Psychic Detective
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(Playstation - US, Action & Adventure)
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Electronic Arts
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Electronic Arts
Released On:
30 Nov 1995
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Eric Fox is a psychic who lives in San Francisco and earns his living performing magic shows in seedy nightclubs. This changes when Eric meets Laina, a mysterious woman who trains him to venture inside other people's minds. Laina then hires Eric as a private detective to travel into the minds of the people who attend a wake held in honor of her father, which has died under unclear circumstances.
Psychic Detective , released on PlayStation in 1995, is an action & adventure game with interactive movie elements. The player can choose people whose minds Eric is able to read, and also interact with objects for further insight into the storyline. Many of these decisions and interaction choices branch the storyline, leading it to different endings; one of these endings is reached if the player chooses not to interact at all and lets the movie unfold by itself.
UPC-A:
014633076363 (USA)
ISBN-10:
0784505977 (United States)
eBay Product ID:
1767 (United States)
Sony PN:
SLUS-00165/00166/00167 (United States)
Part #:
SLUS-00165 SLUS-00166 SLUS-00167 (USA)
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Input Devices Required:
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Number of Offline Players:
1 Player
Save Game Methods:
External Storage
Number of Players Supported:
1 Player
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Manual
Game Guide
Extracted from the original game manual
This is an interactive movie game where players take on the role of a psychic detective. The game combines film-making and game development expertise to create a unique, story-driven experience. Players will likely solve mysteries and make choices that influence the narrative, much like a choose-your-own-adventure film.
Story
DETECTIVE
The Making of Psychic Detective
Producer's Note
As you can see from the following credits list, this was a big project. But it was just as ambitious in its form of collaboration as it was in its scope.
By combining the audiovisual virtuosity of (Colossal) Pictures with EA's decade of game experience, I knew we would be producing a game unlike any other. I also knew from first-hand experience the perils of putting together teams from different disciplines.
Engineers building authoring tools for film makers, editors providing pseudo-code for programmers, everybody adapting their work methods to accommodate new types of colleagues. I won't say the sailing was all smooth, but it was very gratifying to see everyone doing the extra work of learning from each other in the service of this project.
The concept of interactive movies is in its infancy. Through the efforts of these kinds of collaborations, we can invent the interactive forms of tomorrow. My thanks go to Drew Takahashi and (Colossal) Pictures for helping make this project a reality.
-Jim Simmons
(Colossal) Pictures
(Colossal) Pictures has produced award-winning films in virtually every genre and technique. Besides producing a wide variety of music videos, television commercials, CD-ROM titles, and on-line advertising and navigational systems, they are the creators of MTV's "Liquid Television" and subsequent spin-off series "Aeon Flux".
They were also the special effects wizards for The Right Stuff, Top Gun and Bram Stoker's Dracula; and the producers of the animated sequences seen in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers and Universal's Tank Girl. As pioneers in interactive entertainment, Colossal is proud to present Psychic Detective, the first original interactive movie shot entirely on location in the San Francisco Bay Area.
How to Play
Getting Started
Set up your PlayStation game console according to its Instruction Manual. Ensure the power is OFF before inserting or removing a compact disc.
Insert the Psychic Detective™ movie disc labeled #1 into the disc tray (label side up) and close the CD door.
Insert game controllers and turn on the PlayStation game console. The PlayStation™ logo appears. If it doesn't appear after a few moments, turn OFF the player and begin again at step 1.
After the opening title screens, a prologue introduces you to Eric Fox. Watch the prologue the first time you play to learn about the characters. After that, you can skip the prologue by pressing START.
Control Summary
Game Play
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Select a character to transmit: D-Button ←→, then press ■, ▲, х, or ●
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Select an object to touch/read: D-Button ←→, then press ■, ▲, %, or ●
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Select an action/behavior to perform: D-Button ←→, then press ■, ▲,, or ●
Intermissions
There are three movie discs in Psychic Detective labeled 1, 2, and 3. Insert disc 1 first, then press START. Continue through to the next disc as prompted by the instructions on the game screen.
You initiate each disc by pressing START. After disc 3, you are prompted to reinsert disc 1 for the conclusion of the movie.
Cut! Pausing the Movie
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To pause the movie, press START. Press START again to resume the movie.
From the Pause menu, you can restart the movie at the very beginning or from your set bookmark.
1. To restart the movie at the beginning or at your bookmark, press from the Pause menu.
2. "Do you really want to start over?" From here, press START to return to the movie, or press * to either restart the entire game, or begin the movie at your last set bookmark.
3. After pressing, press START to begin a new movie, or press to return to your bookmark.
Bookmark
From the Pause menu, you can also set a Bookmark. A Bookmark saves your place in the movie—when you like, you can return to that place and start again. You can set one Bookmark at a time.
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To set a Bookmark from the Pause menu, press ■.
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When you set a new Bookmark, the previous Bookmark is replaced.
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When activating your Bookmark, if applicable, you are prompted to insert the proper disc.
After you set a Bookmark, each time you start Psychic Detective you view the following screen:
Bookmark Screen
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Bookmark detected.
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Press ► to Start New Movie
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Press ◉ to Start At Bookmark
If "Bookmark Failed" appears, ensure the memory card has available memory and is properly inserted into Memory Card Slot 1. For more information on the memory card, consult your PlayStation game console documentation.
