The Witness is an adventure developed by Infocom, released 31 December 1983 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW and Apple II. The main story takes about 12 hrs to finish.
What The Witness is
The Witness is an adventure game developed by Infocom and released in 1983. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, Commodore 16, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore Plus/4, DOS, Mac, TRS-80 and TRS-80 Color Computer.
The premise, in the publisher's words
FEBRUARY 1938, LOS ANGELES FDR's New Deal is finally rolling. Hitler's rolling, too; this time through Austria. But as Chief Detective for a quiet burgh on the outskirts of L.A., you've got other fish to fry. One gilt-edged society dame is dead. And now it looks like some two-bit grifter is putting the screws to her multi-millionaire old man. Then, unexpected, on this stormy February night, a wealthy but frightened man has asked you for protection. In spite of your best efforts, a death will occur, and you will have twelve hours to solve the mystery and try to arrest the killer - the shakedown turns ugly. You're left with a stiff and a race against the clock to nail your suspect... unless…
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are mystery and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
The Witness holds a critic score of 96 out of 100. That places it above 99% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1983 averaged 75, so it scored 21 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 12 hrs.
What it launched against
The Witness launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper and Valhalla. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper, Valhalla.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Witness yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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