<s>
Under	B-Application
a	I-Application
Killing	I-Application
Moon	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1994	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
third	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
series	O
of	O
adventure	O
games	O
produced	O
by	O
Access	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
it	O
,	O
the	O
detective	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
finds	O
himself	O
unwittingly	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
affairs	O
of	O
a	O
dangerous	O
cult	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	B-Application
a	I-Application
Killing	I-Application
Moon	I-Application
dramatically	O
shifted	O
the	O
gameplay	O
of	O
its	O
predecessors	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
by	O
fully	O
utilizing	O
interactive	O
3D	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
game	O
to	O
stray	O
from	O
the	O
traditional	O
adventure	O
game	O
dialogue	O
format	O
of	O
providing	O
options	O
that	O
showed	O
exactly	O
what	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
character	O
would	O
say	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	B-Application
a	I-Application
Killing	I-Application
Moon	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
post-World	O
War	O
III	O
San	O
Francisco	O
in	O
December	O
2042	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
lives	O
on	O
Chandler	O
Avenue	O
in	O
Old	O
San	O
Francisco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Under	B-Application
a	I-Application
Killing	I-Application
Moon	I-Application
,	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
,	O
a	O
private	O
investigator	O
,	O
has	O
hit	O
rock	O
bottom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	B-Application
a	I-Application
Killing	I-Application
Moon	I-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
largest	O
video	O
games	O
of	O
its	O
era	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
budget	O
of	O
2	O
million	O
dollars	O
and	O
arriving	O
on	O
four	O
CD-ROMs	B-Device
(	O
although	O
some	O
material	O
was	O
duplicated	O
among	O
the	O
four	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
swapping	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
combined	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
(	O
FMV	O
)	O
cutscenes	O
with	O
an	O
advanced	O
3D	O
virtual	O
world	O
to	O
explore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
action	O
games	O
with	O
3D	O
environments	O
and	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
had	O
been	O
popularized	O
by	O
first-person	O
shooters	O
such	O
as	O
Doom	B-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
very	O
unusual	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
to	O
see	O
these	O
characteristics	O
used	O
in	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
notable	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
3D	O
graphics	O
did	O
not	O
use	O
ray	B-Algorithm
casting	I-Algorithm
techniques	O
like	O
Doom	B-Application
,	O
but	O
true	O
texture-mapped	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
that	O
allowed	O
players	O
to	O
look	O
in	O
all	O
directions	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
duck	O
,	O
and	O
ran	O
in	O
then-high	O
resolutions	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
640x480	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
designers	O
Chris	O
Jones	O
and	O
Aaron	O
Conners	O
recalled	O
they	O
went	O
to	O
their	O
programmers	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
they	O
wanted	O
the	O
3D	O
movement	O
of	O
Wolfenstein	B-Application
,	O
but	O
also	O
wanted	O
to	O
look	O
closer	O
to	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
pre-rendered	O
graphics	O
of	O
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
overall	O
sales	O
had	O
reached	O
400,000	O
copies	O
before	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Pandora	I-Application
Directive	I-Application
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	B-Application
a	I-Application
Killing	I-Application
Moon	I-Application
received	O
universally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
Adventure	O
Gamers	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
4.5	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
,	O
praising	O
a	O
mystery	O
plot	O
,	O
characters	O
and	O
a	O
classic	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
humor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	B-Application
a	I-Application
Killing	I-Application
Moon	I-Application
won	O
the	O
 '	O
Codie	O
awards	O
1994	O
"	O
Best	O
Fantasy	O
Role	O
Playing/Adventure	O
Program	O
"	O
prize	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
novelization	O
of	O
Under	B-Application
a	I-Application
Killing	I-Application
Moon	I-Application
was	O
written	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
original	O
writer	O
Aaron	O
Conners	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
