◼ DEVELOPER: RUBBERCHIP ◼ YEAR: 1986
◼ However, when the latter software house released The Graphic Adventure Creator, it inspired a is a noir-style detective adventure set in the mid-Thirties, starring a private investigator named Sam Spoon. “Life is funny, ain’t it,” muses Sam early in the story. “Sometimes you’re up, sometimes you’re down, and nobody gives a damn.” Sam is idly ignoring his final demands when a strange woman wanders in, asking him to find her missing sister. It’s a case that will challenge every fibre of Sam’s little grey cells and put him toe-to-Tommy gun with the mob and its leader, Mr Big. contains several glorious scene-setting pictures and a nice line in hardboiled detective fiction, with dangerous dames, burly mobsters and painful interrogations all part of the story. With its atmospheric (and long) descriptions, an economical parser and well-set puzzles, this is an outstanding budget adventure for fans of the genre.
