Psycho - The JAVE

	Adventure/Horror, Keyboard (with verb interface)
	1988 (DOS, Commodore 64) 1989 (Amiga, Atari ST)
	Starsoft Development Laboratories Box Office
	*Third Person* "Adventure gamers, for the most part, love to romanticize the history of the genre. In their memories, every Sierra game was a classic, every Lucas Arts game a masterpiece. "We know this is not true, but it is human nature to believe that things were always better in the past. "Well, I’m here to tell you that Psycho is undoubtedly the worst movie-to-game adaptation I’ve ever played. This is one of those titles that gave movie-licensed games such a bad name for years. "The CGA graphics...are simply awful...Some of the graphics are blurry and indistinguishable...Others, like Norman Bates’ mother gliding towards you, are simply laughable. "You never enter the Bates Motel and...uh, Norman Bates isn’t in the game either, except dressed as his mother, in which case his mother isn’t in the game, except as…ah, you know what I mean and chances are you would never even play this game if you didn’t already know the surprise ending of the movie. Instead, the entire game takes place in the Bates house. Even worse though, is that this game is buggier than Norman Bates. "For those who remember when every adventure game – and again, this is a trick of memory - took 50+ hours to complete, well, Psycho - once you know what actions to take – can be completed in under ten minutes. And even if you are just playing the game for the first time, it can easily be completed in under an hour." - Editor's note: All of the review excerpts above express negative sentiments due to the fact that the review from which they were taken reflects no positive comments whatsoever.
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	box front (DOS)
	Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64
PC-DOS
	Editor's Note: I regret that I was unable to find a single goodie for this game, although I did manage to locate a walkthrough that takes one through the entire game in five minutes. You wouldn't believe how many games have the word "Psycho" in the title...or maybe you would. This made my search efforts interesting (not to mention labor-intensive).
	5-Minute Walkthrough
	*PC /DOS REQUIREMENTS:* DOS 1.0 to 2.11 256 KB RAM 8088/8086 processor CGA video PC speaker Keyboard	*COMMODORE 64 REQUIREMENTS:* Keyboard Digital Joystick
	Floppy Disk/Cartridge

Adventure/Horror, Keyboard (with verb interface)

1988 (DOS, Commodore 64)
1989 (Amiga, Atari ST)

Starsoft Development Laboratories
Box Office

Third Person

"Adventure gamers, for the most part, love to romanticize the history of the genre. In their memories, every Sierra game was a classic, every Lucas Arts game a masterpiece.

"We know this is not true, but it is human nature to believe that things were always better in the past.

"Well, I’m here to tell you that Psycho is undoubtedly the worst movie-to-game adaptation I’ve ever played. This is one of those titles that gave movie-licensed games such a bad name for years.

"The CGA graphics...are simply awful...Some of the graphics are blurry and indistinguishable...Others, like Norman Bates’ mother gliding towards you, are simply laughable.

"You never enter the Bates Motel and...uh, Norman Bates isn’t in the game either, except dressed as his mother, in which case his mother isn’t in the game, except as…ah, you know what I mean and chances are you would never even play this game if you didn’t already know the surprise ending of the movie. Instead, the entire game takes place in the Bates house. Even worse though, is that this game is buggier than Norman Bates.

"For those who remember when every adventure game – and again, this is a trick of memory - took 50+ hours to complete, well, Psycho - once you know what actions to take – can be completed in under ten minutes. And even if you are just playing the game for the first time, it can easily be completed in under an hour."

Editor's note: All of the review excerpts above express negative sentiments due to the fact that the review from which they were taken reflects no positive comments whatsoever.

box front (DOS)

Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64

PC-DOS

Editor's Note:
I regret that I was unable to find a single goodie for this game, although I did manage to locate a walkthrough that takes one through the entire game in five minutes.
You wouldn't believe how many games have the word "Psycho" in the title...or maybe you would. This made my search efforts interesting (not to mention labor-intensive).