In the 1st Degree

You take the role of a prosecuting attorney in this legal thriller. Using film of real actors, you must question the witnesses and gather the pre-trial evidence. Then you must take what you have learned into trial and question the witnesses again, this time on the stand and in front of a jury.

The game is entirely from a first person perspective. Your character is never seen. You ask the witnesses questions which plays a pre-recorded video segment, then allowing you to ask a follow-up question, and so forth. Depending on the questions you ask and how you ask them, the witnesses attitude and the way they treat you will change.

After the trial is over the jury returns with the verdict. Will it be Murder in the first degree (pre-meditated), Murder in the second degree (Spontaneous), Manslaughter (Accidental), or Not Guilty? The decision is made by your trial and people skills.

Added March 8, 2020
Published By Brøderbund Software, Inc.
Interprog
Developed By Brøderbund Software, Inc.
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Back Cover (United States) (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Media (United States) (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
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Back Cover (France,Germany,United Kingdom) (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Media (France,Germany,United Kingdom) (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
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Other (France,Germany,United Kingdom) (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
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Media (Spain) (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Front Cover (Spain) (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Back Cover (Spain) (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Title screen and main menu (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Basic instructions (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
The district attorney's stylish San Francisco home (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Eating dinner and getting up to speed on the murder via the evening news. (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Meeting the inspector at her usual breakfast spot. (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Your office at Pier 5 on the San Francisco Bay (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Crime scene photo (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Witness information (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Photos of the suspect (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
A letter from the deceased's wife describing her own murder theory. (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Reviewing videotape of the inspector's interview with the deceased's wife. (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Ruby's tape (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Driving down a San Francisco hill on your way to interview a witness. (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Simon's tape (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Pulling up to a witness' place. (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Tobin's tape (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Interviewing a witness. (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Photos of the victim (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Profile of the victim's wife (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Crime scene close-up photo (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Crime scene (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Travel movie (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Yvonne's interview (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Simon's interview (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Courthouse (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Judge (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Tobin (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Court room (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Jury (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Opening statement (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Trailer

Year of Release:
1995

Genre(s):
Investigative

Graphic Style:
2D FMV

Camera View:
First-Person

Control Type:
Point and Click

Setting/Theme:
Mystery

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