The Witness

Mystery Home

The Witness
Author(s)	Stu Galley
Publisher(s)	Infocom, Activision
Release date(s)	1983
Authoring system	ZIL
Platform(s)	Z-code 3
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Commercial
Multimedia
Color effects	none
Graphics	none
Sound/Music	none
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Cruelty to be determined

How It Begins

You are a detective. It's a cold February evening in 1938 near Los Angeles. You have been dropped off by a taxi at the Linders' driveway.

Notable Features

• Possibly Infocom's smallest game. The shortest winning traversal of the game is 17 moves or so. ^{[check this!]}

Versions

Infocom releases

Initial Version

• The Witness (Stu Galley; publisher: Infocom; 1983; Z-code 3).
  • IFID wanted. (Please replace this line with a babel template.)

Final Version

• The Witness (Stu Galley; publisher: Infocom; 1983-84; Z-code 3).
  • Revision number 22 / Serial 840924
  • IFID: ZCODE-22-840924
    IFID links: IFDB

Activision releases

The Witness is available on the Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom CD.

Links

• Witness - at IFDB
• The Witness (video game) at Wikipedia.
• The Witness at CSD.

Reviews

• The Witness - at SPAG

Spoilers

• ClubFloyd transcript.

>examine page
The dreadful truth is, this page is incomplete.

This article is a game stub. You can help IFWiki by expanding it.
How It Begins, Notable Features, full version info.
Note: This page was originally auto-generated. Please check for errors.
Please refer to the IFWiki game page style guide when making changes.