Suspended
You are the Central Mentality on an advanced semi-automated planet. You
were supposed to sleep -- in limited cryogenic suspension -- for the next
500 years, 20 miles beneath the surface of the planet, while the great
Filtering Computers maintained all surface systems. But the computers have
taken you out of suspension because something is terribly wrong: the weather
has become brutal, food production is dangerously low, and the
Transportation System is malfunctioning, causing unprecedented accidents and
casualties. The planet is in chaos. You yourself cannot move. But you
have six robots at your disposal, and you must manipulate them strategically
to bring the Filtering Computers back into balance. Each robot has a
distinct perception of the world and offers you specific abilities -- one
offers you sight, a second hearing, a third access to information in the
computer memory. Through the robots, you must save the planet from
destruction.
Overview
Title |
Suspended |
Working Title |
Suspension |
Author |
Michael Berlyn |
Difficulty |
Expert |
Product Code |
IS2 |
Release Information
Release Date (Serial Number) |
Release Number |
Z-Code Version |
830222 |
5 |
Standard (3) |
830419 |
7 |
Standard (3) |
830521 |
8 |
Standard (3) ¹ |
840521 |
8 |
Standard (3) ² |
¹ Release found in the Apple version of The Lost Treasures of Infocom I.
² Release found in the Mac and PC versions of The Lost Treasures of Infocom I
Game Statistics
Rooms |
63 |
Words |
676 |
Objects |
33 |
Opcodes |
6902 |
The old "Folio" packaging of Suspended consisted of a recessed
white face mask containing an instruction booklet with a congratulatory
letter, a laminated coloured cardboard map of the Underground Complex,
six robot tracking devices (flat black round plastic chips), and a plastic
mask.
The re-release of Suspended used the standard box format which
consisted of a grey box with coloured horizontal stripes. It contained
"Briefing for the Contra Central Mentality", a cardboard map of the
Underground Complex, robot tracking devices (6 black rubber chips), Contra
Central Mentality Lottery Card, and a congratulatory letter from Lottery
Commission HQ.
Last revised: Tue Feb 6 11:08:27 EST 1996 / Peter Scheyen <pete@csd.uwo.ca>