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- REVIEW
- VOYEUR from INTERPLAY
- FORMAT: PC/CD
- DATE: DECEMBER
- PRICE: N/A
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- If you are keen about video games (which is surely the case!), you must have
- seen all kinds of them, from adventure games to strategic games or simply
- those from the arcade. Nevertheless, the principle of this game is,
- slightly different, and the title "Voyeur" could have one think that it is
- something more or less erotic, but even if this is not the case, it remains
- rather immoral.
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- In effect, your role is not the most recommendable. In order to discover
- what is going on in Hawke's manor, situated just in front of your own
- place, you will not have any misgivings about using a telescope to spy and
- gather, if possible, evidence about what is going on over there.
-
- The owner of the manor, Reed Hawke, president of Hawke Industries, has
- decided to be a candidate in the next presidential elections of the United
- States. To announce his candidature to his close relatives, he has invited
- all the members of his family over for the weekend, not knowing that some of
- them do not wish to see him become president. One of them is even prepared
- to reveal a sinister family secret which can jeopardize and even destroy any
- possible careers. Hawke will do everything within his power to make sure no
- one talks, and you risk being the only witness to the crime.
-
- Still, let us not get ahead of ourselves, suspects are not only the criminals
- and it is up to you to discover the true identity of the killer. To do this
- you possess a camerascope equipped with a telephoto lens which permits you
- to automatically record all the scenes and evidence you find. As you focus
- your objective lens on each window of the manor, the cursor will change to
- indicate what type of activity is taking place at that moment in the room.
- An eye indicates a video scene, an ear indicates an audio scene, and a
- magnifying glass means that evidence is available. The video scenes are
- very realistic and well produced, giving the player more joy and
- establishing an even greater atmosphere of a political thriller.
-
- All throughout the game, you have the possibility to watch what you have
- recorded on the video tape using your VCR. You can also, at any moment,
- call the police to reveal to them what you have seen. A detective will then
- come to see you and ask to see your video tape. If it does not contain
- enough evidence to expose Hawke's criminal intentions, the detective will
- tell you and you will be ignored. If the contrary is true, congratulations!
-
- On the other hand, your role is also to try and save a member of the family
- who is in danger. In order to accomplish this, it is possible for you to
- send the video tape containing the scene which announces the imminent danger
- to the right person. That person could then try to escape in time and expose
- Hawke's evil intentions. If you end up sending the video to the wrong
- person, be prepared for the worst.
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- Time is an important factor in the game. In effect, you have only one
- weekend to gather up all your clues, evidence, and to act before Reed Hawke
- holds his press conference on Monday morning.
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- In each game of "Voyeur", a different member of the family will try to
- betray Hawke, and you will have to play many times to see all the schemes
- and traps. Good luck and do not get caught!
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- 386 DX-33 MHz or better,
- Min 4 MB memory,
- MS-DOS 3.3 or later,
- Hard drive required,
- Single speed CD-ROM drive (150 Kb/s) or faster,
- VGA 256 color graphic card and monitor,
- Microsoft Mouse or 100% compatible and joysticks supported,
- Sound Blaster Pro, Pro Audio Spectrum and compatibles.
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