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Under A Killing Moon -- Master Points List D Location Action Pt Tot Nt - --------------- ---------------------------------------------------- -- --- -- 1 CUFFING UP FLEMM 0 0 1 Tex's Apt. Turn Phonograph ON 2 2 1 GET gun from credenza (movie sequence) 6 8 1 GET mail - Electronics Shop (face up) 1 9 1 GET mail - surgical flyer (face down) 2 11 1 EXAM Electronics Shop flyer 4 15 1 EXAM Electronics Shop credit application 1 16 1 LOOK at fax machine 2 18 1 LOOK at computer 2 20 1 Turn Computer ON 2 22 1 LOOK at picture of ex-wife Sylvia (movie sequence) 8 30 1 OPEN lower left drawer 1 31 1 GET pen 1 32 1 OPEN lower right drawer 1 33 1 GET stamp 1 34 1 COMBINE pen and credit application 1 35 1 COMBINE stamp and credit application 1 36 1 Leave Tex's apartment through door 1 37 1 Chandler Ave. LOOK at auto-post box 1 38 1 USE credit application on auto-post box 7 45 1 LOOK at Rusty's Novelty Shop 1 46 1 GET Bay City Mirror in front of the Brew & Stew 1 47 1 EXAM (read) newspaper article about burglaries 5 52 1 TALK to Chelsee - sequence CCB 1 53 1 Chelsee ASK Chelsee about burglary 1 54 1 Chandler Ave. Enter Rook's pawn shop, start conversation 4 58 1 Rook's Pawn Get hired, Rook shows Tex the break-in (Alley) 1 59 1 Alley LOOK at shoe print in chocolate 1 60 1 MOVE trashcan 1 61 1 GET key that was hidden by trashcan 1 62 1 GET glass shard behind trashcan 1 63 1 EXAM glass shard, learn hair color 1 64 1 GET Weenie World basketball (and watch movie) 6 70 1 LOOK in opened dumpster 1 71 1 GET boom box 1 72 1 EXAM boom box, get batteries 1 73 1 OPEN 'Recyclable Paper Only' trashcan 1 74 1 OPEN fire esc. door (This door is just painted on!) 6 80 1 Enter Rook's via back door, talk using choice C 1 81 1 1 Rook's Pawn When done ASKing, use choice C: Exit to Alley 2 83 1 1 Alley TALK to Bum - most sequences yield 4 or 5 points 5 88 1 1 TALK to Bum again - talks yield total of 6 1 89 1 1 Brew & Stew Start conversation with Louie 1 90 1 1 ASK Louie about chocolate, get chocolate pie 1 91 1 1 Alley OFFER chocolate to Bum 6 97 1 ASK Bum about burglary 1 98 1 Golden Gate Talk to Ardo Newpop, use seq. BBBA 1 99 1 Police Station Start conversation with Mac Malden 1 100 1 Use seq. AAC to get clues 1 101 1 Tex's Use Crime Link computer with correct data 16 117 1 Chandler Ave. TALK to Chelsee 1 118 1 Chelsee ASK Chelsee about Beek Nariz 1 119 1 Coit Tower Start conversation with Beek Nariz 5 124 1 Use seq. BBAB, OFFER surgery gift certificate 4 128 1 ASK about Rusty 1 129 1 ASK about Mick Flemm 2 131 1 Chandler Ave. MOVE mat on Rusty's porch 1 132 1 GET key from under mat 1 133 1 USE key on Rusty's door 3 136 1 OPEN Rusty's door 1 137 1 Enter Rusty's Funhouse 1 138 1 Rusty's LOOK at nozzle inside Rusty's mouth on left wall 1 139 1 LOOK at door to back room - right wall 1 140 1 Turn ON in-house television, watch Inspector Burns 7 147 1 GET crossbow 1 148 1 GET lifesize Rusty doll 1 149 1 GET stacking ring (ring toss ring) 1 150 1 GET Inspector Burns mask 1 151 1 GET backroom key 1 152 1 USE key on back room door 3 155 1 OPEN back room door 1 156 1 GET dart 1 157 1 GET balloon 1 158 1 OPEN large barrel of acid (and watch movie) 8 166 1 COMBINE batteries with Rusty doll 1 167 1 COMBINE dart with crossbow 1 168 1 USE balloon on nozzle (to get helium) 1 169 1 Chandler Ave. Enter warehouse 7 176 1 Warehouse OPEN soapbox 1 177 1 GET firesuit 1 178 1 COMBINE firesuit and Burns mask - make costume 1 179 1 GET key from top of stairs 1 180 1 USE key on power box 2 182 1 USE live Rusty doll on hook 1 183 1 Successfully hide, scare Mick out of the bldg. 1 184 1 GET Mick's keys 1 185 1 GET bracelet 11 196 1 USE Mick's keys on locked box 2 198 1 GET strongbox 1 199 1 COMBINE alley key with strongbox 1 200 1 