<s>
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
adventure	O
games	O
designed	O
by	O
Chris	O
Jones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
eponymous	O
main	O
character	O
is	O
portrayed	O
in	O
live-action	O
by	O
Chris	O
Jones	O
himself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mean	B-Application
Streets	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
later	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
it	O
features	O
segments	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
genres	O
,	O
including	O
adventure	O
game	O
sequences	O
,	O
side-scrolling	O
action	B-Application
sequences	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
open-world	O
flight	B-Application
simulator	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
notable	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
commercially	O
available	O
games	O
to	O
use	O
256-color	O
VGA	B-Protocol
graphics	I-Protocol
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
its	O
"	O
RealSound	O
"	O
technology	O
that	O
allowed	O
recorded	O
digital	O
audio	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
back	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
an	O
external	O
sound	B-Device
card	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Martian	B-Application
Memorandum	I-Application
continues	O
the	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
storyline	O
,	O
but	O
features	O
more	O
traditional	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
gameplay	O
,	O
with	O
inventory-based	O
puzzles	O
and	O
branching	O
dialog	O
trees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	B-Application
a	I-Application
Killing	I-Application
Moon	I-Application
marked	O
a	O
change	O
in	O
direction	O
for	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Costing	O
over	O
two	O
million	O
dollars	O
and	O
four	O
years	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
it	O
used	O
3D	O
graphics	O
and	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
to	O
greatly	O
expand	O
both	O
the	O
gameplay	O
and	O
presentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Pandora	I-Application
Directive	I-Application
is	O
a	O
direct	O
sequel	O
to	O
Under	B-Application
a	I-Application
Killing	I-Application
Moon	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
very	O
similar	O
gameplay	O
to	O
Under	B-Application
a	I-Application
Killing	I-Application
Moon	I-Application
but	O
introduces	O
logic	O
puzzles	O
alongside	O
the	O
inventory	O
and	O
"	O
jigsaw	O
"	O
puzzles	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overseer	B-Application
is	O
the	O
fifth	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
but	O
its	O
story	O
is	O
largely	O
a	O
re-telling	O
of	O
Tex	O
's	O
first	O
big	O
case	O
,	O
previously	O
portrayed	O
in	O
Mean	B-Application
Streets	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
story	O
is	O
told	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
frame	O
narrative	O
,	O
set	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Pandora	I-Application
Directive	I-Application
,	O
as	O
Tex	O
relates	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
his	O
past	O
to	O
Chelsee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overseer	B-Application
maintains	O
the	O
gameplay	O
and	O
presentation	O
style	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
two	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
borrows	O
little	O
from	O
Mean	B-Application
Streets	I-Application
beyond	O
its	O
basic	O
plot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overseer	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
to	O
showcase	O
the	O
nascent	O
DVD-ROM	O
format	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
developed	O
to	O
specifically	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
DVD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Produced	O
on	O
an	O
accelerated	O
schedule	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
somewhat	O
more	O
limited	O
in	O
scope	O
than	O
The	B-Application
Pandora	I-Application
Directive	I-Application
,	O
without	O
the	O
branching	O
paths	O
and	O
multiple	O
endings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Access	O
hoped	O
that	O
Overseer	B-Application
would	O
serve	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
a	O
proper	O
sequel	O
to	O
Pandora	O
and	O
ended	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
a	O
cliffhanger	B-Application
that	O
remained	O
unresolved	O
for	O
over	O
15	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tesla	B-Application
Effect	I-Application
is	O
the	O
sixth	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
and	O
a	O
true	O
sequel	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Pandora	I-Application
Directive	I-Application
,	O
while	O
also	O
continuing	O
from	O
the	O
fifth	O
title	O
Overseer	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
continues	O
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
titles	O
,	O
making	O
heavy	O
use	O
of	O
live-action	O
FMV	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
first-person	O
exploration	O
and	O
investigation	O
of	O
3D	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
once	O
again	O
returns	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
Chandler	O
Ave	O
and	O
features	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
characters	O
and	O
locations	O
featured	O
in	O
Under	B-Application
a	I-Application
Killing	I-Application
Moon	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
Pandora	I-Application
Directive	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
originally	O
began	O
as	O
a	O
fan-made	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
5th	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
series	O
Overseer	B-Application
,	O
and	O
its	O
development	O
was	O
sanctioned	O
by	O
Big	O
Finish	O
Games	O
in	O
early	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
increased	O
traction	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
significant	O
technological	O
advancements	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
evolved	O
into	O
an	O
official	O
canon	O
