Gumshoe

Gumshoe is a video game in the action genre and published by A&F Software Ltd. originally released in 1984. It is currently playable on Commodore 64.

You are a private detective and you have been asked to rescue a millionaire's daughter and your investigation has led you to a complex of ten blocks of apartments. Gumshoe is a platform game in which a small part of the block is shown and the screen scrolls as you move in all directions. You have to go through the different floors of the block to find the girl using stairs, escalators that change direction every few seconds and elevators that go up and down several levels but from which you can't shoot. There are also trash slides and entering them transports you to another part of the block.

Throughout the block there are doors from which bad guys appear and try to shoot you. You must dodge them or shoot them back and if a bad guy touches you then you fight him with a 50-50 chance of winning. When you lose one of your five lives an expense sheet appears. You start with $500 and lose money for each bullet used ($2) or for losing a fight ($150) but you earn money for killing a bad guy ($10) and also a bonus for finding the girl in each block. You can't jump but you can dodge the bullets and there are trap doors that allow you to go down to the lower level but you can't fall more than one level because you will lose a life.

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