Deadline

Deadline
Game
Main links	Play online IFDB
Published	1982
Credits
Author	Marc Blank
Publisher	Activision, Infocom
Reception
IFDB rating	3.5 out of 5 (58 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genre	Mystery
Location	Home
Language	English
IFDB play time	10 hours
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	ZIL
Format	Z-code 3
License	Commercial
IFID	ZCODE-27-831005
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How it begins

You start on the lawn outside Robner estate.

Versions

Infocom releases

Date: 1982

Initial Version

• Deadline (Marc Blank; publisher: Infocom; 1982; Z-code 3).

Final Version

• Deadline (Marc Blank; publisher: Infocom; 1982-83?; Z-code 3).
  • Release 27 / Serial number 831005
  • IFID: ZCODE-27-831005
    IFID links: IFDB

Activision releases

Date: Date unknown

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

Inform 6 Port

Date: 2000

There was an authorized Inform 6 port of Deadline by Volker Lanz in 2000. Source code to this port is available on IFDB.org. https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=p976o7x5ies9ltdh

Links

General info

• Deadline (archived) - at Baf's Guide
• Deadline - at IFDB
• Deadline (computer game) at Wikipedia.
• Deadline at CSD.

Reviews

• Deadline - at SPAG.

Spoilers

• SPAG Specifics analysis in SPAG #61 by Mark Ricard (02-Jan-2013).
• The Visible Zorker: Deadline, a web-hosted version by Andrew Plotkin where you can play through while simultaneously examining internal game state, source code, and commentary. (Part of The Visible Zorker project.)

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|Deadline}}. This will display as Deadline (Marc Blank; publishers: Activision, Infocom; 1982; ZIL; Z-code).

Date: 1982

Date: Date unknown

Date: 2000