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3 In Three

In this metapuzzle game, created by puzzle designer Cliff Johnson, the player is the letter 3, which, during a power surge, has been zapped from a spreadsheet report into the bowels of the computer. 3 needs to…

31 December 1989

3 In Three is a quiz/trivia developed by Cliff Johnson, released 31 December 1989 on Mac.

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What 3 In Three is

3 In Three is a quiz/trivia game developed by Cliff Johnson and released in 1989. It was published by Cinemaware Corporation. It is available on Mac only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

One day in Corporate America, a freak power surge zaps the number 3 off her cozy spreadsheet home and into the heart of the computer where numbers don’t count and the letters spell disaster.
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

3 In Three launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris and Pipe Dream.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris, Pipe Dream.

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When did 3 In Three come out?
3 In Three was released on 31 December 1989 for Mac.

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