EXAM strongbox, then travel to Tex's 1 201 D Location Action Pt Tot Nt - --------------- ---------------------------------------------------- -- --- -- 2 GOOSE EGGS AND HAMM 0 201 2 Tex's Apt. GET mail from floor 2 203 2 Chandler Ave. USE credit card on Electronics Shop 2 205 2 Enter the Electronics Shop 2 207 2 Elec. Shop USE credit card on blue light special box 1 208 2 GET fax machine 4 212 2 Tex's Apt. GET fax 1 213 2 EXAM fax 1 214 2 Countess' TRAVEL to Countess' Mansion (and see movie) 2 216 2 Chandler Ave. TALK to Chelsee (a typical seq. is AB) 1 217 2 Chelsee ASK Chelsee about the statuette 2 219 2 Police Station Talk to Mac Malden 1 220 2 ASK Mac about Franco Franco 1 221 2 Rook's Pawn Talk to Rook 1 222 2 ASK Rook about jade 1 223 2 Alley GET newspaper from recyclable paper trash can 1 224 2 EXAM newspaper 1 225 2 Alhambra Talk to Franco Franco - typical seq. BACC 12 237 2 OFFER jade to Franco 8 245 2 ASK Franco about the statuette 10 255 2 2 Tex's Apt. GET new fax from Franco 1 256 2 EXAM fax from Franco 1 257 2 Police Station ASK Mac about Knickerbocker 8 265 2 Ching's Apt. Try to enter apartment (and watch movie) 1 266 2 Police Station Why's a point here? Try anything, I suppose 1 267 3 2 Elec. Shop TALK to Underwood 1 268 2 Discover security system details, seq. CCBA 1 269 2 USE credit card on blue light special box 1 270 2 GET laserblade 1 271 2 TRAVEL to Ching's 10 281 2 Ching's Library GET book 1 282 2 EXAM book, get key 1 283 2 OPEN closet 1 284 2 GET geigger trap 1 285 2 OPEN aquarium 1 286 2 USE ring toss ring on open aquarium (fill ring) 1 287 2 USE fish food on open aquarium (eat fish food) 6 293 2 Ching's Hall LOOK laser net 1 294 2 USE loaded crossbow on power box 1 295 2 Receive message about 'horseshoe skills' 1 296 2 USE filled ring toss ring on power box 10 306 2 Ching's Study LOOK geigger 1 307 2 MOVE mirror, reveal keyhole 1 308 2 USE Ching's key on keyhole 1 309 2 GET capture noose 1 310 2 GET geigger chow 1 311 2 COMBINE geigger chow and geigger trap 1 312 2 USE baited trap on terrarium 8 320 2 GET birthday fax from floor, under table 1 321 2 EXAM birthday fax 1 322 2 MOVE nude picture covering safe 1 323 2 LOOK safe 1 324 2 OPEN safe 1 325 2 Enter combination from birthday fax 1 326 2 EXAM list of buyers 4 330 2 GET security card 1 331 2 Ching's Secret Enter room 9 340 2 LOOK statuette 1 341 2 Note: moving lever on sealed chamber yields -20 0 341 2 MOVE picture that 'sticks out' 1 342 2 USE security card on slot 1 343 2 MOVE crate, so we can stand on it 1 344 2 USE capture noose on statuette, travel to Tex's Apt. 9 353 D Location Action Pt Tot Nt - --------------- ---------------------------------------------------- -- --- -- 3 COLONEL, FRAN, AND ALLEY 0 353 3 Slice O' Heaven Talk to Francesca Lucido (Fran) 1 354 3 Receive note from Fran 1 355 3 Chandler Ave. EXAM note from Fran 1 356 3 Golden Gate Talk to Ardo Newpop, use any seq. 1 357 4 3 Brew & Stew Talk to Louie 1 358 3 ASK Louie about Sal Lucido 1 359 3 Chandler Ave. LOOK trashcan outside Brew & Stew 1 360 3 OPEN trashcan 1 361 3 GET note scraps from trash 2 363 3 EXAM and assemble note scraps 1 364 3 COMBINE assembled note scraps & note from Fran 1 365 3 EXAM and solve combined note 1 366 3 Golden Gate The 'Inspector Burns' look, use seq. CAA on Ardo 12 378 5 3 Enter the password -- 'SILICON' 13 391 5 3 Hotel Entryway GET champagne bottle foil 1 392 3 LOOK Twistee game (behind picture) 4 396 3 LOOK list of names (behind picture) 4 400 3 Hotel Piano MOVE piano (watch movie) 6 406 3 GET magnet (air freshener) 1 407 3 Hotel Bedroom LOOK at Playbub Magazine 4 411 3 LOOK at locked upper left drawer 1 412 3 LOOK at camera in lower left drawer 4 416 3 OPEN closet doors 1 417 3 GET champagne glass 1 418 3 Hotel Hot Tub MOVE towel to see