Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!! 1985

Released: September 1985
Genres: Point-and-click · Puzzle · Adventure
Platforms: Apple IIGS · PC-9800 Series · PC-8800 Series · Commodore C64/128/MAX · Atari ST/STE · PC · Mac · DOS · Amiga · Family Computer · Nintendo Entertainment System
Developer: ICOM Simulations
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Where to buy

Digital: Fanatical Steam
In a collection: 8-bit Adventure Anthology: Volume I

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Is it still worth playing?

ICOM Simulations' 1985 point and click adventure for the Macintosh, the first MacVenture, themed after hardboiled detective novels and films, first released in black and white. It is set in 1940s Chicago, where Theodore Ace Harding, a retired boxer working as a private eye, wakes in a bar's bathroom stall with no memory of who he is. A dead man is found upstairs, and Ace is about to be framed for the murder. There are clues about the victim and about Ace himself, such as a strap down chair, mysterious vials and a needle mark on his arm. You find addresses around the bar and take taxi rides to a few locations, including his office, to unravel the story. His memory and condition deteriorate over time, so the first major puzzle is getting an antidote. There is still always a next clue to follow on foot or by taxi, with a clock running on Ace's condition.