Harry Quantum and his trusty robotic sidekick, Graeme.
Harry Quantum: TV Go Home is the first episode in a series of point-and-click Flash adventures about the detective, Harry Quantum.
This seems a tad bit embarrassing.
The adventure begins when the boss of a TV station (who bears a striking resemblance to Mr. T) walks in and informs Harry that he has misplaced the tapes of that channel’s four best TV shows. He will pay $100,000 if Harry can find a way to recover the lost episodes. Graeme, Harry’s robotic sidekick, says the TV signals probably ended up in space somewhere, so Harry should just go into outer space to retrieve them. The problem is that getting into space is no small task. Well, Graeme has a simple solution: just signal a UFO.
After the whole UFO dilemma (I will let you see for yourself exactly what that entails), Harry gets the video footage, but it’s all scrambled. In order to make things right, Harry must step into a Virtual Reality system and fix each program from the inside. Of course, this means visiting each of the four TV shows and straightening out the mess by hand.
The subplots in this game are absolutely ridiculous. In a good way. You’ll be laughing at each of Harry’s missteps as you try to solve the puzzles spread across the game. And there are little homages to various video game-related things scattered throughout for the observant, pop-culture savvy gamer. (Hint: look at what is currently on Harry’s computer screen in his office.)
To make the game more interesting, there are PIPs (Private Investigation Points) spread across the game for players to discover. These points have no bearing on whether or not you complete the game, but they are sure fun to collect. To find them, you must try looking in places and finding combinations the average player would simply overlook. So if the puzzles are too easy, you can still challenge yourself by trying to seek out all the PIPs in the game. (There are 15.)
Harry Quantum: TV Go Home is quirky and has enough little non-essential tidbits thrown in to keep players on their toes. Hopefully this will be the beginning of a long and entertaining series of point-and-click adventures.
Welcome to Virtual Reality, where you can step into various TV shows.
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The first episode in the Harry Quantum series. | ||||
Game: Harry Quantum: TV Go Home | Developer: Long Animals and RobotJAM