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by Mr Creosote
Fri Feb 28, 2025 6:45 am
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Username showing as Anonymous after submission
Replies: 27
Views: 35647

Re: Username showing as Anonymous after submission

Thanks for reporting this. Indeed, I have a good idea what could be causing this. Do you have the exact links to these items?

@all webmasters, admins, please don't correct them, don't process, don't touch for now.
by Mr Creosote
Sat Feb 08, 2025 3:13 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Search Error In CASA
Replies: 2
Views: 9309

Re: Search Error In CASA

Could you please try again now?
by Mr Creosote
Sat Feb 01, 2025 8:31 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder
Replies: 17
Views: 22714

Re: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder

Alrighty, I got the confession. Quite honestly, I would not have guessed this. Even though I have triggered it, mechanically speaking, I did not even remotely have the knowledge of what was the suddenly disclosed to me. Admittedly, I'm sure getting the player on the right level of detail for such a ...
by Mr Creosote
Thu Jan 30, 2025 1:06 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder
Replies: 17
Views: 22714

Re: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder

My logical intuition is pretty much at an end at this point. Has been for the last couple of days. I'll make a systematic sweep and send the guy to investigate all sorts of things, note down relevant things returned, restart repeatedly to send him elsewhere and then optimize in one go.
by Mr Creosote
Sun Jan 26, 2025 1:19 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder
Replies: 17
Views: 22714

Re: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder

By now, I've gotten her off free. I understood there is a way to identify the real killer as well. Meaning there is still something to achieve. I really like this approach of having various degrees of success. Clearly, this whole design is built around the idea that you have to play repeatedly and ...
by Mr Creosote
Mon Jan 20, 2025 8:06 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder
Replies: 17
Views: 22714

Re: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder

I had another stab at the apartment. Using emulator save states, I managed to find quite a bit of damning evidence. Well, not quite. To be honest, neither the letter, the document or the earring told me anything I didn't already suspect. Though having these items may very well be of use later on, I ...
by Mr Creosote
Sun Jan 19, 2025 8:46 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder
Replies: 17
Views: 22714

Re: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder

I was experimenting mood today. I went to court without having performed any investigation or research. Just raised objections whenever I could. Never asked any questions to the witnesses myself. The verdict was a "hung jury", which I believe means the defendant will be tried again. Meaning I couldn ...
by Mr Creosote
Sat Jan 18, 2025 8:43 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder
Replies: 17
Views: 22714

Re: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder

Well, as expected, this round did not turn out well for my client. It all seems rather fascinating, though. Going to try again.
by Mr Creosote
Sat Jan 18, 2025 7:49 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder
Replies: 17
Views: 22714

Re: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder

It's very nice that the game gives an indication of how I'm doing after each witness by giving a general tendency of the jury.

Another thing I like is how efficient the game is about defining the personalities, educational background of the characters. Their manner of behaviour, their choices of ...
by Mr Creosote
Fri Jan 17, 2025 2:19 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder
Replies: 17
Views: 22714

Re: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder

Alright, I'll look out for that.

Recently, I played a game called Objection! which, it seems, taught me well about the possible grounds for... objections against the prosecutor's questions. I'm quite at ease with this part.

What now really strikes, I think, is my bad preparation and investigation ...
by Mr Creosote
Thu Jan 16, 2025 9:42 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder
Replies: 17
Views: 22714

Re: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder

Oh, are you saying I can go back to the apartment after having been thrown out? I'll play to the inevitable failure first, then I'll give this a try. Thanks!
by Mr Creosote
Thu Jan 16, 2025 2:33 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder
Replies: 17
Views: 22714

Re: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder

Seems like we jump straight to questioning the witnesses. This is much more along the lines of what I expected from this game. I really like small details like: "He wears a suit that is at least five years out of fashion."
by Mr Creosote
Thu Jan 16, 2025 2:22 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder
Replies: 17
Views: 22714

Re: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder

I studied witness files and questioned my defendant in prison. Phew, that woman will not make a good impression! I don't have any hopes I'll get her out. Off to court anyway, because it looks like I exhausted my options.
by Mr Creosote
Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:23 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder
Replies: 17
Views: 22714

Re: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder

Preliminary note: I have never read a line of Perry Mason or watched it on TV.

So my first two surprises: the tone is very much noir . Second, is it normal in the US that a defense attorney swooshes off to the scene of crime to do his own investigations? Well, OK, let's accept it this far. I feel ...
by Mr Creosote
Thu Jan 16, 2025 11:14 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder
Replies: 17
Views: 22714

Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder

Alright, I'll start playing the Perry Mason game. I know it's "already solved", but not by me :D For now, I'll start with the C64 version. Is that a good one, or is it better on another system? Feel free to read along if you want to see me stumble, be clueless and undoubtedly fail many times...