# Please help ID this PC game...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-pc-game/621008>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 5, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-pc-game/621008 "2012-05-05T17:26:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-pc-game/621008/1 "2012-05-05T17:26:06Z")

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A friend wanted me to ask about a game that is at least 10 years old and has four characters you can play, two female, two male. You play separate stories for each. There is a female with psionic abilities, and another one who can hack computer terminals to get information, but little viruses come after her. There were guns and weapons too. It was not a popular game. It was probably more obscure. It was pretty lame and in the cheap bin, so not from a major company.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-pc-game/621008/2 "2012-05-06T00:19:10Z")

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Was it [Restricted Area](http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/restricted-area)?

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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-pc-game/621008/3 "2012-05-06T23:19:38Z")

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> [@Telperion](#):
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> Was it [Restricted Area](http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/restricted-area)?

I asked her that last night & her response- “That’s it! I’ll hand it to those people at Straight Dope! He gets mad props and kudos from me!”… or something like that. Anyway, you have her appreciation & admiration. Thank you!