Clue (Windows, 1998)

Clue
Also known as: Clue: Murder at Boddy Mansion (US), Cluedo: Murder at Blackwell Grange (EU) Developer: Engineering Animation Publisher: Hasbro Interactive Platform: Windows Released internationally: December 15, 1998 This game has unused code. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has regional differences. This game has revisional differences.

This iteration of Clue brought the board game to Windows 95/98 computers at the peak of FMV, with standard CD audio used for the music. While most overlook this version for the newer Clue Classic, this one is just as good.

Regional Differences

Other countries had the same exact game disc, albeit with a different name in certain countries (such as Cluedo). Translations did happen between the games, which could explain its late release date.

Revisional Differences

An updated version was released in many parts of the US during the 2000-01 quarter through General Mills cereal boxes. This disc is mostly identical to the 1998 original, with the following differences:

• The game has been recoded to run on 32-bit systems (such as Windows 2000/XP).
• Various bugfixes.
• A LightDog installer and other demo programs are included.
• The music is removed, possibly as a cost-cutting measure. The code for the music to play is still present, however, and if the 1998 disc is inserted the music will play as normal.

Development-Related Text

To do: See if this was in the original release.

Present in _user1.cab in the General Mills release is a placeholder license.txt file for the developer's license.

To display your license agreement, replace the 
License.txt file currently located in the Language 
Independent\Operating System Independent folder 
of the Setup Files pane.

NOTE: The text in your license file should 
contain hard returns after lines with more than 
512 characters (on 16-bit platforms) or 1,024 
characters (on 32-bit platforms).