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The Witness

The Witness was the seventh game released by interactive fiction pioneers Infocom. The player character is a detective who has been summoned to the Cabeza Plana, California office of Mr. Linder, a millionaire. Linder fears that his life is in danger... and indeed, as he sits in his office with the player, he is murdered before the player's eyes. The player then must solve the murder.

First release: Dec 31, 1983

Rating: Unknown

Platforms: Atari8bit, C64, TRS-80 Color Computer, Atari-ST, C16, Mac, DOS, Amiga, Apple][, TRS-80, ACPC, C+4, APCW

Genres: Adventure

Estimated duration (main story): Unknown

Estimated duration (completionist): Unknown

Last synced: Sep 13, 2026, 02:27 AM

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