Perry Mason - The Case of the Mandarin Murder

The Case of the Mandarin Murder is a text adventure with graphics, based on the Perry Mason detective stories by Erle Stanley Gardner. A woman is in jail after her rich husband is found dead, and the skillful attorney Perry Mason must prove her innocence. The gameplay is influenced by Infocom's games in similar genre.

Added February 15, 2021
Published By Telarium Corp.
Idealogic S.A.
Audiogenic Software Ltd.
Developed By Telarium Corp.
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Intro (DOS) from mobygames.com
A client entered your office... (DOS) from mobygames.com
Della, your beautiful secretary (DOS) from mobygames.com
Searching the victim's apartment (DOS) from mobygames.com
Your friend Paul Drake (DOS) from mobygames.com
Chalk body outline. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Courtroom action begins (DOS) from mobygames.com
Drake in court. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Courtroom. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Questioning. (DOS) from mobygames.com
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Title screen (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Tonight promised to be one of those dull, late nights pushing paper at the office. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
"Oh, thank you, Mr. Mason--I new you'd understand!" (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Della asks if you have a new client. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Moments later, a call comes through from Della. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
You are in the foyer of Victor Kapp's penthouse. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Chalk out line... (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Paul Drake. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
The court case begins. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Paul Drake walks in. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Order in the court! I'll have a cheeseburger! (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
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Crime scene investigation. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Presenting your case to the courtroom. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Paul Drake. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Where do you go? (Apple II) from mobygames.com
At the prison. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Visiting your office. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
The court case begins. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Paul Drake enters the court room. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
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Title screen from mobygames.com
Laura Kapp from mobygames.com
Della from mobygames.com
Stiff's apartment from mobygames.com
Murder scene from mobygames.com
Questioning Tragg from mobygames.com
Margot Duboq from mobygames.com
Title screen (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
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CGA doens't really do Bella justice, this just about does (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Playing IF games with no manual and no vocab list can be a chore (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
A phone call from eventual suspect Laura (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
The crime scene (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Revision 1. This game was last revised on February 15, 2021 at 12:18pm UTC. History

Year of Release:
1985

Platform(s):
Apple II Atari ST Commodore 64 DOS

Genre(s):
Interactive Fiction Investigative Traditional

Graphic Style:
2D

Camera View:
First-Person

Control Type:
Text Parser

Setting/Theme:
Mystery

Other Tags:
Crime Detective

More Info:
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