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{{Short description|1985 video game}}
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{{Infobox VG
|title       = Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder
|image       = Perry Mason The Case of The Mandarin Murder cover.jpg
|developer   = [[Telarium]]
|publisher   = [[Audiogenic|Audiogenic Software]]
|director    =
|designer    =
|composer    =
|engine      =
|released    = 1985
|genre       = [[Interactive fiction]]
|modes       = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
|platforms   =[[Amiga]], [[Commodore 64]], [[Apple II]], [[MS-DOS]], [[MSX]]
}}
'''''Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder''''' is an [[interactive fiction]] [[video game]] with graphics. The game was published by [[Telarium]] (formerly known as Trillium), a subsidiary of [[Spinnaker Software]], in 1985.
==Description==
The game is based on the popular TV series ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' starring [[Raymond Burr]], who played the [[Perry Mason|fictional defense attorney of the same name]] created by [[Erle Stanley Gardner]]. The player must save client Laura Knapp from being convicted of the murder of her husband Victor.{{r|maher20140605}}
== Reception ==
''Antic Amiga'' in 1985 called ''Perry Mason'' "a major breakthrough in interactive fiction."<ref>Brad Kershaw: ''Perry Mason'', Antic Amiga Magazine, Vol. 5 Nr.1, 5/1985, p.81.</ref><ref name="maher20140605">{{cite web | url=http://www.filfre.net/2014/06/perry-mason-the-case-of-the-mandarin-murder/ | title=Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder | work=The Digital Antiquarian | date=2014-06-05 | accessdate=11 July 2014 | author=Maher, Jimmy}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{moby game|id=/perry-mason-the-case-of-the-mandarin-murder|name=''Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder''}}
* {{IFDB|id=ynzancipi2tujyh}}
* [http://mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getgame=perrymasonuk ''Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder''] at ''Museum of Computer Adventure Game History'' by Howard Feldman
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[[Category:1980s interactive fiction]]
[[Category:1985 video games]]
[[Category:Amiga games]]
[[Category:Apple II games]]
[[Category:Commodore 64 games]]
[[Category:Video games about law]]
[[Category:DOS games]]
[[Category:Interactive fiction based on works]]
[[Category:MSX games]]
[[Category:Perry Mason|Case of the Mandarin Murder]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
[[Category:Telarium games]]
[[Category:Video games based on novels]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United States]]
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