The Case of the Cautious Condor

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The Case of the Cautious Condor
Cover art, MS-DOS version
Developer(s)
Series
Platform(s)	FM-Towns, CDTV, MS-DOS
Release	1989 (FM-Towns) 1991 (CDTV) 1992 (MS-DOS)
Genre(s)	Adventure

The Case of the Cautious Condor is an adventure video game in an interactive comic book style developed by . It was one of the first games made specifically for CD-ROM.^{[citation needed]}

Overview[]

The player controls detective Ned Peters, who has to figure out the identity of the murderer by wandering around the rooms, looking for clues and overhearing conversations between the other guests aboard the flying boat Condor on a cruise over the Atlantic. The game has no text: the dialogue is played only as audio and the interface is completely mouse-driven.^{[citation needed]}

History[]

The game was first released for FM Towns in Japan in 1989, later also for CDTV (1991) and MS-DOS (1992).^{[citation needed]} It won several awards, such as "Best Adventure 1989" in Japan.^{[citation needed]} According to the game's developer, it had disappointing sales, in part because CD-ROM drives were not yet widespread at that time.^[1]

Tiger Media released later a similar game called .^{[citation needed]}

Reception[]

Computer Gaming World in 1993 stated that "Though the story was manufactured in the Orient Express Murder Mystery machine, this interactive comic book is novel enough to warrant a serious look ... A multimedia diversion for the whole family".^[2]

See also[]

• The Last Express
• Murder on the Zinderneuf

References[]

External links[]

• The Case of the Cautious Condor at MobyGames
• Entry for The Case of the Cautious Condor at HOL