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Tex Murphy
Tex Murphy: Mean Streets	1989
Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum	1991
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon	1994
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive	1996
Tex Murphy: Overseer	1998
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure	2014
The Poisoned Pawn: A Tex Murphy Adventure	TBA

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[3]
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store		Packaged with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets, Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum, Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon, and Tex Murphy: Overseer.
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		For DOSBox toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Brazilian Portuguese				Retail only.^[4] Official translation (download)

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 8.1 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Duo 2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.

References

↑ New release: The Pandora Directive - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Steam Community :: Group :: Tex Murphy Project Fedora - last accessed on May 2023
↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Revista do CD-ROM n.º 17

[DOSBox_mounted-4] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.

[1] New release: The Pandora Directive - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[2] Steam Community :: Group :: Tex Murphy Project Fedora - last accessed on May 2023

[3] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[5] Revista do CD-ROM n.º 17

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[Note 1]

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 |release dates=
 {{Infobox game/row/date|DOS|July 31, 1996}}
-{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|June 30, 2009|wrapper=DOSBox|ref=<ref>[https://www.gog.com/news/new_release_the_pandora_directive New release: The Pandora Directive - GOG.com]</ref>}}
+{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|June 30, 2009|wrapper=DOSBox|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/news/new_release_the_pandora_directive|title=New release: The Pandora Directive - GOG.com|date=May 2023}}</ref>}}
 {{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|October 18, 2012|wrapper=DOSBox}}
-{{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|June 12, 2014|wrapper=DOSBox|ref=<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/groups/tex_murphy_project_fedora/announcements/detail/1262446223499458502 Steam Community :: Group :: Tex Murphy Project Fedora]</ref>}}
+{{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|June 12, 2014|wrapper=DOSBox|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/tex_murphy_project_fedora/announcements/detail/1262446223499458502|title=Steam Community :: Group :: Tex Murphy Project Fedora|date=May 2023}}</ref>}}
 |taxonomy     =
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
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 {{Availability|
 {{Availability/row| Retail | | unknown | | | DOS }}
-{{Availability/row| GOG.com | tex_murphy_the_pandora_directive | DRM-free | Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/page1 List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref> | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
+{{Availability/row| GOG.com | tex_murphy_the_pandora_directive | DRM-free | Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/page1|title=List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com|date=May 2023}}</ref> | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
 {{Availability/row| GMG | tex-murphy-the-pandora-directive | Steam | | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
 {{Availability/row| Humble | tex-murphy-complete-pack | Steam | Packaged with [[Tex Murphy: Mean Streets]], [[Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum]], [[Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon]], and [[Tex Murphy: Overseer]]. | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
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 |windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
+|mac os x powerpc app   = unknown
 |macos intel 32-bit app = unknown
 |macos intel 64-bit app = unknown

Developers

	Access Software
Release dates
DOS	July 31, 1996
Windows (DOSBox)	June 30, 2009^[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	October 18, 2012
Linux (DOSBox)	June 12, 2014^[2]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Series	Tex Murphy