continuation	O
of	O
the	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aaron	O
Conners	O
(	O
series	O
writer	O
)	O
came	O
on	O
board	O
,	O
writing	O
all-new	O
content	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
have	O
continued	O
the	O
story	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Tesla	B-Application
Effect	I-Application
,	O
and	O
taking	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2050	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
foundation	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
 '	O
story	O
was	O
still	O
centered	O
around	O
the	O
Overseer	B-Application
plot	O
,	O
Tex	O
(	O
with	O
the	O
assistance	O
of	O
St.	O
Germaine	O
)	O
would	O
have	O
revisited	O
various	O
parts	O
of	O
all	O
of	O
his	O
prior	O
cases	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
decipher	O
his	O
true	O
past	O
,	O
and	O
prepare	O
him	O
for	O
an	O
uncertain	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Poisoned	O
Pawn	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
title	O
that	O
was	O
given	O
to	O
Overseer	B-Application
,	O
before	O
a	O
name	O
change	O
was	O
decided	O
internally	O
prior	O
to	O
its	O
1998	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
series	O
take	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
post-apocalyptic	O
21st	O
century	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
San	O
Francisco	O
landmarks	O
are	O
still	O
present	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Golden	O
Gate	O
Bridge	O
,	O
Coit	O
Tower	O
and	O
Alcatraz	B-Application
,	O
but	O
most	O
of	O
them	O
are	O
completely	O
abandoned	O
;	O
most	O
damaged	O
beyond	O
repair	O
from	O
bombs	O
in	O
WWIII	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
futuristic	O
aspect	O
borrows	O
heavily	O
from	O
sci-fi	O
books	O
and	O
films	O
,	O
most	O
notably	O
Blade	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
for	O
its	O
flying	O
cars	O
and	O
impossibly	O
dense	O
tenements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
is	O
a	O
hard-boiled	O
PI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
he	O
does	O
his	O
work	O
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
archetypal	O
film	O
noir	O
detectives	O
such	O
as	O
Sam	B-Application
Spade	I-Application
and	O
Philip	O
Marlowe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
NowGamer	O
ranked	O
him	O
as	O
the	O
eighth-best	O
game	O
detective	O
,	O
calling	O
him	O
"	O
the	O
epitome	O
of	O
the	O
hard	O
boiled	O
flatfoot	O
detective	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
wondering	O
why	O
he	O
"dress[es]	O
like	O
a	O
cross	O
between	O
an	O
alcoholic	O
Indiana	O
Jones	O
and	O
Deckard	O
from	O
Blade	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
radio	O
theater	O
stars	O
several	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
characters	O
and	O
voices	O
from	O
the	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
Jones	O
as	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
episodes	O
continue	O
to	O
be	O
available	O
through	O
the	O
unofficial	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
series	O
of	O
six	O
more	O
episodes	O
were	O
made	O
to	O
accompany	O
the	O
then-upcoming	O
Project	B-Application
Fedora	I-Application
as	O
a	O
reward	O
for	O
qualifying	O
backers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aaron	O
Conners	O
has	O
published	O
novelizations	O
of	O
three	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
titles	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
an	O
original	O
follow-up	O
,	O
which	O
will	O
serve	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
the	O
upcoming	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Poisoned	O
Pawn	O
,	O
currently	O
in	O
development	O
by	O
Chaotic	O
Fusion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Poisoned	O
Pawn	O
incorporates	O
elements	O
of	O
Overseer	B-Application
(	O
itself	O
based	O
on	O
Mean	B-Application
Streets	I-Application
)	O
but	O
serves	O
to	O
retcon	O
certain	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Connors	O
claims	O
that	O
"	O
one	O
will	O
pick	O
up	O
from	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Pandora	I-Application
Directive	I-Application
and	O
reveal	O
the	O
exciting	O
events	O
that	O
happened	O
prior	O
to	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Tesla	B-Application
Effect	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
character	O
was	O
first	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
amateur	O
film	O
Plan	O
10	O
from	O
Outer	O
Space	O
,	O
created	O
by	O
Chris	O
Jones	O
and	O
other	O
members	O
of	O
Access	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
their	O
flight	O
game	O
Echelon	B-Application
they	O
wanted	O
to	O
create	O
another	O
3D	O
flight	O
game	O
that	O
cast	O
players	O
in	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
the	O
futuristic	O
private	O
investigator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
,	O
adventure	O
and	O
action	B-Application
elements	O
emerged	O
,	O
eclipsing	O
the	O
still-present	O
flight	O
sim	O
sequences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mean	B-Application
Streets	I-Application
would	O
be	O
noted	O
for	O
its	O
use	O
of	O
high-color	O
VGA	B-Protocol
graphics	I-Protocol
,	O
digitized	O
actors	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
its	O
"	O
Real	O
Sound	O
"	O
technology	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
waveforms	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
back	O
on	O
the	O
PC	O
's	O
speaker	O
without	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
sound	B-Device
card	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
sequel	O
,	O
Access	O
developed	O
a	O
more	O
traditional	O
point	O
and	O
click	O
adventure	O
game	O
,	O
Martian	B-Application
Memorandum	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Mean	B-Application
Streets	I-Application
it	O
featured	O
digitized	O
actors	O
,	O
including	O
Chris	O
Jones	O
as	O
Tex	O
,	O
and	O
featured	O
a	O
great	O
deal	O
more	O
digitized	O
voice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Martian	B-Application
Memorandum	I-Application
