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The Pandora Directive

  • Video Game
  • 19961996
IMDb RATING
8.9/10
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The Pandora Directive (1996)
The Pandora Directive
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In a neo-noir post-WWIII future, an old man hires Tex Murphy, a witty mellow private detective, to find his friend, a former government scientist. The clues lead Tex to a serial killer, NSA ... Read allIn a neo-noir post-WWIII future, an old man hires Tex Murphy, a witty mellow private detective, to find his friend, a former government scientist. The clues lead Tex to a serial killer, NSA and an ominous project called Pandora.In a neo-noir post-WWIII future, an old man hires Tex Murphy, a witty mellow private detective, to find his friend, a former government scientist. The clues lead Tex to a serial killer, NSA and an ominous project called Pandora.
IMDb RATING
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    • Director
      • Adrian Carr
    • Writers
      • Aaron Conners(novel)
      • Scott Yagemann
    • Stars
      • Chris Jones
      • Barry Corbin
      • Kevin McCarthy
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    • Director
      • Adrian Carr
    • Writers
      • Aaron Conners(novel)
      • Scott Yagemann
    • Stars
      • Chris Jones
      • Barry Corbin
      • Kevin McCarthy
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    • 5User reviews

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    Chris Jones and Pearl Leidy in The Pandora Directive (1996)
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    Chris Jones
    • Tex Murphy
    Barry Corbin
    Barry Corbin
    • Jackson Cross
    Kevin McCarthy
    Kevin McCarthy
    • Gordon Fitzpatrick
    Tanya Roberts
    Tanya Roberts
    • Regan Madsen
    John Agar
    John Agar
    • Thomas Malloy
    Suzanne Barnes
    • Chelsee Bando
    Nicole Tindall
    Nicole Tindall
    • Emily Sue Patterson…
    Bill Bradshaw
    Bill Bradshaw
    • Archie Ellis
    Sterling Brimley
    • Elijah Witt
    Cat Hammons
    Cat Hammons
    • Lucia Pernell
    Kevin Jones
    • Mac Malden
    Randall Edwards
    • Louie LaMintz
    Douglas Vandegrift
    • Rook Garner
    Curley Green
    • Zack Williams
    John Timmons
    • Nilo Paglio
    Chris Conners
    • Gus Leach
    Wayne Brennan
    • Crazy Gary Lee
    Pearl Leidy
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    • Director
      • Adrian Carr
    • Writers
      • Aaron Conners(novel) (screenplay)
      • Scott Yagemann
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    • Trivia
      Final film of Tanya Roberts.
    • Goofs
      As Tex finds the Cosmic Connection magazine, he recalls that he had a conversation with Fitz about the magazine, but no such conversation occurs within the game.
    • Quotes

      Tex Murphy: Yeah, I've been married. When people tell me to go to hell, I tell them that I've already been there.

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      Followed by Tex Murphy: Overseer (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      Tex's Lament
      Performed by Richie Havens

      Produced by Bernard Fox

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    An exemplary interactive movie from the highly-acclaimed Access Software team.
    The Tex Murphy series of interactive movies has become one of the most prestigious and respected in the business of computer games. Access are always keen to reach a new paradigm in gaming technology (they were the first to release a game on DVD), but the most important thing is that they deliver a solid, strong and entertaining game. Out of the three 'Tex' games made, The Pandora Directive is the best.

    Tex Murphy (played by producer Chris Jones) is possibly one of the most legendary characters in the gaming world. He is a bourbon drinking, stereotypical private-dick, right down to the cigarette stubs and the five o'clock shadows. Slowly, he is drawn into a web of bizarre, corrupt characters, and the plot establishes itself to be quite complex and convoluted. After some game time, a mysterious 'Pandora' device emerges, and it becomes known that it has the answers to the Roswell mystery of 1954 (or is it 1952?).

    The game is set in San Fransisco, 2043, and from what we gather in the introduction, there has been a schism between the humans and the 'mutants,' a character class that emerged after a nuclear bomb was dropped on the town. Tex lives with the mutants, though he isn't one himself, and tries extremely hard to court the elusive and beautiful Chelsea Bando, the mutant newspaper stand salesgirl. Access Software have done a good job of establishing a believable, likeable protagonist and landing him in a compelling, intriguing plot/sub-plot line.

    But all in all, the Pandora Directive is a very entertaining and thoroughly enjoyable experience that can be played multiple times as it has seven different endings.

    Nine out of ten.
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    • Release date
      • July 31, 1996 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Access Software
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
    • Production company
      • Access Software Inc.
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