The Scoop
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You play as reporter for a big city newspaper. Recently, a rival reporter was found stabbed to death in a phone booth. Your job is to travel around the city following suspects, listening in on conversations, and even searching in their homes when they're away. Based on an Agatha Christie novella.

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The Scoop Apple II Lounge... Where's the coffee machine?

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The Scoop is one of my favorite games	DOS	SamandMax (78)

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The Games Machine (UK)	DOS	May, 1990	76 out of 100	76

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DOSBox, an x86 emulator with DOS (Compatibility information page about the original game and its DOSBox versions. )
Museum of Computer Adventure Game History (Spinnaker Software Corporation, DOS) (For DOS: game packaging; manuals; media; additional material.)
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (collaborative detective novel) (Encyclopaedic entry for BBC's National Programme The Scoop and Behind the Screen, which was the inspirational source for the game.)
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (video game) (Encyclopaedic entry for the combined platforms of the game.)

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