<s>
Mean	B-Application
Streets	I-Application
is	O
a	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Access	O
Software	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
in	O
1989	O
exclusively	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
in	O
1989	O
and	O
1990	O
by	O
The	O
Code	O
Monkeys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
ports	O
were	O
only	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
,	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
dystopian	O
cyberpunk	O
neo-noir	O
world	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
of	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
mysteries	O
;	O
its	O
immediate	O
sequel	O
is	O
Martian	B-Application
Memorandum	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
Mean	B-Application
Streets	I-Application
was	O
remade	O
as	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
:	I-Application
Overseer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
plays	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
,	O
a	O
down-and-out	O
private	O
investigator	O
living	O
in	O
post-apocalyptic	O
San	O
Francisco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
given	O
no	O
addresses	O
to	O
start	O
with	O
in-game	O
,	O
and	O
must	O
refer	O
to	O
the	O
five	O
addresses	O
provided	O
in	O
the	O
instruction	O
manual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
their	O
3D	O
flight	O
game	O
Echelon	B-Application
,	O
Access	O
wanted	O
to	O
develop	O
another	O
3D	O
flight	O
game	O
,	O
this	O
time	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
a	O
homemade	O
movie	O
that	O
the	O
developers	O
had	O
made	O
in	O
their	O
spare	O
time	O
about	O
a	O
film	O
noir	O
detective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mean	B-Application
Streets	I-Application
incorporates	O
Access	O
Software	O
's	O
RealSound	O
technology	O
for	O
the	O
IBM	O
PC	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
Charles	O
Ardai	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
"	O
exhilarating	O
"	O
interactivity	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
Mean	B-Application
Streets	I-Application
offers	O
a	O
fully	O
realized	O
environment	O
...	O
this	O
license	O
,	O
this	O
freedom	O
,	O
is	O
refreshingly	O
adult	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
excellent	O
graphics	O
and	O
"	O
authentic	O
hardboiled	O
attitude	O
and	O
voice	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
the	O
magazine	O
ranked	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
139th	O
best	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
it	O
set	O
a	O
new	O
standard	O
for	O
286	B-General_Concept
games	O
and	O
offered	O
tribute	O
to	O
Raymond	O
Chandler	O
's	O
novels	O
.	O
</s>
