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From: oliphant@cogsci.ucsd.edu (Mike Oliphant)
Subject: New Game Released: Gumshoe
Date: 01 Apr 1996 02:43:32 +0000
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Reluctantly, you crack a gluey eyelid to the world. Your head surges
with pain, and you quickly shut it again.

The whiskey gods were not kind to you last night.

You search your memory for the reason behind this latest drinking
binge. This proves difficult, because there have been many such nights
since you were removed from your job as detective on the force. Now it
comes back to you. The rent being past due on your new office. Marge
badgering you about her paycheck. Your empty bank account. Your
complete lack of clients. The money you owe Jimmy Voigt. You wince,
not even wanting to think about Jimmy Voigt.

Last night, you took your troubles to 'ole Johnny Walker and he
listened good. One drink led to another, and that naturally led to the
next. Now you find yourself awakening on a cold, tiled floor. You
bravely reopen your eyes and see that you are curled up at the foot
of some private investigator's office door.

Hey! It's your office!!

The one you owe rent on... You wince again. Ignoring the warning bells
going off in your head, you slowly get to your feet and manage to
stand shakily. You're beginning to understand what it means to be a...


Gumshoe
An Interactive Investigation
Copyright (c) 1996 by Mike Oliphant
Release 1 / Serial number 960331 / Inform v1502 Library 5/12


-=-=-=-

Gumshoe is a game written using Graham Nelson's Inform, and hence needs
an interpreter to run it. Interpreters for most platforms can be found
on ftp.gmd.de in the if-archive/infocom/interpreters.

I have uploaded the datafile to the incoming/if-archive directory as
Gumshoe.z5. Presumably it will eventually show up in the
if-archive/games/infocom directory.

The game can also be obtained via the WWWeb at:

  http://cogsci.ucsd.edu/~oliphant/gumshoe.html


Happy investigating!


mike
