Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders (2009 video game)

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Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders
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Developer(s) AWE Games/Black Lantern Studios
Publisher(s) DreamCatcher Interactive
Director(s) Matt Raithel
Programmer(s) Ankur Sharma
Artist(s) Gary Bedell
Composer(s) Nathan Lee
Engine Unity
Platform(s) Nintendo DS
ReleaseNovember 12, 2009
Genre(s) Point-and-click
Mode(s) Single-player

Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders is a mystery adventure game for the Nintendo DS, based on Agatha Christie's 1936 novel The ABC Murders . The game was co-developed by American companies AWE Games and Black Lantern Studios, and published by DreamCatcher Interactive. [1]

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Gameplay

The game follows Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings as they solve mysteries by inspecting crime scenes and questioning suspects. [2] In order to appeal to players familiar with the original story, the game also offers the option to play with a different murderer, which results in different clues and testimony throughout the entire game. [3]

Reception

The game was met with a poor reception, as GameRankings gave it a score of 53.82%, [4] while Metacritic gave it 53 out of 100. [5]

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