Jack Orlando

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Jack Orlando
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Developer(s) Toontraxx
Publisher(s) TopWare Interactive
JoWood Productions (Director's cut)
Composer(s) Harold Faltermeyer
Platform(s) MS-DOS, Windows
Release1997
Director's cut
  • RUS: September 1, 2001
  • NA: October 14, 2001
Steam: January 26, 2012
Genre(s) Adventure
Mode(s) Single player

Jack Orlando: A Cinematic Adventure is a 1997 point-and-click adventure game by Polish developer Toontraxx and German publisher TopWare Interactive. In 2001, a director's cut version was released, which adds the choice between easy and normal difficulty. The game was re-released in 2009 on GOG.com, and on January 26, 2012, a port of the director's cut was released on Steam.

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Plot

The player takes the role of Jack Orlando, a private detective in the post-prohibition 1930s who is framed for murder. Once a respected detective during prohibition for catching bootleggers, he now struggles with crippling alcoholism in the wake of the 21st Amendment. Orlando is given 48 hours to clear his name and find the real killers.

Reception

The game received mixed reviews from critics. [1] Just Adventure described the game's puzzles, plot, and audio as "a mixed bag", giving the game an overall C− rating. [4] Adventure Gamers rated it 2 out of 5 stars, strongly criticizing the gameplay, puzzles, voice acting and script but stating the "[l]ush artwork, strong score, a simple but solid plot and considerable attention to detail just about save it from total failure." [2] GameSpot noted that the game contains many useless items and conversations that lead nowhere, producing "an interesting change of pace from the standard adventure formula". [3]

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  4. 1 2 Sluganski, Randy (8 May 2002). "Jack Orlando Director's Cut". Just Adventure. Archived from the original on 21 August 2002.