Snooper Troops: Case #2 - The Case of the Disappearing Dolphin

aka: Profesion Detective: El caso del delfin desaparecido, Profession Détective : Qui a volé Lily ?, Snooper Troops and the case of: The Disappearing Dolphin

Moby ID: 26379

Released

1982 on DOS

Credits

10 people

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Publishers

Developers

Computer Learning Connection, Inc.

Moby Score: n/a
Players: (4)
Collected By: 5 players

Genre: Adventure
Educational
Puzzle
Perspective: Side view
Top-down
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Educational: Reading / writing
Narrative: Detective / mystery
Spy / espionage

DOS Specs

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: 5.25" Floppy Disk
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Keyboard
Number of Offline Players: 1 Player

Description

The 2nd and final in the series of detective/problem solving games for kids. Armed with your Snoop-mobile, the snoopNET computer, a wrist-radio, flashlight and pen and paper, you're the detective who must solve the case of Lilly, the missing dolphin.

The game requires logical thinking, planning, and note taking as you slowly comb the neighborhood gathering clues and evidence. Once the suspect is properly identified, use the snoopNET computer to accuse and ensure that justice has been served.

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Snooper Troops series

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Credits (Atari 8-bit version)

10 People

Program Author	Thomas F. F. Snyder
Story by	Deborah Kovacs Patricia Relf
Editorial Development	Karen Whittredge Karen Eagan
Programming Support	Chris A. Lutes Jr. Kathy Lunt Bruce Brown David Beyer
Package and Instruction Booklet Illustration	Bill Morrison

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Trivia

This game was developed on a very early version of DOS, one that apparently allowed spaces in filenames. The game specifically attempts to open the files "agent 1" and "agent 2" when you restore a game.

Newer versions of DOS (and windows shells) see filenames with spaces as multiple arguments, so the file open command in the game would fail. Simply renaming the files and removing the space character actually makes the game work, without having to modify the source code. (which would also be easy enough to do, since it's all written in BASIC and not protected or even compiled.)

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MobyGames ID: 26379

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Contributors to this Entry

Game added by jeff leyda.

MSX added by Trypticon. Atari 8-bit, Apple II, Commodore 64 added by Martin Smith.

Additional contributors: formercontrib, Hoagie.

Game added February 16, 2007. Last modified November 4, 2023.