Deadline

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A Locked Door. A Dead Man.

And 12 hours to solve the murder.

The player acts as a detective investigating a supposed suicide. They meet other characters and must examine their motives, as well as evidence in the environment.

Infocom had become well-known for the success of the first two Zork games. Deadline was to become the first of what they became well known for - text-based adventure games that came packaged with a generous amount of 'feelies'. These have numerous benefits - acting as a kind of copy protection, as the essential information on them could not fit inside the game. Also, they were difficult to reproduce, and so playing without them would be difficult. The game was very well received by critics.

Platform :	Atari XL
Format :	5.25" disk
Publisher :	Infocom
Authors :	Infocom
Date :	1982
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Other Software by Infocom:

Item	Manufacturer	Platform	Format	Date
Zork I - Sealed	Infocom	Atari 8 Bit	5.25" Disk	Unknown
Deadline	Infocom	Atari XL	5.25" disk	1982
Zork III	Infocom	Commodore Plus 4	5.25" Floppy disk	1984
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Infocom	PC	5.25 Disk	1984
Cutthroats (Disk)	Infocom	Atari 8 Bit	5.25 Disk	1984
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Infocom	Commodore 64	5.25" Floppy Disk	1984
Seastalker	Infocom	Atari XL/XE	5.25" Floppy Disk	1984
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Disk)	Infocom	Atari 8 Bit	5.25 Disk	1985
Enchanter	Infocom	Amstrad CPC464	3" Disk	1985
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Infocom	Amiga	3.5" Floppy Disk	1986
Hollywood Hi Jinx	Infocom	Atari ST	3.5" floppy disk	1986
Leather Goddesses Of Phobos	Infocom	Commodore 64	5.25" Floppy disk	1986
Quarterstaff: The Tomb of Setmoth	Infocom	Apple Macintosh	3.5" Floppy Disk	1988
Zork Zero	Infocom	Commodore Amiga	3.5" Floppy Disk	1988
Planetfall	Infocom	Commodore Amiga	3.5 Disk	1988
Zork 1	Infocom	Commodore Amiga	3.5 Disk	1990
The Lost Treasures of Infocom	Infocom	Commodore Amiga	3.5 Floppy Disk	1991
Zork II	Infocom	Commodore Amiga	3.5 Disk	1991