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Community => Adventure Related Talk & Chat => Topic started by: KyriakosCH on Sat 11/11/2017 10:27:31

Title: Anyone remember that old Delphine classic, "Cruise for a Corpse"? :)
Post by: KyriakosCH on Sat 11/11/2017 10:27:31
It was my favourite game for some time, though my all-time favourite game remains another by Delphine, "Another World" ;)

Cruise for a corpse had excellent atmosphere and a cinematic feel, along with nice music.

(https://www.myabandonware.com/media/screenshots/c/cruise-for-a-corpse-1mv/cruise-for-a-corpse_4.gif)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O2nPwdc9IsU/V0CkscXyAJI/AAAAAAAAF1w/j8tyrnUoUrUQIAtWzSNAIhCKV6JcYnzEwCLcB/s1600/Cruise%2Bfor%2Ba%2BCorpse%2B2016-02-28%2Bat%2B11.01.26%2BPM.png)
Title: Re: Anyone remember that old Delphine classic, "Cruise for a Corpse"? :)
Post by: CaptainD on Sat 11/11/2017 11:14:30
I had it for the ST and remember being absolutely blown away by the graphics in the intro. For some reason I never really played the game itself much. Pretty sure you can pick it up as Abandonware nowadays?
Title: Re: Anyone remember that old Delphine classic, "Cruise for a Corpse"? :)
Post by: Radiant on Sat 11/11/2017 11:25:13
No, but I read about it on this blog (https://advgamer.blogspot.nl/2016/05/game-69-cruise-for-corpse-introduction.html). I did play Future Wars, by the same studio.
Title: Re: Anyone remember that old Delphine classic, "Cruise for a Corpse"? :)
Post by: KyriakosCH on Sat 11/11/2017 15:32:00
^Future wars is older, and imo from before the time Delphine really became notable.

Quote from: CaptainD on Sat 11/11/2017 11:14:30
I had it for the ST and remember being absolutely blown away by the graphics in the intro. For some reason I never really played the game itself much. Pretty sure you can pick it up as Abandonware nowadays?

The intro was awesome for the time, yes. Best intro i had seen on Amiga as well :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3PtCmCDym4
Title: Re: Anyone remember that old Delphine classic, "Cruise for a Corpse"? :)
Post by: Grim on Sat 11/11/2017 17:24:28
I played it on this website the other day: https://classicreload.com/
Title: Re: Anyone remember that old Delphine classic, "Cruise for a Corpse"? :)
Post by: LeonDaydreamer on Sat 11/11/2017 18:05:33
Delphine had the best art. :)
I didn't get too far in Cruise for a Corpse, because I think some things in the game were random - some doors open at different times. It was kind of annoying.

That is a pretty cool intro. The dude has some heavy duty calves, he must work out.  :P
Title: Re: Anyone remember that old Delphine classic, "Cruise for a Corpse"? :)
Post by: CaptainD on Sat 11/11/2017 18:21:03
You can play it online or download the DOS, Amiga or ST versions here:
https://www.myabandonware.com/game/cruise-for-a-corpse-1mv
Title: Re: Anyone remember that old Delphine classic, "Cruise for a Corpse"? :)
Post by: KyriakosCH on Sat 11/11/2017 21:38:10
There were (iirc) 12 suspects. I recall that I couldn't overrule anyone, apart from the one who actually ended up being guilty! (laugh)
Title: Re: Anyone remember that old Delphine classic, "Cruise for a Corpse"? :)
Post by: Radiant on Sun 12/11/2017 16:24:14
Delphine had some of the best music ever to come out of a PC speaker (and bear in mind this was before the age where everybody had a sound card). The soundtrack of Future Wars is an amazing accomplishment for its time.