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BORDER ZONE
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1987 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
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shoes of a different major character in each of the three chapters of
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Border Zone. Set in separate locations on or near the border, the
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chapters are complete stories in themselves, each with its own
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riveting conclusion.
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The on-line hints in Border Zone will help you out when you need
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it. But hints take you only so far. Even when you know exactly what
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to do, discretion and timing are crucial as you outwit the KGB, evade
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a snarling pack of search dogs, make a desperate assault on the
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border, and count down the moments to the assassination.
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Border Zone was written by Marc Blank, a pioneer in interactive
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fiction and the author of such ground-breaking works as Zork and
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Deadline. In Border Zone, Marc takes the clever plotting and masterly
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prose of a top-notch thriller, brings it to life through interactive
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fiction, and intensifies the experience with the addition of real
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time.
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So steel your nerves, and don't blow your cover, friend. You've a
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long way to go before you come in from the cold.
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[versions]
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R9.871008.Z5=r9 / 871008
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