
One of the worst adventure games ever made, Psycho is based on the classic 
horror film by Alfred Hitchcock... and by "based on" I mean that they both have 
the same title. In CE Forman's opinion (which I wholeheartedly agree with): 
"...this gets my personal vote for The all-time worst adventure game ever. Where 
oh where oh WHERE to begin? Well, for starters it's by Box Office Software, 
well-recognized in the industry for bringing lots of cheapies to market in the 
late 1980's. It's all CGA graphics. Bad CGA graphics, if that isn't redundant. 
Your character, a detective investigating a kidnapping at the Bates motel, looks 
like a monkey when viewed from the front. He holds his magnifying glass (or gun, 
once you find it) at arm's length constantly. The room descriptions are... well, 
let me just direct-quote a couple: "I found this is a big living room;" "I found 
this is the same big room." "Clues" you find along the way offer such helpful 
tips as, "Skeleton keys open doors, not skeletons." Exits are laid out so that 
at times it's practically impossible to tell which door leads where. Trying a 
locked door simply doesn't work until you find the right key, and gives no 
indication that it ...(more) 's locked. Nasties such as a dog, a ghost, and 
Norman's mother appear randomly and put you to sleep (!) when they catch you. 
There are bugs all over the game, the funniest being when you dig up a key in 
the coal bin. After you pick it up, it still shows up in the room, and you can 
keep taking it over and over and earning infinite points. And taking it 
repeatedly gives the message: "I found more keys just like the one I found 
before." Yes, they chose that as the alternative to adjusting the graphics so 
the key is no longer there. (I swear I am not making any of this up! Play it for 
yourself and see!) How this ever got published (in 1988, no less) is beyond me. 
An absolute must-play for all fans of truly terrible software. I mean it, if you 
can chortle at inept design, buggy coding, sloppy graphics and unbelievably 
dopey text, the belly-laughs this game will induce are more than worth [the 
small amount of time it will take to download it.]" Coaster, anyone? :)

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