MysteryDisc: Murder, Anyone? 1982 detective game

MysteryDisc: Murder, Anyone? (1982, United States)
Wealthy Derrick Reardon is murdered in his Long Island mansion. There are few suspects on the estate and you, as Detective Stew Cavanaugh, will have to find the killer through the dialogues and observation of them all.
In the 1980s, full motion video games (FMV) looked like a perfect way of mixing video games (that struggled with graphical presentation of the gameplay) and movies (which lacked the interactive side of the entertainment). Real actors were playing scenes that were later compiled, so the story could take different routes depending on decisions of the player. In practice, it rarely actually worked - the decisions usually had marginal influence on the story itself, the animations took a lot of space and left very little space for interaction, however, there were exceptions. MysteryDisc: Murder, Anyone? was one of those exceptions - there were 16 different endings implemented in the game, which at least gave the game above average replayability.
Of course, they were still pre-made storylines, so it was not in any way an open ending game, but at least the creators made some effort and hired good actors to play the parts.
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