Psychic Detective
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Eric Fox is a psychic who lives in San Francisco and earns his living performing magic shows in seedy nightclubs. This changes when Eric meets Laina, a mysterious woman who trains him to venture inside other people's minds. Laina then hires Eric as a private detective to travel into the minds of the people who attend a wake held in honor of her father, which has died under unclear circumstances.

Psychic Detective is an interactive movie with adventure elements. The player can choose people whose minds Eric is able to read, and also interact with objects for further insight into the storyline. Many of these decisions and interaction choices branch the storyline, leading it to different endings; one of these endings is reached if the player chooses not to interact at all and let the movie unfold by itself.

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Psychic Detective 3DO Multiple streams of videos (one for each person) means the disc gets filled quickly.

Psychic Detective 3DO Eric's a scumbag who can see visions when touching objects.

Psychic Detective 3DO Jump to their minds and see the real-time event from their perspective.

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A stunning achievement - quite possibly one of the worst games ever made...	DOS	Colin Rowsell (45)

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Critic Reviews

Computer Gaming World (CGW)	DOS	Jul, 1996		80
Joystick (French)	3DO	Jan, 1996	80 out of 100	80
PSExtreme Online	PlayStation	1996	79 out of 100	79
Game Zero	3DO	Mar, 1996	39 out of 50	78
PC Action	DOS	Feb, 1996	76 out of 100	76
Entertainment Weekly	DOS	Feb 16, 1996	B	75
Player One	PlayStation	Apr, 1996	70 out of 100	70
Video Games	3DO	Jan, 1996	59 out of 100	59
Quandary	DOS	May, 1996		40
The Video Game Critic	3DO	Nov 11, 2013	D+	33

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Playstation version

There are a number of suggestive scenes (including a softcore sex scene) that are absent from the Playstation release. The PC and 3DO versions have these scenes intact, however.