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In the 1st Degree

by Broderbund·published by Broderbund

31 August 199519
PCWindowsMac

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6.5/ 10

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You take the role of a prosecuting attorney in this legal thriller. Using film of real actors, you must question the witnesses and gather the pre-trial evidence. Then you must take what you have learned into trial and question the witnesses again, this time on the stand and in front of a jury.

The game is entirely from a first person perspective. Your character is never seen. You ask the witnesses questions which plays a pre-recorded video segment, then allowing you to ask a follow-up question, and so forth. Depending on the questions you ask and how you ask them, the witnesses attitude and the way they treat you will change.

After the trial is over the jury returns with the verdict. Will it be Murder in the first degree (pre-meditated), Murder in the second degree (Spontaneous), Manslaughter (Accidental), or Not Guilty? The decision is made by your trial and people skills.

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Media Type

CD-ROM

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Keyboard, Mouse

Number of Offline Players

1 Player

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel i486 SX

Min. OS Class Required

Windows 3.1

Min. RAM Required

4 MB

Min. CD-ROM Drive Speed Required

2X (300 KB/s)

Video Resolutions Supported

640×480

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Facts

Developer

Broderbund

Publisher

Broderbund

Released

31 August 1995

Platforms

PCWindowsMac

Age ratings

USK6ACBG8+RSACLevel 2

Standing

Top 73% by visits

Tags

1st-personFixed / flip-screenFull Motion Video (FMV)Menu structuresContemporaryDetective / mystery