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The Witness

Dead: one gilt-edged society dame.  And now it looks like some two-bit grifter is putting the screws to her multimillionaire old man.  All in all, a pretty typical Angeleno clan for these days.  But then the shakedown turns ugly, and you’re left with a stiff and a race against the clock to nail your suspect… if, that is, you don’t cash in your chips ahead of time.

Aggie Award winner of

Readers Choice' winner of

Re-released as part of Infocom’s Mystery Collection.

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Game Information

Platform Mac, PC, Retro
Perspective -
Control Text parser
Gameplay Text adventure
Genre Mystery
Theme Historical, Noir
Graphic Style -
Presentation Text Only
Action (Compulsory) -
Red Flags -
Media CD, Proprietary format

Product Details


System Requirements
MS DOS 1.0+
8088/8086 processor
128 KB RAM
5.25” drive

The Witness by Infocom - Adventure Game

The Witness is an adventure game, released in 1983 by Infocom. The Witness has a style and uses a Text parser control scheme. Adventure Gamers have not yet published a review of The Witness, meanwhile the community rating for The Witness is Poor.
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