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Blade Runner

They don't advertise for killers in the newspaper. That was my profession. Ex-cop. Ex-blade runner. Ex-killer.

The year is 2019 and you are Blade Runner Ray McCoy in this 1997 Westwood Studios adventure game based loosely upon the legendary 1982 science fiction film and the Philip K Dick novel that inspired it.

Advertised as "the first real time adventure game", Blade Runner places you in a future Los Angeles, where replicants are known to be on the loose once again. The city is dark and gritty, and teaming with smatterings of the multitude of cultures who have so far resisted the beckoning recruitment to populate the "off-world" colonies.

The universe created within the game coincides with that of the movie, and is faithful to the rich, dark vision of Philip Dick, as well as film director Ridley Scott.



Additional Game Features:
  • Elements of the typical "point and click" games, with puzzle and mystery solving, plus some 3rd person action such as shooting.
  • As a Blade Runner you have access to advanced technologies such as the Voight-Kampff test, the Esper and the KIA.
  • Greatly enriched with numerous 3d atmospheres, many adapted from the film, and a number of characters from the original film.
  • Musical score includes film themes by Vangelis as well as original tracks composed for the game.
  • Sumptuous dramatic cutscenes rivaling any computer animations of their time.
  • Alternate endings (4) based upon your paths, as well as some variations in storyline in this single player adventure with "real-time" gameplay.

Developer: Westwood Studios
Publisher: Virgin Interactive Entertainment
Released: Oct 31, 1997


System Requirements
90 MHz CPU, 16 MB RAM, 2 MB video card RAM, 4X CD-ROM drive, DirectX 5.0, 150 MB available hard disk space, Windows 95.

Trivia! Lucy in the game is voice acted by Pauley Perrette, later to be known for her role as Abby Sciuto on the CBS television crime drama NCIS!
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Publisher: Virgin Interactive Entertainment