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Busted!

Authors:Jon Drukman and Derek Pizzuto
Genre:Collegiate
Released:1993
Review:

This game, which takes place on an unidentified college campus, places you in the position of having to destroy all your drug paraphernalia before the cops find it. Witty and thematic - many of the puzzles are drug-based, and things like videogames and religion are described in the imagery of addiction. The Inform port is quite sloppily implemented, with bugs of varying severity (one puzzle can be avoided completely if you use the right phrasing) and more instances of bad noun resolution ("Which do you mean, the information desk receptionist or the information desk?") than in any other game I care to remember. Contains some constrictive time limits and many opportunities to lock yourself out of victory.

Rating: ***

Reviewed by Carl Muckenhoupt (30 Jun 2000)

Related Links:SPAG review
Downloads:
busted.dat (77.24 KB)
AdvSys 1.2 executable (version: 1, The AdvSys data file)
busted.zip (52.39 KB)
Z-code 5 executable (version: 4)
busted.hnt (3.28 KB)
ROT-13 encoded hints
busted.sol (5.80 KB)
solution


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