The hilarity of the Johnny Mnemonic movie review aside, the story actually seems inspired by William Gibson's short story title Johnny Mnemonic published via Omni magazine in 1981 and again via his Burning Chrome collection of short stories in 1981. The Johnny Mnemonic movie actually came 3 years after this game.
You wake up on a slab in a drawer in the local chop shop (morgue) in Seattle. Find out what happened. Discover Jake's life path. Discover who you can trust. Retaliate against the ones responsible. Fight against and with elves and dwarfs. Banish the undead. Battle sea monsters and dragons. Hack computers. Augment you body with technology and learn magic. Use a bit of detective work, lots of bullets, and public transportation.
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