The Witness

The Witness
Game
Main links	Play online IFDB
Published	1983
Credits
Author	Stu Galley
Publisher	Activision, Infocom
Reception
IFDB rating	3.5 out of 5 (32 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genre	Mystery
Location	Home
Language	English
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	ZIL
Format	Z-code 3
License	Commercial
IFID	ZCODE-22-840924
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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

Date: 1983

Initial Version

• The Witness (Stu Galley; publisher: Infocom; 1983; Z-code 3).

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

Date: Date unknown

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.

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Date: 1983

Date: Date unknown