Gumshoe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author(s): Mike Oliphant Genre: Mystery Language: en First Publication Date: 1996 License: Freeware Rating: 3.0 (based on 5 ratings) ABOUT THE STORY As the owner of a debt-ridden detective agency in the 1920's, you have to find some way of keeping afloat. The case involving suspected infidelity should help with the finances, though... [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue] EXTERNAL LINKS Gumshoe.z5 Requires a Z-Code interpreter[1] gumshoe.sol solution EDITORIAL REVIEWS SPAG > If you're looking for a pleasant afternoon's diversion, Gumshoe offers > simple but enjoyable puzzles, and enough solid private-eye atmosphere to > send you off to the video store to rent "Chinatown" or up to the attic to > get out that old dog-eared copy of "The Long Goodbye." -- David Seybert > > The game also suffers from a few missed opportunities: the femme fatale is > not actually fatale; no characters in the game are any more than they at > first seem-- there are no double-crosses and no betrayal; though the plot is > not entirely straightforward, neither does it contain any particular twists > or surprises. However, the NPCs, of which there are a fair number, are > mostly well done, each one being a believable though stereotypical > character. They usually come equipped with an interesting and not entirely > incidental past, and are able to satisfactorily answer questions on this. -- > Julian Arnold Xyzzy News > Any sort of detective story is difficult to do effectively, as investigating > skills tend to be necessary in every IF environment. Players typically need > to pay close attention to their surroundings and piece together plot events > to discover what needs to be done next. Still, Gumshoe manages to be fairly > convincing, and contains a fair amount of depth for such a small game. -- > C.E. Forman REFERENCES [1]