Unofficial Tex Murphy

I've never created a poll on here before, and I've always been curious about the average age of us Tex Fans - when we first started playing, that is (yes, you gotta do the math ). I first played UAKM indirectly when I was 10 years old by watching my older brother and his older friend play. My brother had the hardware, his friend had the game itself, and I was the little kid sitting behind them making suggestions on what to do next when they got stuck (which happened a lot). It was a group effort to be sure, and after about a week of playing we finally finished it. That week is probably my most vivid memory from that period of my life. I guess I'm wondering if most of us were impressionable youngsters like myself when we first became possessed/infatuated by the Tex-Universe, or if most of us were at a more mature stage in life. Might be interesting ~ Anecdotes Welcome

Bests, Rockefeller

I'm not precisely sure but I was probably about 10 or 11. It was probably one of my earliest PC games, since Little Big Adventure was my first PC game and they both came out the same year. I got Little Big Adventure 2nd hand from someone and Under A Killing Moon a bit later when it was in a bargain bin someplace so it was probably a bit after release. It got me hooked to buy the next installment when it came out (and not in a bargain bin that time) Pandora Directive which was when I was 11 years old.

I have a random memory of playing it 'till late at night with a friend and whilst we were trying to figure out how to get through an office lobby it started to snow outside. That was maybe Pandora Directive's AUTOTECH since UAKM didn't have a lobby area for GRS etc. I think. I think my fondest memories are of Pandora Directive. I remember finding exploring Roswell *very* creepy at that age, I don't think I was playing with a friend at that point. Wandering around with that strange empty eerie atmosphere wondering what happened to all these dead people, then the buildup of it coming after you when you have gotten yourself deep into a place thats tricky to get out of fast.

Overseer came out when I was 13 and was a lot of fun too with some close call scenes like exploring Big Jim Slade's house. I think I remember getting a glitched disc which I sent for a replacement so I could finish it all.

I don't remember my exact age, but I was in my mid to late teens.

Let's see, looks like Pandora came out in '96 so... I would have been 24/25 depending on when I bought it after I read the book. Yep, I read the book before I ever knew about the game!

Bah, the concept of "average" Tex Murphy fan is a fallacy. We are all extraordinary!

If a demo counts, I was 12. If it doesn't, I was 25.

good stretching you have!

I was 9 years old.

-Cub. =o)

I actually keep forgetting that I played Mean Streets with my Grandfather many many years ago, and long before UAKM, but I forget because I don't remember that as anything to do with what 'Tex Murphy' means to me.

When I think of Tex Murphy I think of Chris Jones, Aaron Conners, Adrian Carr and Matt Heider. A great soundtrack and a great story, all wrapped up in an interactive movie.

When I think of Mean Streets I think of one of many early computer games that I played. The only difference being that I played this one with my grandfather (who had been dead more than 15 years now) on his Commodore Amiga (I think), and it was my grandfather's favourite game. I only played it when I went to visit him so I don't think I have actually ever finished it.

It would be Pandora, at 10 I do believe. I wasn't all that much into PC gaming at that age, so it was one of the first games I got, along with the early Police Quest games and Syndicate.

The joys of the 486!

i got my 486 at the age of 10
my first 8x cd-rom for $100 one year later
there was still no chance to play tex murphy games for me, becouse it`s russia and a town with less then 1 000 000 population. the only games available was pirate and two-disc max
so i played my vhs cassete instead - with recorded tv show about computer games
there`s UAKM in one of the episodes
12 years later i finally played that game - ordered images burned to dvd from some internet site and waited about a month, while they traveled across the country on mail train
through dosbox and at lowest quality (it was choppy on pentium 4)

I'm exhasuted just reading how hard it was to get the game for you.

yeah, sorry for that. too many letters, too many years... we need a rest

interesting to read that a lot of players found tex at a early age & I found tex while looking for a adult game that wasn't for kids........

Playing "Mean Streets" with my friend on his 286. Must have been around 12. The "Real Sound" was pretty amazing since my friend's PC didn't have a sound card.

I then got UAKM for my 16th birthday. Absolutely loved it. I still get the warm fuzzies when I hear the new day theme music.