The Scoop

You play as reporter for a big city newspaper. Recently, a rival reporter was found stabbed to death in a phone booth. Your job is to travel around the city following suspects, listening in on conversations, and even searching in their homes when they're away. Based on an Agatha Christie novella.

Added March 8, 2020
Published By Telarium Corp.
Spinnaker Software Corporation
Developed By Dale Disharoon, Inc.
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Front Cover (United States) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Back Cover (United States) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Media (United States) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Front Cover (United States) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Back Cover (United States) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Media (United States) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Spine/Sides (United States) (DOS) from mobygames.com
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Manual (United States) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Extras (United States) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Title screen. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Start menu. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Courier reception. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Options. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Your boss tells you that there's been a murder! (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Cabbie. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Victoria Station. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Ticket Window. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
A Bobby named Bobby? (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Ticket Clerk. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
The body! (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Mr. Oliver. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Inspector Smart - is he related to Maxwell Smart? (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Getting dropped off by a taxi. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Reception. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Secretary's room. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Presses. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
A printer. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Lounge... Where's the coffee machine? (Apple II) from mobygames.com
The News Room. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Sleeping. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Waking up to a grumpy boss nagging you! (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Home sweet home. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Outside your flat. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Oliver's flat. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Found Oliver's journal. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Outside Scotland Yard. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Scotland Yard waiting room. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Bradford's Office. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Inspector Bradford. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Title screen (DOS) from mobygames.com
Main menu. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Starting location (DOS) from mobygames.com
Visiting your boss (DOS) from mobygames.com
Alternatively you can play as a woman. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Talking with your boss (DOS) from mobygames.com
The cab driver asks you where you want to go. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Taxi drops you off (quite quickly) at Victoria Station. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Inside Victoria Station where the murder took place. (DOS) from mobygames.com
The scene of the crime! (DOS) from mobygames.com
Questioning Mr. Oliver. (DOS) from mobygames.com
You must rest at your flat to progress through the days. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Travelling by train. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Outside the courthouse. (DOS) from mobygames.com
There are many suspects inside the courthouse. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Mr. Fisher seems suspicious. He was the rotund man outside the courthouse. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Revision 1. This game was last revised on March 08, 2020 at 06:27am UTC. History

Year of Release:
1989

Platform(s):
Apple II DOS

Genre(s):
Investigative

Graphic Style:
2D

Camera View:
Third-Person

Control Type:
Menu-Driven

Setting/Theme:
Interwar Mystery

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