Christopher "Chris" Jones (born March 4, 1955) is a video game
designer, video game producer, CEO, finance professional, and actor.
He is best known for a series interactive movies starring Tex Murphy,
a private investigator that lives in San Francisco in the middle of
the 21st century. Murphy is played by Jones himself.Jones was a
founding member of Access Software, along with Bruce Carver and his
brother Roger Carver, and remained its CFO until it was sold to
Microsoft in 1999.At Access, Jones served as a finance executive, but,
as the company's output turned toward more story-driven titles, Jones
became more involved in writing, design, and production. He designed
and wrote the point-and-click adventure games Amazon: Guardians of
Eden and Countdown, and served as producer on various titles in the
Links golf franchise, and others.Jones is best recognized by many
gamers for the creation and portrayal of Tex Murphy in a series of
adventure games, beginning with 1989's Mean Streets. Initially, this
meant little more than posing for the games' cover art, digitized
sprites and assorted still frames, but as the series transitioned to
full motion video with the third installment Under A Killing Moon
Jones' role became increasingly cinematic, acting alongside
established Hollywood actors such as Brian Keith and Russell Means.
designer, video game producer, CEO, finance professional, and actor.
He is best known for a series interactive movies starring Tex Murphy,
a private investigator that lives in San Francisco in the middle of
the 21st century. Murphy is played by Jones himself.Jones was a
founding member of Access Software, along with Bruce Carver and his
brother Roger Carver, and remained its CFO until it was sold to
Microsoft in 1999.At Access, Jones served as a finance executive, but,
as the company's output turned toward more story-driven titles, Jones
became more involved in writing, design, and production. He designed
and wrote the point-and-click adventure games Amazon: Guardians of
Eden and Countdown, and served as producer on various titles in the
Links golf franchise, and others.Jones is best recognized by many
gamers for the creation and portrayal of Tex Murphy in a series of
adventure games, beginning with 1989's Mean Streets. Initially, this
meant little more than posing for the games' cover art, digitized
sprites and assorted still frames, but as the series transitioned to
full motion video with the third installment Under A Killing Moon
Jones' role became increasingly cinematic, acting alongside
established Hollywood actors such as Brian Keith and Russell Means.
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