grate 1 419 3 LOOK at grate 2 421 3 LOOK at vase with cork in it (right hand vase) 1 422 3 USE champagne glass on hot tub (fill glass) 1 423 3 USE champagne glass on right vase 11 434 3 EXAM cork, see wire 1 435 3 Hotel Bedroom USE wire on upper right drawer 6 441 3 GET shoelace 1 442 3 COMBINE magnet and shoelace 1 443 3 Hotel Hot Tub USE magnet-on-a-string on grate, get screwdriver 1 444 3 USE screwdriver on grate 1 445 3 GET film 9 454 3 Elec. Shop USE credit card on blue light special box 1 455 3 GET film developing kit 1 456 3 COMBINE film developing kit with film 16 472 3 EXAM incriminating photos of Sal 4 476 3 Slice O' Heaven OFFER photos of Sal to Fran 2 478 3 ASK Fran about mugging 2 480 3 Coit Tower Start conversation with Beek Nariz 1 481 3 ASK Beek about Pug 4 485 3 Pug's Alley Start conversation with Pug 1 486 3 End conversation with Pug 1 487 3 Colonel's Travel to Colonel's (and watch movie) 11 498 D Location Action Pt Tot Nt - --------------- ---------------------------------------------------- -- --- -- 4 A CODE, A TODE, AND A CIGARETTE LOAD 0 498 4 Tex's Apt. TRAVEL to Countess Renier's 5 503 4 Countess' LOOK eagle 2 505 4 USE gold foil on eagle 1 506 4 GET cigarette case 8 514 4 EXAM cigarette case 1 515 4 LOOK ashtray 6 521 4 GET spy watch 2 523 4 EXAM watch 1 524 4 GET note scraps (no points for assembly) 2 526 4 Colonel's Apt. TRAVEL to Colonel's 2 528 4 MOVE picture on rear table 1 529 4 LOOK at girl in picture (Colonel's squeeze) 2 531 4 OPEN lower right desk drawer 1 532 4 GET envelope from drawer 1 533 4 EXAM envelope 5 538 4 OPEN lower left desk drawer 1 539 4 GET greeting card from drawer 1 540 4 EXAM greeting card 1 541 4 MOVE urn in lower right bookcase 1 542 4 GET minidisk 1 543 4 Turn ON computer 1 544 4 USE minidisk on computer 1 545 4 MOVE airplane picture to reveal safe 1 546 4 OPEN safe (or at least try) 1 547 4 TRAVEL to Melahn Tode's apt. 3 550 4 Tode's Apt. OFFER greeting card to Melahn 6 556 4 ASK about Colonel 1 557 4 ASK about Colonel's key, get key 1 558 4 Colonel's Apt. USE key on file cabinet 1 559 4 GET coded documents 2 561 4 MOVE magazines (16mb is real nice here...) 1 562 4 GET UPEX receipt 1 563 4 EXAM UPEX receipt 1 564 4 TRAVEL to Melahn Tode's 1 565 4 Tode's Apt. ASK about UPEX , get combination to safe 1 566 4 EXAM combination to safe 1 567 4 Colonel's Apt. OPEN safe with combination 5-7-1 4 571 4 GET code book 1 572 4 COMBINE code book with file folder 10 582 4 EXAM decoded files 16 598 4 Alaynah's Talk with Alaynah Moore, get security pass 4 602 4 TRAVEL to GRS 1 603 6 4 GRS Conference OPEN lower left drawer 1 604 4 GET laser disc player 1 605 4 LOOK Playbub magazine in opened upper left drawer 4 609 4 Hide in corner behind desk, watch security orb 1 610 7 4 GRS R&D GET TV from worker's desk 1 611 4 GET hex wrench from floor 1 612 4 Hide next to Paul's trashcan, watch security orb 1 613 7 4 GRS Supervisor USE hex wrench on air vent 1 614 4 USE geigger on air vent 12 626 4 Hide behind Eva's partition, watch security orb 1 627 7 4 OPEN lower left desk drawer in secure room 1 628 4 GET office passkey from drawer 1 629 4 GET laserdisc from opened upper left desk drawer 1 630 4 Exit left to front Hallway, watch orb start rounds 0 630 4 GRS Hallway COMBINE TV and laser disc player 1 631 4 COMBINE laser disc and A/V equipment 1 632 4 LOOK at Tucker's security panel to right of door 1 633 4 USE passkey on door 7 640 4 OPEN door 1 641 4 Enter Tucker's office 2 643 4 GRS Tucker's LOOK safe panel to left of safe door 1 644 4 LOOK safe door 1 645 4 Use loaded A/V equipment to open Tucker's safe 14 659 4 Hide behind plants, watch security orb 1 660 7 4 GET videocassette from safe 2 662 4 GET Buddha from safe 1 663 4 LOOK trashcan in safe 1 664 4 GET shredded note from trash 1 