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adventure, interactive fiction

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feelies included, Engine: Z-machine

graphics:

text-based

Game modes:

single-player

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Platforms

DOS

Rating

3.89 / 5.00 (54 votes)

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Walkthrough

Do you have trouble running this game on Windows? Read this guide.

Main executable game file: deadline/deadline.bat.

DOS games can't run on Windows. You need a DOS emulator like DOSbox or D-Fend Reloaded. Follow these instructions to play DOS games on Windows 10 or later systems.

Retro gamer collector's corner:

The folio original release contained the following feelies:

an Inspector's Casebook
a plastic bag with 3 white pills
5 pages of interview notes
a coroner's note: Corpus Delicti
a letter from Coates to Chief of Police
an offical memo from the Police Department
a lab report
a photo of the murder scene

The gray box re-release contained:

documentary evidence: file #H657/SJ43.1
a plastic bag with 3 white pills
a letter from Coates to Chief of Police
a coroner's note: Corpus Delicti
a photo of the murder scene

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More information on Deadline

Status: abandonware
Input: keyboard
Distributed on: 5,25 floppy disk
Abandonware DOS views: 9731

Awards won by Deadline:

1982 - Best Computer Adventure, Electronic Games Arcade Awards (Apple II).

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