Game DescriptionA futuristic spy story with a highly unusual structure. The bulk of the game consists of flashbacks, as you try to recreate, to the satisfaction of the man interrogating you, the events leading up to your capture. |
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January 1998 Andrew Plotkin Interactive Fiction Browser, Z-code Singleplayer Z-machine English Freeware |
| Awards: | Xyzzy Awards 1998: Best Puzzles, Xyzzy Awards 1998: Best Use of Medium, Xyzzy Awards 1998: Best Game, Xyzzy Awards 1998: Best Individual NPC, Xyzzy Awards 1998: Best Individual Puzzle |
| Related Links: | Wurb.com Entry |
| Also try: | Legerdemain, Gun Mute |
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| Z-code: | z5 216 KB |
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An IF classic.One of the most expertly crafted pieces I’ve ever played that has a well-earned place in IF canon. That “Aha” moment, when everything clicks into place about 2/3 through – it’s perfect.
The only flaw, in my mind, is that it’s so damn difficult. I’m a fan of the poetic “gallery walk” IF with reasonably easy puzzles… but this. The puzzles are intertwined so deeply with the structure and the plot that the extreme difficulty is acceptable.
Play this thing. Right now.