665 4 Hide and lock orb in safe using safe panel ON 20 685 4 OPEN lower left desk drawer 1 686 4 LOOK at Eva's safe combination: 142235 1 687 4 OPEN lower right desk drawer 1 688 4 GET match 1 689 4 Sec. orb disabled, TRAVEL to GRS R&D Office 0 689 4 GRS R&D EXAM Buddha, get Winter Chip 1 690 4 EXAM shredded note, and solve to get message 13 703 4 COMBINE Winter Chip with watch 7 710 4 EXAM watch 1 711 4 LOOK Paul's computer 1 712 4 Turn ON Paul's computer 1 713 4 GET pennant from wall 1 714 4 EXAM pennant, get computer access card 1 715 4 USE computer access card on Paul's computer 22 737 4 GRS Supervisor GET mini-disk from desk top in secure room 1 738 4 LOOK memo about Eva on desk top 8 746 4 Turn ON Eva's computer 1 747 4 GET computer access card under Eva's desk 1 748 4 USE computer access card on Eva's computer 1 749 4 USE mini-disk on Eva's computer (watch movie) 28 777 4 LOOK safe on wall 1 778 4 OPEN safe, using combination 142235 12 790 4 GET viral powder 1 791 8 4 COMBINE viral powder and cigarette 1 792 4 COMBINE match and cigarette 11 803 4 GRS Conference LOOK big-screen TV 1 804 4 GET key from left office railing 1 805 4 USE key on rear cabinet door 1 806 4 LOOK VCR 1 807 4 Turn ON VCR 1 808 4 USE videocassette on VCR 1 809 4 Turn ON big-screen TV, watch a fine movie 28 837 9 4 We're done here, TRAVEL to Tex's Apt. 0 837 D Location Action Pt Tot Nt - --------------- ---------------------------------------------------- -- --- -- 5 BEATING THE ODDS: A CHAMELEON TO ONE 0 837 5 TRAVEL to Bastion of Sanctity 1 838 5 Bastion LOOK Chameleon 1 839 5 LOOK Alaynah 1 840 5 GET v-clamp 1 841 5 GET bungee cord 1 842 5 LOOK vase on high shelf 1 843 5 GET gem from 'Uncle Morty' 1 844 5 COMBINE v-clamp and bungee cord 1 845 5 COMBINE gem and slingshot 1 846 5 USE slingshot on vase as distraction 10 856 5 USE deadly cigarette on ashtray on main hall table 1 857 5 MOVE shield 1 858 5 MOVE switch behind shield 5 863 5 Talk to Alaynah 1 864 5 TRAVEL to Broken Skull 2 866 5 Broken Skull Talk to bartender, use seq. CCBABC 1 867 5 OFFER $100 bill to bartender 1 868 5 Use choice B, ask about transportation 2 870 5 Answer with choice B, 'Unprepared' 1 871 5 TRAVEL to Roadside Motel to see Alaynah 1 872 5 Alaynah's ASK about token 1 873 5 TRAVEL to Rook's Pawn 1 874 5 Rook's Pawn ASK about, and receive, a silver dollar 6 880 5 TRAVEL back to Broken Skull 1 881 5 Broken Skull Talk to bartender, use choice A or B 1 882 5 OFFER silver dollar to bartender 9 891 5 Back Room Meet Ferrel Pus 1 892 5 Win game on TOP ball 1 893 5 Win game on CENTER ball 1 894 5 Win game on BOTTOM ball 1 895 5 Win game on BOTTOM ball 1 896 5 Win Ferrellette, head back to bartender 6 902 D Location Action Pt Tot Nt - --------------- ---------------------------------------------------- -- --- -- 6 MOONING THE CULT 0 902 6 Arboretum LOOK leaves 1 903 6 LOOK entry door 1 904 6 LOOK puff-buster smoke detector above entry door 1 905 6 GET flint from atop right wall 1 906 6 GET rake from right rear garden 1 907 6 OPEN closet behind left rear garden 1 908 6 GET lighter fuel from closet 1 909 6 GET stone from wall across the way from closet 1 910 6 COMBINE stone and flint 1 911 6 USE rake on leaves 1 912 6 USE fluid on leaves 1 913 6 USE sparks on leaves (watch movie) 11 924 6 Hallway LOOK Emergency Door 1 925 10 6 GET pipe in front of Residential Door 1 926 6 LOOK Stasis Door 1 927 6 OPEN Stasis Door 3 930 6 Stasis Room One (1) point for each resuscitation step (12) 12 942 6 Revive and listen to Eva (watch movie) 15 957 6 Hallway EXAM mission paper from Eva 3 960 6 Observatory USE Eva's key on safe 2 962 6 MOVE 986 Links software 1 963 6 GET computer 6 969 6 GET glass from 'picnic table' 1 970 6 EXAM glass, get seranite straw 1 971 6 LOOK recessed button next to entry