KGB (computer game)
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| Developer(s) | Cryo Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | Virgin Entertainment |
| Designer(s) | Johan Robson |
| Platform(s) | DOS, Commodore Amiga |
| Release date | 1992 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Adventure |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: 15+ |
| Media | Floppy disc/CD-ROM |
| System requirements | 386 20 MHz CPU, 4MB RAM, 256 colour VGA graphics |
| Input methods | mouse, keyboard |
KGB is a computer game released for the Commodore Amiga and IBM PC Compatible computers in 1992. Set in the decadent final days of the Soviet Union, KGB is considered to be quite difficult, even for experienced gamers, since it relies on a real time clock and correct/wrong answers which can end the game immediately or after an event needed to be triggered; also, sometimes players might only notice an error committed hours after. The game engine, graphics and interface have plenty of similarities with Cryo's Dune.
KGB was also released on CD under the title Conspiracy, which included clips of Rukov's father played by Donald Sutherland giving advice. For some reason, CD version changed all instances of "KGB" to "Conspiracy", even in the manual.
[edit] Plot
The protagonist Captain Maksim Mikahilovich Rukov, recently transferred to the Department P from the GRU after three years' duty, is ordered to investigate possible corruption inside the KGB after a former agent turned private eye was found murdered. However, as the plot progresses, Rukov finds himself investigating a political plot of dangerous proportions.
[edit] Main characters
Captain Maksim Mikhailovic Rukov was born on 12 January 1966 in Sverdlovsk. His parents, Mikhail Stepanovich Rukov and Svetlava Shailova, were killed on 23 May 1983 during an Afghan terrorist attack in Dushanbe (in the Tajik SSR) where his father was on active duty. Rukov learned English, Arabic and Spanish and joined the Spetsnaz as a paratrooper in 1988. The game begins as he makes his first steps in Department P.
Uncle Vanya is the brother of Rukov's father. He was also injured in the attack and confined to a wheelchair, but is still able to take care of his nephew. He is very suspicious of Maks' new employers.
Major Vovlov is Rukov's direct superior at Department P. He is bad-tempered and authoritarian.
Colonel Galushkin works at Department P. He personally knew Rukov's father and went after his assassins.
Major Radomir Savinkov, also a Department P member, is Rukov's controller in Leningrad. He is highly intelligent and helps Rukov at chosen moments.
Colonel Vladimir Kusnetsov is the head of KGB's Department 7 in Leningrad. Ultra-conservative and ambitious.
Captain Piotr Chapkin works at Department 7 with his father-in-law, Colonel Kusnetsov.
Major Grigori Agabekov is second in command at Department 7. He served in Afghanistan. He has a clean record and good reputation, but is unhelpful to Rukov.
Nathaniel Greenberg and Carla Wallace are American CIA agents who happen to be working on the same case as Rukov. However, they are not working together.
