Borrowed Time

published by Activision in 1986, developed by Interplay, running on Atari ST
type: adventure
genre: Historical
perspective: 1st person
player options: single player
languages: eng
4.3/5

Description

Borrowed Time is set in mid-1930's. The player assumes the role of a private investigator named Sam Harlow, who has to solve the kidnapping of his ex-wife Rita Sweeney. At the beginning, he runs away from two thugs, who want to kill him for an unknown reason. They fail, and he begins to search the town for clues, asking its inhabitants for information. But if the player makes a wrong move, Sam dies - killers come from nowhere and murder him...

The player has to type in combinations of verbs and nouns to make an action. Locations are described in text form and presented by pictures, the latter often providing additional information not contained in the text description.

Ritchardo # 2024-02-04 18:41:17

Technical specs

display: _ (mixed), text, raster

Tags (4)

historical
creatures
activities
fiction genre

External reviews (6) - average: 85% - median: 83%

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Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) (1-8)de21986-0538/4095%
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C&VG (Computer & Video Games) (011-084)uk551986-059/1090%
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Génération 4 (001-082)fr11987-1083/10083%
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Micro V.Ofr81986-065/683%
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Science & Vie Micro (SVM)fr281986-0538/5076%
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Tilt 1-38fr331986-075/683%
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