door 1 972 6 USE straw on recessed button, reveal computer 5 977 6 MOVE tree on right side of room 1 978 6 LOOK floor panel that was under tree 1 979 6 USE pipe on floor panel 1 980 6 GET computer cable 7 987 6 COMBINE Winter Chip with computer 1 988 11 6 COMBINE virus computer with cable 1 989 11 6 USE virus link-up with computer panel 11 1000 D Location Action Pt Tot Nt - --------------- ---------------------------------------------------- -- --- -- 7 Chandler Ave. ON THE SEVENTH DAY, TEX RESTED 0 1000 ------------------------------------ Notes ----------------------------------- 1 This sequence is very flexible -- it's possible to obtain the maximum points in several different ways. Only one way is outlined here, and this applies to many segments of the game. We know of at least one sequence which could deny a player points if incorrectly played. This sequence is detailed later. 2 Saving the game at the point directly after Franco says: "I will answer one question," and then restoring after choosing A or C will result in the addition of 6 'bogus' points to your score. This is apparently a bug in the scoring system. A final score of 1006 is now possible... 3 This point is available up until the statuette is obtained in Day 3. Perhaps the authors wanted to give it for humor value when Tex asks Mac about the mugging in Day 3, and Mac says, "Sorry, Tex...". Since the point's available in Day 2, let's take it. 4 This point is available only prior to talking to Louie about Sal and taking the note scraps from Louie's award-winning trashcan. Maybe it's just to remind us game players about Ardo's fascination with Inspector Burns. 5 If you choose 'EXIT' from the Regency password screen, an extra 10 points are erroneously awarded each time you do so. Hey, do it 100 times and you could score an extra 1,000 points! 6 Save your game immediately upon arriving at GRS. Saving your game often at GRS is recommended, due to the lethal security orb. Familiarity with the orb's movements may be helpful. When you first enter GRS, RUN (moving the mouse and holding down the 'R' key) down the front hallway to the left about halfway. Turn around and watch the orb enter the front hallway. It is now possible (and dangerous) to follow the orb as it makes its rounds in a figure-eight pattern through GRS. Be careful to stay low and near outside wall corners in order to watch the orb enter and leave each office. The orb search pattern begins anew each time you leave a GRS office. Since the orb first searches Tucker's office, planning and caution are required to safely enter Tucker's no matter which office you leave. Patience works best here. 7 Hiding from the security orb requires precision driving. Usually, setting the screen size to 4 and the resolution to F3 will allow you to drive quickly enough to your destination. To watch the orb as it makes its rounds inside an office, head into the proper corner, then use right-click to stop motion. Level your eyesight view by pressing 'TAB'. Lower yourself all the way to the floor using left Ctrl. Carefully rotate your view sliding the mouse only left or right, then right-click again to look over a desk, etc. In most cases, you can elevate yourself 2 or 3 left Shifts from the floor and still not get caught. In the Supervisor's office, you can elevate yourself until you're looking through the holes in the partition next to Eva's desk. Also, reducing screen size and lowering resolution really speeds up the motion of the orb while you're spying on it. Good luck! 8 If this action is the final one performed at GRS, an extra 'bogus' 10 points are awarded. OK, go ahead and score 1016! 