The Scoop (video game)

The Scoop
Title screen
Developer(s)	Telarium
Publisher(s)	Telarium, Spinnaker Software
Platform(s)	Apple II, MS-DOS
Release date(s)	1986, 1989
Genre(s)	Adventure
Mode(s)	Single player

The Scoop is a mystery adventure game published by Telarium (formerly known as Trillium), a subsidiary of Spinnaker Software, in 1986 for Apple II and rereleased by Spinnaker Software in 1989 for DOS.^[1]

The plot is based on the collaborative detective novel of the same name, written in 1931 by Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, E.C. Bentley, Anthony Berkeley, Freeman Wills Crofts and Clemence Dane.

Gameplay

The player impersonates a journalist working for the down-on-its-luck newspaper "The Daily Courier". He is sent to investigate two murders which may, or may not, be connected. The player has five days to solve the crimes and provide enough evidence to lead to an arrest, otherwise "The Daily Courier" will go out of business.

NPCs in the game have a set routine and go about their business in different locations, meaning the player will sometimes have to follow them and eavesdrop on their conversations in order to collect clues.

Because of the short time limit to solve the crimes, the player will often have to restart the game entirely in order to get everything done on time.

References

↑ The Scoop at Allgame; The Scoop at Adventureland by Hans Persson and Stefan Meier

External links

The Scoop at Museum of Computer Adventure Game History by Howard Feldman
The Scoop at Adventureland by Hans Persson and Stefan Meier

Video games based on Agatha Christie works

Agatha Christie series	And Then There Were None Murder on the Orient Express Evil Under the Sun The ABC Murders

Casual games	Death on the Nile Peril at End House Dead Man's Folly 4:50 from Paddington

Other games	The Scoop

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