Maupiti Island

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Description

Maupiti Island is a nonlinear police investigation with graphics in 2D and is the sequel to Mortville Manor.

Whilst famous detective Jerome Lange is at sea, a cyclone (Harry) approaches and obliges his ship to put in at Maupiti Island until the weather calms. Then, as if things were not bad enough already, a woman called Marie disappears from the island! Lange gives up on his holiday to investigate, and discovers many hidden secrets lurking beneath the surface of Maupiti Island.

Screenshots

Promo Images

Part of the Following Groups

• Jerome Lange games
• Theme: Law enforcement

User Reviews

Dangerous and challenging..

DOS

Mark Papadakis (36)

Critic Reviews

Génération 4	Atari ST	Apr, 1990	97 out of 100	97
Génération 4	DOS	Mar, 1992	90 out of 100	90
Amiga Joker	Amiga	Nov, 1990	87 out of 100	87
Retro Archives	DOS	Nov 26, 2018	17 out of 20	85
PC Joker	DOS	Dec, 1991	83 out of 100	83
Amiga Action	Amiga	Nov, 1991	83 out of 100	83
Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft	DOS	1993	81 out of 100	81
ST Format	Atari ST	Sep, 1991	79 out of 100	79
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Amiga	Sep, 1991	504 out of 1000	50
Power Play	DOS	Mar, 1992	40 out of 100	40

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Game freezes when I try to read anything	5	Nowhere Girl (5601) Oct 13, 2014

Trivia

Cancelled sequel

Starting in 1991, Lankhor prepared a third case for detective Jérôme Lange. The game's working title: Suriya. Set in a tranquil monastery in Japan, the adventure (design: Sylvian Bruchon) featured the Maupiti Island interface and graphics by Stephane Polard (look at Lankhor.net for samples). Suriya was scheduled for release in summer 1993.
In early 1993, however, Lankhor published its prestigious project Black Sect. The game turned out a massive flop, selling only a few thousand copies. As a consequence, Suriya was canceled a couple of months before its completion.

Demo mode

Maupiti Island features a demo mode. Press ALT on the title screen to watch the computer play for you. Don't get your hopes too high, though: the demo is terribly slow and doesn't give away the solution to any puzzle - except for one little hint.

Speech

It uses the voice synthesis for all the dialogues (50 minutes of dialogues). A soundblaster its is not necessary to benefit from the dialogues.

Amstrad PC1512

This game is one of the very few to use the rare 640x200x16 screen mode in the PC1512 PCs, which Amstrad added to their implementation of CGA.

Information also contributed by -Chris.

Related Web Sites

• Maupiti Island (official website)
• The X Web - www.lankhor.net (The games Lankhor)