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CSI GAMES FOR MAC PLUS

You cannot use the space bar – as you can in later games – to fast forward through the dialogue when replaying the game.

To exit the Lab equipment you must click the double arrows at either side of the screen – Right clicking to ‘back out’ of equipment and locations comes in later CSI Games.

CSI GAMES FOR MAC PLUS

You merely have a dialogue with Al Robbins about his findings, plus he may supply you with evidence he has found on the body. In fact you do not see the body exposed in the morgue scenes. There is a good interactive element to this CSI game – you are able to collect evidence at the scene from the body, but not at the morgue.By pointing to each tool a description of their function appears below. The game does have a generous array of tools to use both for Detection (Magnifying Scope, Ninhydrin, Fingerprint Brush, UV Light, Sniffer, Luminol,IR Light) and Collection (Swab, Glove, Tweezers, Casting Plaster + Frame,Mikrosil, Adhesive Lifting Tape, Electrostatic Dust/Print Lifter) – some of which disappear from the later CSI games.

But you must drag the prints and documents into the computer under Search and Compare and drag hairs and fibres into the Comparison Microscope. You need to drag the evidence over Greg so that he can tell you where it needs to go, or make the arrangements for further analysis. But Greg does the DNA and chemical samples, plus some data checks for you. In the CSI Lab you can use the Computer to Search and Compare, Web Chat, Audio analyse, and check the Internet Directory.If you do get stuck go back and double check ALL locations and clues no matter how far back as it is surprising how you can think that you picked something up only to find that the computer didnt recognise the action and so didn’t collect it.This way you do not find yourself inexplicably stuck later in the game. It is important to check through every scene, and make sure that when you get to the Lab that you give Greg – the Evidence Analysis technician – every single piece of evidence – even if he tells you that he can do nothing with it.Attention needs to be paid to the screen when clicking on an item so that you see the acknowledgement popup. There is no halo around any of the tools to indicate hot-spots within the crime scene and locations, so the player is left in some doubt as to whether they have collected the evidence properly.The 360* panning facility for exploring the locations is a little too fast and rather uncontrollable which can also be annoying, and induce motion sickness.

These handle Body Analysis, Interrogation and Legal Help, and Evidence Analysis respectively.

Under the Locations tab you will find Crime Scene/Case – which comprises the main crime scene then additional locations where suspects may be found and interviewed, and evidence located and collected – and CSI Offices/Lab which has usually three sub-tabs of Morgue (al Robbins), Detective’s Office (Jim Brass), and Crime Lab (Greg Sanders).

This contributes immensely to the Satisfaction Factor of the Game. The location graphics are also good, with rooms and exteriors depicted realistically.

The graphics are good when played at this level (XP) – the hair and features are softer and more realistic than some of the later versions.

I will try to avoid covering the Tutorial content where possible and concentrate on the things that it doesn’t tell you – though there may be some inadvertent doubling up.

However, it can be sped up by Right clicking which cuts off the current sentence. The game has a comprehensive tutorial which is extremely useful for first time players, but which annoyingly cannot be by-passed by those replaying the game.The installation will put a shortcut on your Desktop and will run from the Hard Drive of your computer without having to resort to inserting the disc each time you want to play.