The lovely “Highlander” aneroid wall barometer in our museum collection is an example of one of the company’s standard post-war offerings-budget priced at $10 and sporting a 5×5” walnut casing with a (fake) brass bezel. thermometers, barometers, rain gauges, hygrometers and the like. it is your assurance of perfect satisfaction.” -Airguide ‘Weather Instruments’ flyer, circa 1938Įstablished inauspiciously at the outset of the Great Depression, the Airguide Instrument Company-originally known as Fee & Stemwedel, Inc.-managed a 60-year run as one of the country’s leading producers of “weather instruments,” i.e. No instrument leaves the factory until it has proved its dependability under conditions more severe than those actually encountered throughout the year. “Into every Airguide instrument go the finest of materials, the painstaking care of skillful workers, and the thorough inspection of an exacting laboratory. Therefore smart planning and tactics are an assumption for the choice, assignments and the equipment of the up to five characters per mission.Museum Artifact: Airguide “Highlander” Wall Barometer and No. The characters being commanded by you are capable of improving their abilities as they game goes on.Įnsure they become a team of specialists so you can keep up your chances as the battle about Chicago becomes harder consistently. The consistent story instantly transfers you into the role of the person pulling the strings. You also have to think about tactics and ambushes for superior gangs and by doing so you always need to have your sympathy in the population in your eye.Įvery district offers you new opportunities and resources like arms stores and practice establishments. However, acting circumspectly is necessary as well: you have to silence passer-bys as they have become witnesses of your abominations. You have to respond to a totally different challenge in the mafia campaign: Compelling arguments as well as hard words are required, not only to assert yourself against the police, but also against competing gangs. It often comes down to a spectacular showdown, when the criminals are hunted down at last and defend themselves with baseball bats, shotguns as well as Tommy-guns. You have to track down and interrogate witnesses and collect information in order to finally get onto the mafia as a result from your razor-sharp considerations. With the police it is your job to clear up crimes at the scene of their happening, as well as protecting important persons from crooks or busting mafia-gangs. This decision influences the game play crucially: Districts with a special benefit require strategic mission-planningīesides you have the choice between mafia and police.Realistic tactic using "line of sight" and a visual display of noises in hidden areas.Opponent intelligence of the latest generation.Two totally different gameplays for mafia and police.Characters capable of individual development and expansion of five qualities.Very detailed graphics allow to experience the atmosphere of the 30's vividly.Here are some key features of "Chicago 1930": Embedded in the atmosphere of mafia-like activity as well as the style of the thirties, you have to succeed in procuring the leadership of the city to "your" side, always being conscious about possible ambushes.
Chicago 1930 - live in the time of prohibition, when the battle between police and mafia saw its golden age Version: 1.0Ĭhicago 1930 is a game that brings you in the time of prohibition, when the battle between police and mafia saw its golden age.Ĭhicago 1930 impresses with very detailed and varying backdrops offering dark courtyards and dubious brothels as well as monumental buildings of large towns.