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Border Zone

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A Cold War text adventure of espionage, timing, and political tension

The briefing

About this game

Border Zone is a text adventure set during the height of the Cold War. In the fictional town of Ostnitz, located between the Eastern Bloc nation of Frobnia and neutral Litzenburg, a plot to assassinate the visiting US ambassador threatens to intensify tensions between the superpowers.

The game unfolds across three chapters, each following a different protagonist: an American businessman, a Western special agent, and an Eastern special agent. Alongside traditional text-based exploration and puzzle-solving, it features real-time elements in which time continues to pass while the player is inactive. Timing is especially important during stealth-focused sequences.

Game Details

  • Developer: Infocom
  • Publisher: Infocom
  • Release date: December 31, 1986
  • Genres: Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
  • Platforms: Apple II, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Mac, MS-DOS, PC (Microsoft Windows)