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Old 12-25-2010, 07:27 AM   #1
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Default AGs set in NYC?
Films set in New York, books that take place in New York, songs about New York -- I've seen so many lists of homages to the great city, but I have yet to find a list of adventure games set in New York.

So far, here's the list I have:

Gold Rush!
Laura Bow 2
The Blackwell Series
Indigo Prophecy (Fahrenheit)
Overclocked
Runaway 1 (beginning of the game, I believe)

Not very long. Can anyone add to the list? Thanks!
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Sam & Max's office is located in New York, so the city is featured to some extent in all four Sam & Max games.

That's all I can think of.
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Old 12-25-2010, 08:59 AM   #4
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Callahan's Crosstime Saloon is set primarily in a bar in Suffolk County, which is on Long Island but not in the city.

Thomas Disch's "Amnesia" (a very old game) is set in Manhattan.
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Lost in New York is set in New York (and explores it history while you travel in time).
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I think the first Manhunter game is in New York. Also Moment of Silence...?

I'm sure there are others. I feel like I keep seeing New York as a setting in games made by European developers...
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Old 12-25-2010, 12:28 PM   #7
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Awesome! Yes, should've remembered Sam & Max and Manhunter. This is turning into a good list. Keep 'em coming if you think of more!
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Art of Murder games are set in New York City.
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Sam & Max's office is located in New York, so the city is featured to some extent in all four Sam & Max games.

That's all I can think of.
To be precise: the New York connection is very weak in most of them but heavy in The Devil's Playhouse, where four of the episodes take place there entirely.
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I'm sure there are others. I feel like I keep seeing New York as a setting in games made by European developers...
Yes, like Goin' Downtown from Silver Style - it is set in New York, year 2072. Or CSI: NY.
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Sunrise is also set in NYC:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Adventur...16/QlrtK2uSHOo
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CSI: New York: The Game?
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Old 12-25-2010, 05:08 PM   #13
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The first part of Broken Sword - The Angel of Death takes place in New York. Not on Manhattan though.

I think, but I could be very very very wrong about this, but didn't Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney take place in New York?
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The FMV adventure Ripper (1996) takes place in futuristic Manhattan.
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I think, but I could be very very very wrong about this, but didn't Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney take place in New York?
No. In the very first case, it's established that there's a 9 hour time difference between the local time and Paris, so that's definitely the West coast (probably LA, though I don't think that's ever stated definitively).

(Of course, the game as originally designed takes place in Japan; it's just the English version that sets it in the US.)
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The Shivah and Jack the Ripper (the 2004 game published by the Adventure Company).
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Good mentions! The Shivah, Angel of Death ... lots of good titles. Awesome!
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Apparently the first Les Manley game starts in NY.
Read about it here:
http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/12/24/crap-shoot-les-manley-search-for-the-king/
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(Of course, the game as originally designed takes place in Japan; it's just the English version that sets it in the US.)
Is it even stated that it's the US? I always assumed that Phoenix Wright was set in some generic place... the characters are always talking about the laws of "this country."

I wish they'd just refer to it as Japan, if that's where it's supposed to take place, since it's obvious from the locations that it's not the US.
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