9 Watching the 'viral rain' movie multiple times increases your score erroneously by 26 points per time. That final score of 1042 looks obtainable now! 10 In early versions of UKM, it's possible to walk outside the Virtual Room directly through the Emergency Door, as if the Door did not exist. Explorations beyond are informative, to say the least. Make liberal use of the keys 'ASQWZ' to look sideways, backwards etc. if you get lost. 11 This is one sequence that must be performed in order. Reversing the sequence denies 1 point. -------------------------------- Rules for a PI ------------------------------ 1: Never, ever betray your friends. 2: Hide from people carrying guns. 3: Always ask the right question. 4: Don't get caught. 5: Know when to run away. 82: Don't get too close to a LaserNet security system. And, "Never underestimate a woman with an attitude!" --------------------------------- Playing Tips ------------------------------- First, you'll need the proper hardware. A 386-33 with 4Mb and MPC-1 compliance is just adequate for the task and may exhibit some shortcomings during game play, such as interrupted sound, chunky animation etc. The UKM manual has an entire section on new hardware selection -- this game is worth upgrading your system. If you have a 486/25 or better with 8Mb RAM or more, this game can be one of the finest you've played. If you have only 4Mb of memory, this game is an excellent reason (or excuse) to upgrade to 8 or 16Mb. 'Driving' yourself around the Virtual World of UKM is an acquired skill. Use of the 'hot' keys, especially the 1-0 window size keys and the F2-F4 resolution selection keys is paramount to game enjoyment. While in movement mode, use numeric keys 1 through 0 to select different window sizes. Use the F2, F3 and F4 keys to select different resolutions. Use the F10-F12 keys to select walking speeds. You can always go back to the Config Screen (via the Control Panel) to check your current configuration. On a 486-DX2/66, the combination of size 6 (or 7) and resolution F3 can't be beat, but you'll have to experiment to find your own favorites. Notice that resolution key F3 provides quick movement, with a final 'lock-in' of high resolution when movement stops. Use screen size key 0 for exploring new environments (fish- eye view). Remember, while in movement mode these hot keys act almost instantaneously, giving you a wide range of window sizes and resolutions at a keypress. On a 386-33, use of the proper 1-0 size keys and F2-F4 resolution keys will be the difference between a 'slow' game and an enjoyable game. Also, don't forget to move as close as you can to objects of interest. Even if you've only 4-8Mb of RAM, most framed artwork and other interesting objects are represented in hi-res. Check out the aquarium and all other art objects in Ching's apartment, and zoom in on the artwork (and magazines on the floor of) the Colonel's apartment to get the feel of what this game can do. When you find yourself trying to read the fine print on Playbub magazine and looking at the underside of an opened drawer, you're just about there. --------------------------------- Test Ratings ------------------------------- NOTE: Description of the plot and characterization of the game is beyond the scope of this limited review, since a complete point list has been included. We at LabRats, Inc. have played/tested UKM for several hundred hours, and have found it to be a most technically advanced game. Access Software has produced, in our opinion, one of the finest adventure games to date. The packaging and game manual are first-rate. Most of the manual contents are included in the excellent on-line help system which is always available during game play. The manual includes several pages of information which explain the concepts of multimedia performance in a straitforward manner. Although this game needs all the performance a PC