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Release Date 8 August 2006
Release Type Freeware
Content Advisory None | Suggestive dialog | Strong
Operating System Windows
Setting Fantasy
Genre Investigative
Story Original
Play Length Medium Length Game
Language English
Graphics 320x200, 16-Bit Colour
Downloaded 20,341 All Time

About

Call it a remake, call it a director's cut, or call it a deluxe version. The point is, this is what Case 1 should have been.

Features:
Revamped graphics
Extended storyline
Full Voice Acting

Grundislav Art, Writing, Scripting
A Golden Wake Art, Writing, Coding
Back Door Man Design, Art, Dialogue, Addtl Scripting
Ben Chandler: Paranormal Investigator!
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 1 - In Search of the Skunk-Ape Art, Writing, Scripting
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 2 - The Lost Galleon of the Salton Sea Art, Writing, Scripting
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 2 Deluxe Art, Writing, Scripting
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 3 - The Sorceress of Smailholm Art, Writing, Scripting
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 4 - Horror at Number 50 Art, Writing, Scripting
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 5 - Land of the Rising Dead
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 6 - Scourge of the Sea People Art, Writing, Scripting
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 7 - The Cardinal Sins Art, Writing, Scripting
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 8 - Relics of the Past Art, Writing, Scripting
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Warrior Within Case 1 - Wrath of the Skunk Ape Disapproves of this version of his game
Blue Lobe Inc. voice cameo
Carver Island 2: Mrs. Rodriguez's Revenge Creator
Crackwell Unhinged Backgrounds and Programming
Dumbass Drivers! DEMO Voice acting, death by dangerous driving
Fridge Follies Spanish translation
Granny Zombiekiller Demo Creator
Granny Zombiekiller in Mittens Murder Mystery Creator
Hard Space: Conquest of the Gayliks! Coffee and Donuts
John Sinclair- Voodoo in London Ben Jordan Sprites
Lamplight City Writing, design, art, animation, coding
Limey Lizard: Waste Wizard! Voice and Testing
Little Girl in Underland Scripting, Sound, & Voice Acting
Narcoleptic Weight Loss Expert Voice acting
Oceanspirit Dennis: The Full Name Of This Game Won't Fit In The Subject Line!!1 Voice (Jessica)
Oceanspirit Dennis's Holiday Havoc! Everything minus music
Owl Hunt Voice of Cedric
Porn Quest Creator
Shardlight Writing, Design, Coding
Tea For Two: A Detective Logan Case Voice Acting
The Adventures of Fatman Voice acting.
The Art of Dying Betatester
The coming of age - a Lorna Bains whodunit Additional Coding
The Crackwell Legacy nothing, idiot!
The Rebirth/The Reaper The Rebirth
The Samaritan Paradox Voice acting
The Secret of Carver Island Creator

AGA Additional Puzzle Design

Ghormak Music

Petteri A Additional Music

Creed Malay Co-Writer

DaveGilbert Receptionist (Voice)
Bestowers of Eternity - Part One Creator
Blackwell Deception Design, programming
Blackwell Epiphany Writing, programming, voiceover directing
Blackwell Legacy, The Coder/Designer/Writer
Blackwell Unbound Design, coding, writing
Eyes of the Jade Sphinx
Gemini Rue Voice Directing & Casting
Hard Space: Conquest of the Gayliks! Pragmatic Puzzle Suggestions
He Watches (DEMO) QA/Testing
Kathy Rain VO Recording & Direction
Limey Lizard: Waste Wizard! Voice, Testing and Support
Mind's Eye Tester
PMX: The Magic Hat Beta testing
Primordia Publisher, Voice Actor (Hansel Rossumbuilt, Scraper)
Reality-on-the-Norm: Cold Storage Testing
Reality-on-the-Norm: Stuck at Home Testing
Reality-on-the-Norm: The Postman Only Dies Once Author
Reality-on-the-Norm: The Repossessor (2014) Original story & design
Resonance Voice acting direction
Shardlight Producer
Strangeland Publishing & Voice Work
Tea For Two: A Detective Logan Case Voice Acting
Technobabylon Almost certainly some stuff
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow Publishing and voice direction
The Shivah Writing, character animations, coding
Two of a Kind design/dialog/coding
Unavowed Writing, design and programming
Whispers of a Machine Voice Direction
Zombie Attack (BAKE SALE) Bake Sale Organizer

Scummbuddy Ranger Rick (Voice)
Pester Quest Game Designer, Animation, Character Des

MrColossal Ben Jordan (Voice)
6 Day Assassin Art, Puzzles, Scripting, just everything
Automation Creator
Little Girl in Underland Voice Acting
Los Jovenes De La Guerra Art, Puzzles, Story, just everything.
Secret of Hutton: Special Edition Animation
Spellbound: A Clive Mandrake Adventure Art Story and all that
SSH's Walkcycle Generator Walkcycle tutorials that inspired it
Time Out Teaser Trailer Creator

AlecW Jed (Voice)
Lone Case 3: Showdown Voice Actor

netmonkey Robot Shaman (Voice)

Disco Lloyd Daniels (Voice)
Secret Quest Remake Play-testing
Star Trek Newton: Part One - Anomaly Additional Ideas and Animations

Awards & Reviews

Image by 4KbShort

AGS Awards 2006 Winner

AGS Awards 2006 Winner

Best Use of Sound

AGS Panel Rating

The deluxe version 'slightly' extends the original game's storyline and adds revamped backgrounds and voices to the mix, though the quality of the performances is a mixed bag. Overall, Ben Jordan Case 1 and its successors are not to be missed.

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By CaptainD on 23 March 2016

The extra detail put into this definitely makes it a more enjoyable game than the original.


By elegantmechanic on 3 April 2013

Enjoyed this, looking forward to the rest of the series. Some puzzles are a bit obscure especially the final "do or die" one where certain things that seemed logical to me weren't allowed and the one correct action was not at all obvious, so I was frustrated at the end by repeatedly dying and reloading and eventually had to consult a walkthrough for that one final step of the game.


By boyswillbeboys on 25 October 2010

loved it, need more games like thisss.


By Ascovel on 27 September 2010

I made the mistake of playing Ben Jordan 7 as my first Ben Jordan game and I had serious problems understanding the style, the themes, and the characters of the series.

But now I've played this deluxe version of Case 1 and it was a blast. I'd describe Ben Jordan as an unique mix of Monkey Island and Gabriel Knight (with an emphasis on GK). I particularly enjoyed the atmosphere of the park (great use of sound indeed), the witty writing, the interactivity, the puzzles, the excellent music, and all those ranger type characters (including The Narrator).

The only distracting (or even plain disturbing) element was Ben Jordan's classic "outfit". I do understand it's already an essential part of the character though.


By Atrocious Toaster on 1 July 2009

An excellent improvement over the original game 1!

Good Things:
-Before, it was few things, but now, everything is good about it!

Bad Things:
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- I got nothing.


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