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Latest revision as of 12:08, 24 October 2022

This page is a stub: it lacks content and/or basic article components. You can help to expand this page by adding an image or additional information.

This page is for the 1983 text adventure game. For the unrelated 2016 puzzle game, see The Witness.

The Witness
The Witness cover
Developers
Infocom
Engines
ZIL
Release dates
PC booter June 1983
DOS 1984
Mac OS (Classic) 1984
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Text-based
Controls Text input
Genres Text adventure
Themes Detective/mystery, Interwar, North America
The Witness (1983) on MobyGames
The Witness (1983) on Wikipedia

The Witness (1983) is a singleplayer text-based text adventure game.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
PC booter
DOS
Mac OS

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
PC booter
DOS
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System Location
PC booter
DOS
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game cloud syncing

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes Text

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

PC booter
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) Intel 8088
Intel 8086
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2.0
Processor (CPU) Intel 8088
Intel 8086
System memory (RAM) 128 kB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Mac OS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)


References