can provide, we found game play on a 486-25 8Mb to be adequate, and performance on a 486-66 16Mb with double-spin SCSI2 CD-ROM is rated 'excellent.' Some testers are still fighting over the P90 with midi after playing the game several times. Game installation is just about the finest we've ever seen. The install procedure is actually better than the user interface on some recent games we've played. Included are several hardware performance tests that provide players with important (and accurate) information about their PC platforms. On a few of our test machine configurations, the included boot disk maker considerably enhanced game performance. Only 8Mb of hard drive space is required for installation, including a very generous space for saved games. Since UKM uses a DOS extender, there is no worry with a Windows installation that changes system configurations or leaves unwanted files sprayed across the hard drive. Once game play is complete, just delete the \MOON game directory, and UKM is completely uninstalled. The game interface is quite advanced and intuitive -- a joy to use. The best features of most adventure games are here, and those features are elevated to new levels. We've not seen a finer game save/restore function, although death is rare in the first day or two of the game. Note that games may be saved and restored by player name so that several players per PC can play at an individual pace. The player is usually warned that something dangerous is about to happen, thus there is no excuse for not using the save game option. Even better, there are no 'dead-end' paths -- the game never locks a player out because some incorrect choice was made during earlier play. If one chooses to repeat a portion of the game, all 'cut-scenes' and audio clips can be instantly bypassed at the press of a mouse button or key, a feature we'd like to see in a lot of new games. And as players would expect from a 4 CD set, there are plenty of high-resolution movie scenes in the game. Window size and resolution selection are just a keypress away, enabling owners of slower platforms to tune performance vs. speed - on the fly - during game play and player movement. UKM offers the most exploration possible in any 3D adventure game to date. Other games have presented the 'virtual room' environment, but players could only move along pre-determined paths. Exploration beyond the paths planned by game designers was impossible, like an amusement park boat ride that's guided by an underwater cable. In UKM, there are no pre-planned routes. The player can move throughout the virtual environment unhindered. Crawling on the floor to look up underneath a desk or tiptoeing across a room to look down on a shelf are just examples of what this virtual environment allows. UKM is to previous 3D games (and all 2D games) as 2D games are to old text adventures. Until you've played this game, you can't imagine how versatile, imaginative and exciting it is. RECOMMENDATION: Even if you don't like futuristic adventures or detective stories, give this game a test spin. Once you learn to drive, you will find it's like owning a new Ferrari: you'll take it for a spin just because it's there and you can! RATINGS (5 stars maximum): 1 2 3 4 5 Performance 486-25 8M * * *+ MPC2 Performance 486-66 16M * * * *+ MPC2 & MIDI Artwork * * * *+ Graphics Rendition * * * * * Music Score * * * * Music Timbre Syn/MIDI * * * *+ Sound Quality (DAC) * * * *+ 22KHz stereo Plot * * * *+ Character Development * * * *+ Puzzles / Solutions * * * * Intro / Ending * * * * * Too bad 5 is the max score... Game Interface * * * * * Ditto Documentation * * * * * OVERALL RATING * * * *+ Reviewed by: Bubba Martin [74250,1107] (c) Copyright 1995 LabRats, Inc. D/FW Texas All Rights Reserved Worldwide