The game takes place in a space-borne setting, in the year 2171.
Jack T. Ladd is a thief, his hunting-ground is the whole galaxy, and at the moment, he's in big trouble. He's told by the IRDS (Interstellar Revenue Decimation Service) he's got 28 days to pay his taxes - or else the interstellar tax agency will hunt him down. Termination is a viable punishment for tax offenders in these days. Stranded blank on the barren, run-down planet Tayte, Jack decides that he has to make some cash. For that end he agrees to perform three quests for an individual (either the pawnbroker Ebeniezer or crime boss Git Savage): an egg of a Giant Kahoula bird, a bond for Quargian Pleno-credits stolen from the CitiCitiBank Bank vault, and an art exhibit by Renato Spangle from the Stoneybridge Gallery. When he brings all three items however, the player is set up and delivered to the police.
While in jail, an unknown benefactor gives him the means to escape the Alkaseltz Prison. With him comes Narm N'palm, an idiotic maniac who serves as Jack's sidekick for the remainder of the game. Jack is delivered to a space vessel run by a space Federation. He is told that Grand LordMaster P'PauD'P'Pau, the mad dictator of planet Shmul, developed the Transatron able to destroy whole star systems.
On his way to steal the superweapon from the Research Laboratory, Jack falls in love with the dictator's daughter, Ruthless P'PauD'P'Pau. They end up in SkyCity where the Transatron is kept; there Jack learns that it is not a superweapon, but an inter-dimensional jewel that will allow him to tap into the IRDS files and become the richest man in the universe; the Federation is after it not because it's dangerous, but to erase some of its debts.
In the end, the Transatron and Skycity are destroyed because of one of Nalm's blunders and Jack escapes with Ruth, having managed to erase his own debts.
Computer Gaming World's Charles Ardai in 1994 stated that Innocent Until Caught was "sometimes disappointing but never dull". He complained of the many bugs ("Innocent broke down at least once every half dozen screens") and other problems, but "I suppose it is a good sign that even with all the bugs, I never felt inclined to stop playing. Jack's story is interesting enough ... the puzzles clever enough, and most of the graphics and sound good enough". Ardai concluded that "it is rare that a game startles me in the way this one did ... Unusual games earn points in my book, as do daring ones, and Innocent is both".[4]
PC Gamer's Andy Butcher praised the game's graphics and presentation. However, stated that "it tries to be funny, and even succeeds at points, but the jokes tend to fall halfway between intelligent wit and Red Dwarf style parody". And added, "it's not clever enough to count as a classic", citing Sam & Max Hit the Road as an example of a better title in the genre.[2]
Referencesedit
^Wildgoose, David (February 1994). "Innocent – Until Caught". Hyper. No. 3. p. 59. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
^ abButcher, Andy (January 1994). "Innocent Until Caught". PC Gamer. Vol. 1, no. 2. p. 78.
innocent, until, caught, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, fe. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Innocent Until Caught news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Innocent Until Caught is a graphic adventure published in 1993 for Amiga and MS DOS by Psygnosis It was followed by Guilty Innocent Until CaughtDeveloper s Divide By ZeroPublisher s PsygnosisPlatform s Amiga MS DOSRelease1993Genre s AdventureMode s Single player Contents 1 Plot 2 Reception 3 References 4 External linksPlot editThe game takes place in a space borne setting in the year 2171 Jack T Ladd is a thief his hunting ground is the whole galaxy and at the moment he s in big trouble He s told by the IRDS Interstellar Revenue Decimation Service he s got 28 days to pay his taxes or else the interstellar tax agency will hunt him down Termination is a viable punishment for tax offenders in these days Stranded blank on the barren run down planet Tayte Jack decides that he has to make some cash For that end he agrees to perform three quests for an individual either the pawnbroker Ebeniezer or crime boss Git Savage an egg of a Giant Kahoula bird a bond for Quargian Pleno credits stolen from the CitiCitiBank Bank vault and an art exhibit by Renato Spangle from the Stoneybridge Gallery When he brings all three items however the player is set up and delivered to the police While in jail an unknown benefactor gives him the means to escape the Alkaseltz Prison With him comes Narm N palm an idiotic maniac who serves as Jack s sidekick for the remainder of the game Jack is delivered to a space vessel run by a space Federation He is told that Grand LordMaster P PauD P Pau the mad dictator of planet Shmul developed the Transatron able to destroy whole star systems On his way to steal the superweapon from the Research Laboratory Jack falls in love with the dictator s daughter Ruthless P PauD P Pau They end up in SkyCity where the Transatron is kept there Jack learns that it is not a superweapon but an inter dimensional jewel that will allow him to tap into the IRDS files and become the richest man in the universe the Federation is after it not because it s dangerous but to erase some of its debts In the end the Transatron and Skycity are destroyed because of one of Nalm s blunders and Jack escapes with Ruth having managed to erase his own debts Reception editReceptionReview scoresPublicationScoreHyper70 1 PC Gamer UK 80 2 Electronic Entertainment4 out of 10 3 Computer Gaming World s Charles Ardai in 1994 stated that Innocent Until Caught was sometimes disappointing but never dull He complained of the many bugs Innocent broke down at least once every half dozen screens and other problems but I suppose it is a good sign that even with all the bugs I never felt inclined to stop playing Jack s story is interesting enough the puzzles clever enough and most of the graphics and sound good enough Ardai concluded that it is rare that a game startles me in the way this one did Unusual games earn points in my book as do daring ones and Innocent is both 4 PC Gamer s Andy Butcher praised the game s graphics and presentation However stated that it tries to be funny and even succeeds at points but the jokes tend to fall halfway between intelligent wit and Red Dwarf style parody And added it s not clever enough to count as a classic citing Sam amp Max Hit the Road as an example of a better title in the genre 2 References edit Wildgoose David February 1994 Innocent Until Caught Hyper No 3 p 59 Retrieved July 2 2021 a b Butcher Andy January 1994 Innocent Until Caught PC Gamer Vol 1 no 2 p 78 Raymo Rick March 1994 Innocent Until Caught Electronic Entertainment 1 3 102 Ardai Charles February 1994 A Fate Worse Than Debt Computer Gaming World pp 138 140 External links editInnocent Until Caught at MobyGames nbsp Video games portal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Innocent Until Caught amp oldid 1197793876, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
