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61 lines
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[info]
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BORDER ZONE: A GAME OF INTRIGUE
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by Marc Blank
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Copyright 1987 Infocom, Inc.
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Genre: espionage
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Difficulty: ^^^^&
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[description]
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Where the Iron Curtain divides East and West, the frontier is a no man's
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land between freedom and captivity, a place where moments lost or
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precautions not taken exact a toll in men's lives. In Border Zone, you
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cross this barrier not once, but three times, as three different characters
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in a fast-paced story of international intrigue.
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The pulse-pounding tension of espionage is heightened by the addition of
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real time, which ticks on regardless of your actions. As you race against
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the clock to complete your missions, you'll find yourself caught up in a
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spine-tingling adventure that's far more suspenseful than any spy thriller
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you've ever read.
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The story begins on the train to Litzenburg, a peaceful country just
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outside the Iron Curtain. In the border town of Ostnitz, Constitution day
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festivities include a speech by the American ambassador. But plans are
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afoot to destabilize this key neutral territory by assassinating the
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diplomat. Speeding towards the border through the Eastern bloc country of
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Frobnia are an easy-going American businessman, an ambitious American spy
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and a ruthless KGB agent. All three are soon to become entangled in the
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assassination plot, their lives intertwining as each carries out his
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perilous assignment.
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You'll see the story from three viewpoints, as you step into the shoes of a
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different major character in each of the three chapters of Border Zone. Set
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in separate locations on or near the border, the chapters are complete
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stories in themselves, each with its own riveting conclusion.
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The on-line hints in Border Zone will help you out when you need it. But
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hints take you only so far. Even when you know exactly what to do, to do,
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discretion and timing are crucial as you outwit the KGB, evade a snarling
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pack of search dogs, make a desperate assault on the border, and count down
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the moments to the assassination.
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Border Zone was written by Marc Blank, a pioneer in interactive fiction and
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the author of such ground-breaking works as Zork and Deadline. In Border
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Zone, Marc takes the clever plotting and masterly prose of a top-notch
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thriller, brings it to life through interactive fiction, and intensifies
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the experience with the addition of real time.
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So steel your nerves, and don't blow your cover, friend. You've a long way
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to go before you come in from the cold.
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[versions]
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R9.871008.Z5=Release 9 / Serial number 871008
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[options]
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ARTWORK=1
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CLUES=1
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VERSIONS=0
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[eof]
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