The Witness
- Genres
- Adventure
- Platforms
- DOS · Mac · Commodore C64/128/MAX · Amiga · Amstrad CPC · Atari ST/STE · Atari 8-bit · Apple II · Commodore 16 · Commodore Plus/4 · TRS-80 · TRS-80 Color Computer · Amstrad PCW
- Release
- Apple II 1983 Month only Atari 8-bit 1983 Month only Commodore C64/128/MAX 1983 Month only DOS 1983 Month only Commodore 16 1984 Month only Commodore Plus/4 1984 Month only Mac 1984 Month only TRS-80 1984 Month only TRS-80 Color Computer 1984 Month only Atari ST/STE 1985 Month only Amiga 1986 Month only Amstrad CPC 1986 Month only Amstrad PCW 1986 Month only
- Credits
- I Infocom
- Board status
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About
The Witness was the seventh game released by interactive fiction pioneers Infocom. The player character is a detective who has been summoned to the Cabeza Plana, California office of Mr. Linder, a millionaire. Linder fears that his life is in danger... and indeed, as he sits in his office with the player, he is murdered before the player's eyes. The player then must solve the murder.