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T.MURDER BOOT

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..^U:BRAIN.          M U R D E R    O N 
E..           BY OTAMERE OMORUYI..    TH
E FIRST RING OF THE PHONE.LANCED THROUGH
 THE FOG OF MY SLEEPING.CONSCIOUSNESS LI
KE A HOT FIST.THROUGH RANCID BUTTER.  I 
MOUTHED A.BRIEF, YET APT, OBSCENITY AS T
HE.UNFILTERED CAMEL THAT STILL CLUNG TO.
MY LIPS FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE SPILLED.IT
S THREE-INCH ASH INTO MY RIGHT EAR..I ME
ANT TO SAY "YEAH, WHADDYA WANT?".BUT IT 
CAME OUT MORE LIKE "MPPH,.GLERZ PTWAH." 
 BUT THAT'S OKAY, THE.LIEUTENANT KNEW WH
AT I MEANT...    YEAH, IT'S ME AGAIN.  E
X-DETECTIVE.KNEES CALHOON OF THE DQPD...
    IF YOU HAD BEEN THERE WITH ME.THAT M
ORNING YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD.APPROXIMATEL
Y 4.5 SECONDS OF DUCK-.LIKE CHATTER ON T
HE PHONE BEFORE I.GROWLED, "LET ME GET T
HIS STRAIGHT,.LIEUTENANT, YOU GOT FOUR C
ASES THAT.HAVE YOU STUMPED.  YOU KNOW WH
O THE.VICTIM IS BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE
.THE MURDER TOOK PLACE OR WITH WHAT.CALI
BER OF GAT THEY GOT IT WITH?"..    AFTER
 ANOTHER 3.8 SECONDS OF.TELEPHONE QUACKE
RY YOU WOULD HAVE.HEARD ME MUTTER, "AND 
NOT ONLY THAT,.THESE FOUR MURDERS TOOK P
LACE IN SOME.SORT OF ALTERNATE UNIVERSE 
WHERE A.GUY MIGHT DIE IN ONE CASE AND CO
ME.BACK TO BE THE MURDERER IN ANOTHER?".
.    IF YOU WERE STILL AROUND AFTER.THIS
 ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING CHATTER.YOU WOULD
 HAVE SEEN A SMILE FLIT.ACROSS MY CRUEL 
VISAGE AND HEARD ME.GLOAT INTO THE PHONE
, "SURE,.LIEUTENANT, I'LL TAKE THESE CAS
ES.  I.DON'T HOLD ANY GRUDGES AGAINST YO
U.FOR BOUNCING ME OFF THE FORCE FOR.TAKI
NG A FEW CRUMMY BRIBES.  LIFE IS.TOO SHO
RT, AND ANYWAY, IF I HAD SOME.EXTRA CASH
, MAYBE I WOULDN'T HAVE TO.REFER TO THIS
 HYPOTHETICAL PERSON.HERE WITH ME IN THE
 SUBJUNCTIVE.MOOD."..    KNEES CALHOON I
S BACK ON THE.PAYROLL IN MURDER ONE: THE
 FOUR CASES.THAT COULDN'T BE SOLVED..   
 YOU NEED A JOYSTICK PLUGGED INTO.PORT 2
 IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A GHOST OF.A CHANCE
 OF PLAYING THIS GRAPHIC.MURDER MYSTERY 
GAME BY OTAMERE.OMORUYI.  AFTER BOOTING 
IT UP YOU.MOVE THE HAND-SHAPED POINTER T
O THE.CASE THAT STRIKES YOUR FANCY AND,.
AFTER A SHORT DISK LOAD, THE GAME IS.AFO
OT.  THE KNOWN FACTS OF THE CASE.ARE PRE
SENTED TO YOU AND THEN YOU CAN.QUESTION 
THE NINE SUSPECTS IN THE.CASE...    AS Y
OU MOVE THE POINTER UP AND.DOWN YOU SEE 
THE POLICE REPORT FOR.EACH SUSPECT IN TH
E WINDOW ON THE.LEFT.  TO MOVE TO THE QU
ESTION BOX AT.THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN J
UST PUSH.THE STICK LEFT...    HERE YOU C
AN ASK FOUR QUESTIONS.OF THE SUSPECT WHO
SE POLICE REPORT IS.SHOWING.  THE MORE Q
UESTIONS YOU ASK.THE LESS MONEY THE DEPA
RTMENT WILL.PAY YOU SO YOU WANT TO SOLVE
 THE CASE.AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.  T
HE.NUMBER OF QUESTIONS YOU ASK IS SHOWN.
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN...    ALL OF
 THE CASES REVOLVE AROUND.THE CURIOUS CO
INCIDENCE THAT THERE.WERE THREE WITNESSE
S (BESIDES THE.MURDERER) TO THE CRIME.  
ONLY THE.MURDERER WILL DELIBERATELY LIE 
TO YOU.BUT ANYONE ELSE MAY HEDGE A LITTL
E..BUT THEY WON'T LIE.  PRESS THE.FIREBU
TTON TO ASK A QUESTION...    WHEN YOU FE
EL LIKE YOU KNOW WHO.THE MURDERER IS, TH
E LOCATION OF THE.MURDER AND THE CALIBER
 OF THE GUN.USED, THEN YOU CAN MOVE YOUR
 POINTER.TO THE ACCUSE BOX ON THE LEFT O
F THE.SCREEN BY PUSHING THE STICK LEFT F
ROM.THE QUESTION BOX.  PRESS THE.FIREBUT
TON AND YOU'LL BE ASKED TO.CHOOSE THE TH
REE PIECES OF.INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE 
DETERMINED...    YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR CHO
ICES ONCE.YOU'VE MADE THEM BUT YOU CAN'T
 GO.BACK TO THE REGULAR QUESTIONING.WITH
OUT ENTERING YOUR GUESS.  JUST.MOVE THE 
POINTER TO THE ENTER BOX TO.DO THIS.  IF
 YOU'RE WRONG YOU'LL BE.TOLD AND YOU CAN
 CONTINUE SOME MORE.QUESTIONING...    IF
 YOU ARE RIGHT (ON ALL THREE.FACTS) YOUR
 COMPATRIOTS AT THE POLICE.DEPARTMENT WI
LL DRIVE UP AND HAUL THE.ALLEGED MURDERE
R AWAY.  THEN YOU CAN.TRY ANOTHER CASE..
.    MAYBE, IF YOU DO A GOOD JOB AND.KEE
P FROM ACCEPTING FAVORS FROM.LOW-LIFES, 
YOU CAN RE-JOIN THE FORCE.AND START MAKI
NG $875 A MONTH AGAIN...    WELL, KNEES,
 THE BALL IS IN YOUR.COURT.  LET'S SEE I
F YOU CAN DRIBBLE.AND SOLVE MURDERS AT T
HE SAME TIME.......DISK FILES THIS PROGR
AM USES..MURDER BOOT        MURDER ONE.I
NPANY.O           SET.SPRITES           
 HAND.DATA               CASE 1.CASE 2  
           CASE 3.CASE 4             T.M
URDER BOOT..        **** END OF TEXT ***
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