Delphine Software Adventure Games

• Platforms: Amiga, Atari ST, and IBM PC
• Publishers: Interplay Productions | U.S. Gold 
• Design Engine: Cinématique evo1
• Writers: Paul Cuisset and Philippe Chastel
• Coders: Paul Cuisset, Philippe Chastel, and Jésus Martinez
• Graphics: Michèle Bacqué and Emmanuel Lecoz
• Musician: Jean Baudlot

✍️ The Story

John Glames, a CIA agent known as James Bond in the U.S., is sent to Latin America to recover a stolen high-tech F-19 stealth plane. In the banana republic of Santa Paragua, his mission quickly goes awry when he discovers that his contact was a KGB agent who tricks him into retrieving sensitive documents. After escaping captivity, Glames is mistaken for a lookalike named Otto, which leads to a series of dangerous encounters. He teams up with Julia Manigua, niece of the country’s president, who reveals that a coup led by Otto has installed a puppet government. Disguised as entertainers, they infiltrate the presidential palace to recover important documents, but are captured again. Glames escapes and pursues the villains through thrilling chases, eventually being rescued by an American submarine.

Glames learns that the stolen stealth fighter is hidden in an underwater base controlled by the terrorist group Spyder, led by the sinister Dr. Why. Using scuba gear and his spy gadgets, Glames infiltrates the base but is captured. He manages to free Julia, sabotages the base’s systems, and causes its collapse, making the stealth fighter vulnerable. Dr. Why tries to flee with Julia by helicopter, but Glames hijacks the aircraft, forcing it to explode while escaping with Julia.

👤 Main Characters

• John Glames / James Bond: A British secret agent on a mission to recover the stolen stealth bomber (protagonist).
• Otto: A mysterious figure who looks like Glames and leads a coup.
• President Manigua: A Latin American dictator suspected of involvement in the theft of the stealth bomber.
• Karpov and Ostrovitch: KGB operatives working to steal the bomber and frame Glames for their crimes.
• Charlie: Glames’s contact supplying intelligence during the mission.
• Assassin Woman: Initially mistaken for someone else, she attempts to kill Glames but is stopped by Otto.

📌 The cracked Amiga version included a basic synthesized voice that narrated all the dialogue (needs 1MB of RAM). However, there is a bug: if you click the mouse button to speed up the speech, the game freezes.

🎯 The solution of the game: https://www.walkthroughking.com/text/operationstealth.aspx

• Platforms: Amiga, Atari ST, and IBM PC
• Publishers: Erbe Software | Interplay Productions | U.S. Gold
• Design Engine: Cinématique evo2
• Writers: Paul Cuisset, Denis Mercier, and Philippe Chastel
• Coders: Philippe Chastel, Benoist Aron, and Paul Cuisset 
• Graphics: Denis Mercier, Thierry Perreau, and Christian Robert
• Musician: Jean Baudlot

✍️ The Story

Cruise for a Corpse centers around a murder investigation where the player takes on the role of Raoul Dusentier, a French police inspector invited to spend time aboard Niklos Karaboudjan’s boat. Shortly after Dusentier’s arrival, Karaboudjan is found murdered, setting off the investigation that drives the gameplay.

The story of the game resembles the Adventures of Tintin. The name Karaboudjan is taken from Captain Haddock’s cargo ship in The Crab with the Golden Claws. Similar to the comic, crab cans play a significant role—they’re used to conceal items; while the comic hides opium in the cans, the game cleverly replaces it with hand grenades.

👤 Main Characters

• Inspector Raoul Dusentier: French police inspector assigned to solve the murder (protagonist).
• Niklos Karaboudjan: The wealthy cruise liner owner and murder victim.
• Rebecca Vivian Jones Karaboudjan: A possible suspect (she is described as a "corker").
• Sergeant Major Desire Grosjean: Another possible suspect.
• Hector the Butler: The ship’s butler, and also a suspect.
• Julio Esperanza Alonso y Soca Lambada: Possibly a suspect, too.
• Daphnee Karaboudjan: She is potentially involved.
• Suzanne Plum: Daughter of a professor, willing to share information.

🎯 The solution of the game: https://www.walkthroughking.com/text/cruiseforacorpse.aspx

🔗 Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphine_Software_International
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Stealth