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From: Kent.Dalton@FtCollinsCO.NCR.COM (Kent.Dalton)
Subject: Re: Ok, a non-tads curiosity
In-Reply-To: djohnson@arnold.ucsd.edu's message of 30 Jul 1994 06:13:43 GMT
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>>>>> "Darin" == Darin Johnson <djohnson@arnold.ucsd.edu> writes:
In article <DJOHNSON.94Jul29231343@arnold.ucsd.edu> djohnson@arnold.ucsd.edu (Darin Johnson) writes:


>> There were so many Infocom puzzles I loved, but probably my favorite
>> was in Deadline where you have to watch George thru the window from the
>> balcony, and then barge in on him at exactly the right time.

Darin> You liked that?  You had to either guess the right time, or try
Darin> over and over till you got it right.  Neither way having anything
Darin> to do with standard mystery literature.  Even outside of mysteries,
Darin> it's a bad IF puzzle.

Although Deadline ranks in my top 10 games of all time of any type (RPG, sim,
strat, adventure), I have to agree that as a player, I think puzzles that
require me to be in a certain place at a certain time _really_ _suck_.
Suspect had a similar "puzzle" as I remember.

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