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Available to Buy for £ 14.99

We are pleased to announce that as of the 16th of November 2025
Hugh Bowmnan PI version 1.14
is available for download from the PlingStore and is priced at £ 14.99.

Hugh Bowman was originally released at the 2025 RISC OS London Show
on the 25th of October 2025.

See the news section for more information.

Introduction

You play Hugh Bowman Private Investigator and have 3 cases to choose from.

The arch nemesis of Hugh Bowman is Professor Von Sparks. Your ex girlfriend, Rose has been dating him. But it seems no longer.

After meeting your client, you will drive to one of Professor Von Sparks compounds. Then you will search for clues. Once you think you know the answer - use one of his telephones to call your client and tell them the answer.

How to Play

After meeting your client you break into Professor Von Sparks base. The patrol bots won't bother you once you are inside one of the buildings.

When in there - search the items in the building. If there is something contained within, it will go into your held items. Use the mouse to select an item to find out more about it.

By default you can use SPACE to search and ENTER to use an object (e.g. a key or a donut). Some items must be used via Von Sparks electronic phone system. This includes the robot freeze cards and the lift reset cards.

Once you have gathered enough clues you can enter some words into the phone. If you are close then you will told how close you are. The game looks for keywords - and these do not need to be whole space separated words. So you can either just type which words you think are right or a whole sentence if you prefer.

Controls

If using the default controls then:

  • Use (SPACEBAR) to enter a building or to search furniture
  • Use the (ENTER)/(RETURN)to use an item or to use the phone
  • Use the @ and ? keys to operate the lift when standing on it
  • Use the @ key to jump.

Featuring:

  • 3 cases to solve
  • 4 original music tracks
  • HD graphics
  • Multiple modes of play
  • Sound effects via RDSP
  • Joystick support for RISC OS 5 on the Raspberry PI (Retropie controller>
  • Voice samples
  • User defined keys
  • Full source code for use in your own projects

Compatibility

Hugh Bowman PI is compatible with RISC OS 4.02 on Virtual Acorn
and RISC OS 5 on Raspberry Pi 0, 1,2 & 3,4,400 Beagleboard and Pandaboard based
systems, ARM X6, Titanium and RPCEmu.

Please note that for Raspberry Pi users, a minimum of the Raspberry Pi 2 is recommended,

Updates to Morphix are free.

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