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Behind the screen

Agatha Christie: Behind the Screen is an interactive murder mystery game published by Spinnaker Software in 1986 with a plot based on the story in Behind the Screen and concerns the death of a boarder at a boarding house whose body is found behind a Chinese screen.

Gameplay[]

Gameplay requires the use of a VCR. Players watch a 30-minute video on a VHS videocassette. At certain points in the video, the players stop the tape and read clues aloud from eight playing cards. At the end of the video, players must deduce the murderer.

Along with the clue cards, the game includes a Dectective's Notepad, a Solution Decoder Sheet and several blue/red decoders and a 36 page book of answers. As there are more than 250 possible combinations of clues which lead to different endings, the game can be replayed.