Game Classification

The Witness Infocom (Stu Galley) (U.S.A.), Infocom (U.S.A.), 1983  

Informations Analyses Serious Gaming
 

Classification

VIDEO TOY

Keywords

Adventure - Detective - Interactive fiction - Mystery

Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:
  • Storytelling

Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Entertainment

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
 Age : 12 to 16 years old / 17 to 25 years old
General Public

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Play-based
(designed without stated goals)

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:
AVOID : explanation of this brick MATCH : explanation of this brick MOVE : explanation of this brick SELECT : explanation of this brick WRITE : explanation of this brick
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The Witness The Witness is an interactive fiction computer game written by Stu Galley and published by Infocom in 1983. Like Infocom's earlier title Deadline, it is a murder mystery. The Witness was written in ZIL, which allowed it to be released simultaneously on many popular computer platforms including the Apple II and the Commodore 64. It is Infocom's seventh game. [source:wikipedia]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : Amiga - Apple II - Atari ST - Commodore 64 - TI-99/4A - Macintosh - PC (Dos) - Atari 800

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