	O
shelf	O
life	O
for	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
a	O
jewel	O
case	O
,	O
or	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
collection	O
,	O
the	O
Classic	O
Game	O
Collection	O
(	O
also	O
including	O
computer	O
versions	O
of	O
Monopoly	O
,	O
The	O
Game	O
of	O
Life	O
,	O
and	O
Scrabble	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
a	O
call	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
time	O
when	O
the	O
original	O
publisher	O
of	O
Clue	B-Application
,	O
Parker	O
Brothers	O
,	O
was	O
owned	O
by	O
General	O
Mills	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AllGame	O
explains	O
that	O
"	O
to	O
celebrate	O
the	O
50th	O
anniversary	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Clue	B-Application
,	O
the	O
European	O
release	O
of	O
Cluedo	B-Application
:	I-Application
Murder	I-Application
at	I-Application
Blackwell	I-Application
Grange	I-Application
,	O
by	O
Hasbro	O
Interactive	O
,	O
introduces	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
its	O
earlier	O
computerized	O
release	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
(	O
AI	O
)	O
used	O
by	O
Clue	B-Application
's	O
computer-controlled	O
opponents	O
is	O
advanced	O
for	O
a	O
computer	O
board	O
game	O
conversion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
a	O
report	O
on	O
a	O
project	O
funded	O
by	O
the	O
National	O
Science	O
Foundation	O
showed	O
that	O
"	O
simple	O
propositional	O
reasoning	O
[	O
used	O
to ]	O
encode	O
the	O
knowledge	O
gained	O
over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
a	O
game	O
of	O
Clue	B-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
deduce	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
any	O
given	O
card	O
is	O
in	O
any	O
given	O
place	O
...	O
clearly	O
outperforms	O
the	O
"	O
expert	O
CPU	O
"	O
players	O
in	O
Hasbro	O
Interactive	O
's	O
software	O
Clue	B-Application
:	I-Application
Murder	I-Application
at	I-Application
Boddy	I-Application
mansion	I-Application
,	O
making	O
deductions	O
of	O
the	O
case	O
file	O
contents	O
well	O
before	O
the	O
Hasbro	O
Interactive	O
's	O
AI	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
play	O
by	O
the	O
original	O
rules	O
,	O
Clue	B-Application
has	O
an	O
additional	O
mode	O
that	O
allows	O
movement	O
via	O
"	O
points	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
features	O
of	O
Clue	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
3D	B-Application
isometric	I-Application
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spong	O
says	O
:	O
"	O
Cluedo	B-Application
takes	O
place	O
mostly	O
in	O
the	O
house	O
where	O
the	O
murder	O
was	O
committed	O
,	O
creating	O
a	O
chilling	O
atmosphere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cnet	O
explains	O
,	O
"	O
Clue	B-Application
offers	O
full	O
animations	O
of	O
the	O
characters	O
walking	O
from	O
room	O
to	O
room	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spong	O
says	O
:	O
"	O
A	O
multi-player	O
option	O
over	O
LAN	O
offers	O
something	O
new	O
to	O
Cluedo	B-Application
that	O
only	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
can	O
accomplish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
it	O
’s	O
quite	O
possible	O
that	O
this	O
gameplay	O
addition	O
alone	O
makes	O
Cluedo	B-Application
:	I-Application
Murder	I-Application
at	I-Application
Blackwell	I-Application
Grange	I-Application
a	O
thoroughly	O
playable	O
experience	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Clue	B-Application
,	O
"	O
the	O
idea	O
is	O
that	O
of	O
starting	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
each	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clue	B-Application
is	O
a	O
direct	O
conversion	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
1999	O
MABM	O
review	O
,	O
Helen	O
Ubinas	O
said	O
:	O
"	O
Whoever	O
thought	O
of	O
moving	O
this	O
classic	O
to	O
disc	O
had	O
a	O
clue	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
