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	Title: (NEW ON THE CHARTS) Suspect
	Author: Faye Zuckerman
	Source: Billboard
	Date: 26 January 1985
	Transcription by Steve Derby
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<p class="center" style="font-weight: bold;">SUSPECT<br>
	#19 Entertainment</p>

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David Lebling says that his facination with science fiction books, movies
and microcomputers is what makes him a successful designer of
software known as interactive-fiction, which is distributed by Infocom.

Lebling co-authored the three-year-old "Zork," "Enchanter" and
"Star Cross," all of which have garnered positions on best-seller lists.
Ane for his latest foray into the interactive-fiction field, "Suspect," he
has left the sci-fi world behind and designed a high-level murder mystery
that Infocom says is geared toward advanced players.

The software centers on a newspaper reporter who is framed for a
murder during a high society party. "You couldn't get any closer inside
sources - because you're the prime suspect," an Infocom spokeswoman
explains. The entire game takes place in a mansion.

The player determines actions of the character and the direction the
story will take through back-and-forth dialog with the computer. One
can interact by talking to other characters, using objects or moving
around.

The game takes about 20 hours to complete the first time, according to
the company. It costs about $44.
