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	Title: (Computers at Play: Adventure) Suspended
	Author: Georgianna Dwight
	Source: Games Magazine, v7(12)
	Date: December 1983
	Transcription by Steve Derby
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You are in cryogenic suspension on the planet Contra. Suddenly a tremor
awakens you, and you must solve a complex matrix of life- and planet-threatening
crises using the six robots of Contra's underground compound. The game is an
all-text adventure, but comes with a map of the compound as well as pieces you
can move around to keep track of each robot's position as the game progresses.

The robots are linked to your mind through a "filtering computer," allowing you
to control them with your thoughts. Each has specific abilities that you must
discover, as well as a unique personality that colors the way he or she describes
objects and events. It's useful to ask more than one robot to examine the same
item or room —- the combination of perceptions will give you a more accurate
report. Poet, the diagnostician, sees all life as a stage; though obedient, he
talks in riddles. Iris, if you can figure out how to repair her visual sensors,
is a subdued Mae West type ("Hey, good-looking," she coos). Auda, your ears, and
Sensa, who measures electrical forces, are on the quiet side. Whiz, your link to
the compound's information stores, is fond of the phrase, "Hmm, that's a tough
one." Waldo isn't too bright, but he's the workhorse of the group. The robots'
humorous asides ease the frustration of trying to repair Contra before the humans
break into the compound and re¬ place you with a clone.

The game includes an advanced level as well as an option in which you can set up
the robots' starting positions yourself. Like other Infocom games, the program has
such a large vocabulary and good understanding of syntax that you can seemingly
type in any relevant command and be understood.

**Suspended**, by Michael Berlyn. Infocom, Cambridge, MA; on disk for Apple
II/II+/IIe. Atari 800/1200, Commodore 64, CP/M, DEC Rainbow, IBM PC, TI
Professional, TRS-80 Model III; $50-$60.