Head games galore in this one. You're working in a Virtual Reality lab, helping to debug the next generation of sim technology, until a suave stranger forces you to confront the creeping air of inconsistency that's been in the corner of your consciousness. A dark one, with surprises up to the end, one of the coolest villains I've seen in a long time, and some quite impressive feats of Inform programming. The structure is unusual, with a nightmarishly looping midgame that resembles its frame in form but not in content. The puzzles are all clever, although a bit obscure towards the end. Has a built-in hint menu.

Rating: *****

Reviewed by Carl Muckenhoupt (30 Jun 2000)

DELUSION.Z5 (162.50 KB)

Z-code 5 executable (version: 2, as entered in 1996 competition)

Delusns.z5 (188.50 KB)

Z-code 5 executable (version: 4)

delusion.sol (4.30 KB)

solution