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Crime And Punishment (computer Game)
''Crime and Punishment'' is a legal simulation developed by Imagic and published for the Apple II series, Apple II and Commodore 64 in 1984. Mindscape (company), Mindscape published a DOS port. Gameplay The player assumed the role of a sentencing judge in a criminal law matter before the courts. Information available to the player included details on the nature of the crime committed, the defendants prior criminal history and pre-sentencing reports. The player could also review known facts relating to the case before sentencing the prisoner to probation, County jail, jail, prison or even choose the death penalty in murder cases. In the case of imprisonment, the player also chose the length of prison term. Scoring was related to how closely the sentence handed out by the player matched that of what a real life judge decided in the case; the player was penalized for asking irrelevant questions. On pirated editions, the game had only one kind of case, software piracy, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imagic
Imagic ( ) was an American video game developer and publisher that created games initially for the Atari 2600. Founded in 1981 by corporate alumni of Atari, Inc. and Mattel, its best-selling titles were ''Atlantis'', '' Cosmic Ark'', and '' Demon Attack''. Imagic also released games for Intellivision, ColecoVision, Atari 8-bit family, TI-99/4A, IBM PCjr, VIC-20, Commodore 64, TRS-80 Color Computer, and Magnavox Odyssey². Their Odyssey² ports of ''Demon Attack'' and ''Atlantis'' were the only third-party releases for that system in America. The company never recovered from the video game crash of 1983 and was liquidated in 1986. History Imagic was the second third-party publisher for the Atari 2600, formed after Activision. Founders included Bill Grubb, Bob Smith, Mark Bradlee, Rob Fulop, and Denis Koble from Atari, Inc., Jim Goldberger, Dave Durran and Brian Dougherty from Mattel. Grubb previously served as the vp of sales and marketing for Atari for 18 month ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |