Clue (video Game) - Overview

Overview

Clue is a direct conversion of the original game as a video game. As such, it takes place in the same mansion and features the same goal of the board game.

In addition to play by the original rules, Clue has an additional mode that allows movement via "points." Each turn begins with nine points and every action the player takes costs points. The player can only do as many things as he has points. For example, moving from square to square costs one point, making a suggestion costs three points. Many players prefer this mode of play as it makes the game more balanced since each player gets the same number of "moves" each turn.

A few features of Clue:

• Detailed depictions of the characters made famous by the board game
• A 3D isometric view
• A top down view reminiscent of the board game
• Video clips of the characters carrying out the crime (which garnered the game's T (Teen) rating)
• Online play via the Internet

In the game, if one wishes to play online, he or she is linked to a now invalid URL address. The game was originally connected to the MSN Gaming Zone; however, MSN stopped hosting the game.

Clue had enjoyed an unusually long shelf life for a video game. It went on sale late in 1998 and, as of 2007 was still for sale, available at many retail stores and via the Internet. The original game came in a box with holographic images. Now the game comes in a less expensive jewel case, or as part of a collection, the Classic Game Collection (also including computer versions of Monopoly, The Game of Life, and Scrabble). At one point the game was offered free inside boxes of cereal alongside other Hasbro video games such as Operation.