Murder Motel (PC)
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| Developer(s) | Sheldon Pasciak |
Murder Motel is a death-match-style door game for bulletin board systems in which the player checks into a hotel and tries to find and kill other players, while eluding death himself.[1]
Gameplay
Before a player can enter the motel, he must choose a target opponent to murder. The motel itself is essentially a maze of rooms and hallways and one-way passages. The player must go through the rooms looking for parts to build a weapon; defenses that can be used against particular weapons; and the target. The player also needs to seek a room to hide once his turns are exhausted.[2]
Unlike the similar game "Murder Mansion," Murder Motel is not a "Clue"-style mystery game where the players try to discover who the murderer is.
Murder Motel is turn-based, which means players have a fixed number of turns they can play each day. This number is set by the sysop.
Origins and influences
Murder Motel was created by Sheldon Pasciak of Dog-Star Software and first released on July 11, 1989. Pasciak developed Murder Motel as a PC clone of the "Murder Motel" door game for Commodore BBSes by Sean D. Wagle. Pasciak's version expanded in new directions, including a feature which enabled sysops to create custom motel maps.[2]
In 1993, the source code was passed to Chuck Valecek, who took over maintenance of the game.[3] Valecek described Murder Motel as having elements from the movies "Psycho" and "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome."[4]
Other adaptations of Wagle's game include Ed Burhop's "Murder Hotel" for WWIV, which saw v1.4 released in November 1989. Later, a similar game, "Murder Motel 2114," was released in 1996 by Austin Luminais of Unlsoft.
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An encounter with the NPC maid character in Murder Motel
Downloads
References
- ↑ Blackwolf, Bobby (6 July 2008). "PS3 2.40 Firmware, Ticket To Ride, Mega Man 9 - BobbyBlackwolf.com". The Bobby Blackwolf Show (Podcast). Guest: Rob Roberts. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pasciak, Sheldon (18 June 1991). "Murder Motel v2.2 documentation".
- ↑ Valecek, Chuck (23 August 1994). "Murder Motel v4.6 README".
- ↑ Valecek, Chuck (23 April 1995). "Murder Motel v4.6 documentation".