also	O
introduced	O
dialog	O
trees	O
to	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
continue	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
prominent	O
element	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	B-Application
a	I-Application
Killing	I-Application
Moon	I-Application
shipped	O
on	O
a	O
previously	O
unheard-of	O
four	O
CD-ROMs	O
,	O
and	O
featured	O
full	O
voiceover	O
and	O
hours	O
of	O
cut	O
scenes	O
and	O
dialog	O
featuring	O
live	O
actors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
many	O
games	O
using	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
,	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
also	O
featured	O
high-end	O
real-time	O
3D	O
graphics	O
and	O
explorable	O
environments	O
unlike	O
anything	O
previously	O
seen	O
in	O
the	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	B-Application
a	I-Application
Killing	I-Application
Moon	I-Application
was	O
widely	O
praised	O
for	O
its	O
use	O
of	O
technology	O
,	O
and	O
represented	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
commercial	O
peak	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
next	O
game	O
,	O
Access	O
re-used	O
the	O
engine	O
and	O
technology	O
they	O
had	O
developed	O
for	O
Under	B-Application
a	I-Application
Killing	I-Application
Moon	I-Application
,	O
but	O
hired	O
Hollywood	O
director	O
Adrian	O
Carr	O
to	O
direct	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
video	O
sequences	O
and	O
improve	O
the	O
storytelling	O
and	O
presentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
The	B-Application
Pandora	I-Application
Directive	I-Application
was	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
fans	O
and	O
critics	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
replicate	O
the	O
financial	O
success	O
of	O
its	O
predecessor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
accommodate	O
the	O
accelerated	O
schedule	O
needed	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
Access	O
shifted	O
their	O
plans	O
to	O
a	O
re-telling	O
of	O
Mean	B-Application
Streets	I-Application
,	O
done	O
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
the	O
later	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
and	O
stripped	O
away	O
many	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
shipped	O
the	O
title	O
themselves	O
as	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
:	I-Application
Overseer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
:	I-Application
Overseer	I-Application
in	O
1998	O
,	O
Access	O
Software	O
was	O
sold	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
games	O
were	O
proposed	O
during	O
this	O
time	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
genres	O
,	O
but	O
none	O
ever	O
entered	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Big	O
Finish	O
updated	O
the	O
main	O
page	O
of	O
their	O
site	O
in	O
April	O
2009	O
with	O
an	O
announcement	O
of	O
"	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
-	I-Application
Project	I-Application
Fedora	I-Application
"	O
as	O
a	O
future	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
led	O
to	O
much	O
speculation	O
amongst	O
the	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
fanbase	O
that	O
a	O
new	O
project	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
game	O
was	O
in	O
the	O
works	O
as	O
the	O
fedora	O
is	O
a	O
signature	O
component	O
of	O
Tex	O
's	O
outfit	O
,	O
especially	O
in	O
light	O
of	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
this	O
announcement	O
coincided	O
with	O
the	O
news	O
that	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
series	O
had	O
been	O
secured	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
releases	O
use	O
DOSbox	B-Application
to	O
maintain	O
compatibility	O
with	O
modern	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Five	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
games	O
were	O
re-released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
collaboration	O
between	O
Big	O
Finish	O
Games	O
and	O
Night	O
Dive	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Big	O
Finish	O
Games	O
launched	O
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
for	O
"	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
-	I-Application
Project	I-Application
Fedora	I-Application
"	O
,	O
starting	O
on	O
May	O
15	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
goal	O
of	O
$450	O
,	O
000	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
supplemented	O
by	O
an	O
additional	O
$	O
300,000	O
from	O
Big	O
Finish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
official	O
name	O
was	O
later	O
revealed	O
as	O
Tesla	B-Application
Effect	I-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Tex	I-Application
Murphy	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
was	O
listed	O
as	O
another	O
contender	O
,	O
but	O
he	O
was	O
disqualified	O
because	O
the	O
Guinness	O
rules	O
categorized	O
the	O
latest	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
revival	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
hiatus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2017	O
,	O
Big	O
Finish	O
Games	O
released	O
a	O
documentary	O
on	O
the	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
video	O
was	O
originally	O
a	O
Kickstarter	O
backer	O
incentive	O
for	O
Tesla	B-Application
Effect	I-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Tex	I-Application
Murphy	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
general	O
public	O
via	O
YouTube	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
45-minute	O
video	O
provides	O
a	O
detailed	O
insight	O
into	O
the	O
history	O
and	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
character	O
and	O
game	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
features	O
interviews	O
with	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
original	O
creators	O
,	O
including	O
behind	O
the	O
scenes	O
video	O
content	O
from	O
when	O
the	O
Access	O
Software	O
company	O
was	O
formed	O
,	O
all	O
the	O
way	O
through	O
to	O
the	O
Tesla	B-Application
Effect	I-Application
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
.	O
</s>
