2023: Guide by: Louis Koot  

If you have found this walkthrough via google search or via another site then you have  probably not visited my site. 

A lot more very detailed game walkthroughs can be found on my site at:  www.pcgameswalkthroughs.nl

I have played this Tex Murphy game in 2014 on a Windows 7 computer that I had at that time

If you want to know where you can find all the Comic books then click this link:  Where to find  Mike and Hammer Comic Books guide

Tex Murphy Tesla Effect is an FMV adventure game with action elements. 

You move Tex through the game using the ASDW keys or the arrow keys of your keyboard. 

But otherwise you do everything with your mouse, such as picking up, interacting, using items and so on.. .....

I also want to warn anyone who thinks that Tesla Effect is a standard adventure game......Tex Murphy Tesla Effect is NOT an ordinary "point and click" adventure game.....it is a game with a lot of action moments and Tex can die at the drop of a hat. W Action doesn't mean that you have to fight in the game, you don't have to fight ..... but you must mamaneuver Tex through a corridor with very fast moving laser beams........

..... or how about a Spider maze, scary mutated insects, tunnels and corridors where you have to dodge fireballs and to top it all off, a pitch dark maze full of mines and invisible drones where your Tex 10,000 times dies...... It's just that you know what kind of game you're buying when you decide to buy the game.

You cannot buy the game on disc.....you buy the game as a download via gog.com or Steam and probably also via other sales sites. When you buy the game you buy a download of about 15 GIGABYTE. After downloading, extract the download and install the game. If you buy the game at gog.com, you can do whatever you want with it. You may install it as many times as you like, including on other computers, and then burn it to disc.

Tex Murphy Tesla Effect is a so-called Motion Video Game.....an almost 3 hour long movie has been recorded with real live actors. You control Tex in the game and get to see beautiful videos at various times. When you start the game for the 1st time you need to create a Profile. You can create multiple profiles, which means that you can play multiple game sessions at the same time.

Once you have created a profile you will be asked if you want to play in "Casual Mode" or "Adventure Mode". 

Before choosing "Adventure Mode", please read the explanation carefully.

"Casual Mode" does not mean that you play the game as a "Casual" game....no...the game remains the same as in "Adventure Mode", but in "Casual Mode" you have access to the very extensive Hint function and, not unimportantly, the SKIP BUTTON with which you can automatically solve the puzzle in puzzles. As said ..... you can create multiple Profiles .... you play the game in the profile you start, but you can switch profiles. The advantage of this is that you can start several New Games, so you can play one scenario in one profile and another scenario in another profile.

Because you have to make choices at various times in the game,  such as do you go for Taylor or do you stay loyal to Chelsee,  the choices you make determine how the game will end for you. For as far as I know the game has at least 5 different endings, but there are rumors that there are 7. There are only 2 endings in which it ends well for our Tex .... All other endings will lead to the dead of Tex. The game is divided into days.....you have to do everything you need to do in a day to get to the next day...that will happen automatically once you have done everything you had to do in the day. Usually you see a cutscene and there are some very long cinematic moments in the game.

Smart Alex:

Immediately in day 1, Tex finds his Smart Alex ....... Your Smart Alex is your indispensable helper in the game

I'm not going to explain how to operate the Smart Alex, because the game explains this via a Tutorial, which you can also skip

Saving en Loading a saved game:

In the game you go to the menu screen via your ESCAPE key. 

Here you can save and load your current game, go to the game options and read the help and exit the game.

The HELP in the menu screen is NOT the Hint function. 

The game saves itself and does so on many occasions....an AutoSavefile is then created. 

But you can also save yourself, as you can see on the next picture....

I have played the game on my Windows 7 computer a few years ago and then your saves are saved in Appdata/Local/BigFinishGames/Teslaeffect/profilename....

...I do not know how this works on newer computers with Windows 8 or 10 or 11 because I do not have the game anymore

In the game you call up Smart Alex with your right mouse button.

 Your Smart Alex is your indispensable helper in the game and if you have watched the tutorial you will know how it works and what the various functions are.

Puzzles and the Auto-solve/Skip button:

You activate puzzles via the Open cursor, which you also use to open doors and cupboards/drawers. Here is an example of a puzzle

As soon as you activate a puzzle, your screen "freezes" because you are then in the puzzle ........

.... unfortunately you never really zoom in and the screens to solve the puzzle are small or you are far away from it.

You also don't get a Hand with which you have to press the buttons ..... you must do that with the normal white arrow cursor, which is quite small and often hardly visible. If you are unable to solve a puzzle, you can have the puzzle solved by the game via the Auto-solve button / skip button .... but that is only possible in "Casual Mode". However, the Skip button does not always appear immediately .... you often have to try it yourself 1 or 2 times and go wrong and then DO NOT leave the puzzle .... After 2 wrong attempts, the Skip button appears, which is still orange at first and not available yet....you have to make 1 or 2 more attempts to make the Skip button appear completely, as you can see in the pictures below

Mike en Ike Hammer Comic Books:

In the game you can collect Mike and Ike Hammer Comic books ..... if you manage to find all Mike and Ike Hammer Comic books, the Chamber of Secrets of Tex will open when you have finished the game. So find the Comic Books and then get them....the game automatically stores the Mike and Ike Hammer Comic Books in the rack in Tex's bedroom at the Ritz hotel on Chandler Avenue.

What else can I say about the game......GO PLAY IT.....it's a great game but remember.....it's not an easy Game.....Tex can die at a lot of times, especially in the action pieces like the laser corridor, the spider maze and, once you're in the Tesla Facility, by nasty nasty bugs.....so remember what you start before you buy the game....Oh yes .... when Tex dies, the AutoSave "kicks" in ... You first see a short cutscene of the cemetery and hear a sarcastic remark from Smart Alex and then you can try again immediately

Some Tips to help you through the game

The Taylor Scenario:

Just completed Tex Murphy Tesla Effect through the Taylor Scenario, so I can confirm that Tex gets a Happy End through this Scenario. If you also want to experience this ending of the game, choose theTaylor option when you have to choose between Taylor or Chelsee and then when you have to choose between Ariel and Taylor, choose Taylor.