Eric's First Case
Psychic Detective is a fresh approach to the evolving form of the interactive movie. In the Case of Black Diamond, you take the role of Eric Fox, who calls himself "The Psychic Flash." You are employed by the mysterious Laina Pozok to discover the truth behind her father's death.
You'll find there's more to this case than you realize. Whom can you trust? What is the Black Diamond? What is a psychic collector? And just how deeply can you delve into this mystery before you go stark raving mad?
Eric is a bit of a sleaze and a slacker when you first make his acquaintance, but Laina reveals to him a startling psychic power. With Laina's guidance, Eric begins his journey.
When the story begins, you meet the lovely and enigmatic Laina Pozok. She needs your help, and you, being the chivalrous kinda guy you are, and eyeing the wad of cash and bit of leg she exposes, jump at the chance to help her. Laina shows you how to "transmit," then asks you to psychically snoop around the Pozok mansion during a family gathering.
But watch out—in classic film noir tradition, not all is what it seems. Including this dame.
Basic Psychic Sleuthing
Head Hopping
The game screen changes when you enter the Pozok mansion. You are now looking at the world through Eric's eyes.
You'll see Eric's character icon in the border at the top of the game screen, highlighted by a yellow ring. That yellow ring around a character icon indicates that you're currently in that person's head.
You are first introduced to two women standing at the foot of a staircase. Check them out and watch what happens to the game screen—two new character icons appear in the border.
Now comes the interesting part: you're not going to just talk to these people, you're going to sneak into their private lives through a mental back door. As a psychic, you can gather information and view the action in rooms where your body is not, by transmitting through, or jumping into, another character's head.
Your entire point of view changes when you transmit: this is your primary means of gathering the clues you need to solve this mystery.
When a character becomes available for you to transmit through, their circular character icon appears in the left area of the game screen. The character's name appears under the icon.
Usually you must be near a character to transmit through them. However, once you jump into their head, you can travel with them, and head-hop from character to character.
Occasionally you can transmit through a character far away. See Operating the Psychic Collectors on p. 1
Controls
L2 button
Psychic Battle
L1 button
Select a game piece for the Black Diamond game
Directional Button (D-Button)
Move a game piece around the Black Diamond game board
button
Drop a game piece onto the board
R2 button
Movie Control
R1 button
Pause the movie
D-Button , then press , or
Restart game at the beginning
D-Button
Resume movie
, , or
Set Bookmark
START
Skip the prologue
Enemies & Characters
Eric Fox
The Psychic Flash. He has spent too much time wasting his gifts and squandering his talents.
Laina Pozok
Daughter of Vladimir Pozok, famed Soviet researcher of the paranormal.
Max Mirage
Charismatic leader of Miragequest, crusader of the downtrodden, and builder of self-esteem.
Sylvia Bourget
Max Mirage's hard-working colleague.
Monica Pozok
Laina's little sister, who really misses the good times.
Madam Tikunov
The mysterious old family retainer.
Moki Valdez
Moki may need you more than you need him, but he can dance.
Sergei Nosenko
Some people just get all the bad luck.
Vladimir Pozok
Laina's and Monica's father. To find a murderer, know the victim.
Chad Bitalski
Laina's cousin. Don't get too attached.
Tips & Maps
Moki's Playmate
The Village Idiot
This Little Piggie
Maximum Eric
Double War
Puka Lounge Blues
Lexi's Last Laugh
Change Heads
No Third Chances
Pretty Bracelet
The Healing
Hot Head
The Big Kiss
The Grand Slam
Psychic Flashes: Tips from the Masters
Everything you need to know is revealed through dialogue and psychic images; after a few plays, you'll sense patterns and understand the images.
Trust your subconscious
Trust your subconscious to figure out the significance of the game pieces in the Black Diamond game.
Search out explanations of all psychic visions
Search out explanations of all psychic visions, as crucial insights can be gained.
Memorize and map paths
Some players feel the need to memorize and map the paths they take, but for the first few times, relax and feel the flow of the story to get to know the characters.
First choice may not be the best
The first choice that pops on the screen may not be the best, and it takes special patience to wait for Eric to present particular opportunities.
Eric doesn't know who is in the room
If Eric doesn't know someone is in the room, their icon won't appear, but hopping into another person's head can provide new transmission opportunities.
Transmission breaks
A transmission breaks if you are in the head of a person that approaches Eric, automatically snapping you back to Eric's head, with one exception Madame Tikunov can explain.
Powerful psychics can detect transmission
Powerful psychics can usually detect when you're transmitting them, sometimes right away, sometimes not for a while.
Think about what has happened to the characters
When making selections for the Black Diamond game, consider the characters' physical, mental, and emotional condition, as it is critical to the quality of your power.
Max can learn your fear
Max can learn your fear if you transmit him too much, giving him an edge in the psychic battle, but sometimes it's the only way to get what you need.
Using the collector too long or too many times
If you use the collector too long or too many times, you get fried, which can weaken you in the psychic battle.
Activated collector and Max are present
If you're in the presence of an activated collector and Max is there too, watch out, as you can get really fried, which can weaken you for the battle to come.
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