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{{GameDescription|
{{GameDescription|
name=Tender Loving Care|
name=Tender Loving Care|
image=https://www.scummvm.org/data/screenshots/groovie/tlc/tlc_win_en_1_1.jpg|
release=1998|
release=1998|
alternateNames=|
alternateNames=|
publisher=[[Aftermath Media]]|
publisher=[[Aftermath Media]]|
developer=[[Aftermath Media]]|
developer=[[Aftermath Media]]|
        distributor=[[Aftermath Media]]|
distributor=[[Aftermath Media]]|
        resolution=640x480, 16-bit color|
resolution=640x480, 16-bit color|
platforms=Windows, DVD Video|
platforms=Windows, DVD Video|
engine=[[Groovie]]|
engine=[[Groovie]]|
support=Not supported
support=Since ScummVM 2.6.0|
}}
}}
'''Tender Loving Care''' was an FMV (full motion video) game.  The player takes the role of an off-screen assistant to a psychiatrist named Dr. Turner.  He investigates the odd circumstances behind a home for sale and the family who live within. All he knows is that, despite the home's beautiful appearance, no one will buy it after something terrible happened there.
'''Tender Loving Care''' was an FMV (full motion video) game.  The player takes the role of an off-screen assistant to a psychiatrist named Dr. Turner.  He investigates the odd circumstances behind a home for sale and the family who live within. All he knows is that, despite the home's beautiful appearance, no one will buy it after something terrible happened there.


Pending issues can be found in the [[Groovie/TODO|Groovie TODO]] page
Pending issues can be found in the [[Groovie/TODO|Groovie TODO]] page.


Note that the version of the game currently sold on Steam and GOG is a newer port that doesn't use the Groovie engine, so it will not work in ScummVM.
==Installation==
For the 4 CDs edition of the game, copy all the files from all the CDs into a single folder and point ScummVM at that. Start with CD4 going backwards to CD1 overwriting the files.
 
Note that some releases contain an impossibly large tlcenabl.dat file that can't be copied from the CD. This file can be safely skipped since it's not used by ScummVM.
 
Note that the version of the game currently sold on Steam and GOG is a newer port that doesn't use the Groovie engine, so it will not work in ScummVM. Only CD-ROM editions supported, DVD-ROM editions will require the code to be upgraded with the use of VideoDecoder as mentioned on the [[Groovie/TODO|Groovie TODO]] page.


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.aftermathmedia.com/tlc/index.html Official Tender Loving Care Website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160314230144/http://www.aftermathmedia.com/tlc.html Official Tender Loving Care Website (recovered from Internet Archive (March 14, 2016))]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tender_Loving_Care Wikipedia article on Tender Loving Care]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tender_Loving_Care_(video_game) Wikipedia article on Tender Loving Care]
*[http://www.mobygames.com/game/tender-loving-care MobyGames entry on Tender Loving Care]
*[https://www.mobygames.com/game/1414/tender-loving-care/ MobyGames entry on Tender Loving Care]
*[https://www.scummvm.org/screenshots/other/groovie:tlc/ Screenshots]


[[Category:Groovie Games]]
[[Category:Groovie Games]]
[[Category:Unsupported Games]]
[[Category:Supported Games]]

Latest revision as of 05:47, 28 June 2023

Tender Loving Care
tlc_win_en_1_1.jpg
First release 1998
Also known as
Developed by Aftermath Media
Published by Aftermath Media
Distributed by Aftermath Media
Platforms Windows, DVD Video
Resolution 640x480, 16-bit color
Engine Groovie
Support Since ScummVM 2.6.0
Available for
Purchase
No

Tender Loving Care was an FMV (full motion video) game. The player takes the role of an off-screen assistant to a psychiatrist named Dr. Turner. He investigates the odd circumstances behind a home for sale and the family who live within. All he knows is that, despite the home's beautiful appearance, no one will buy it after something terrible happened there.

Pending issues can be found in the Groovie TODO page.

Installation

For the 4 CDs edition of the game, copy all the files from all the CDs into a single folder and point ScummVM at that. Start with CD4 going backwards to CD1 overwriting the files.

Note that some releases contain an impossibly large tlcenabl.dat file that can't be copied from the CD. This file can be safely skipped since it's not used by ScummVM.

Note that the version of the game currently sold on Steam and GOG is a newer port that doesn't use the Groovie engine, so it will not work in ScummVM. Only CD-ROM editions supported, DVD-ROM editions will require the code to be upgraded with the use of VideoDecoder as mentioned on the Groovie TODO page.

External links