<s>
It	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
highly	O
portable	O
ZIL	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
PCW	I-Device
,	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Kaypro	O
II	O
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Veronica	O
Ashcroft-Wellman	O
,	O
a	O
longtime	O
friend	O
and	O
wealthy	O
socialite	O
,	O
has	O
sent	O
an	O
invitation	O
to	O
the	O
annual	O
Ashcroft	O
Halloween	B-Application
Ball	O
,	O
where	O
Maryland	O
's	O
high	O
society	O
bluebloods	O
rub	O
elbows	O
,	O
network	O
,	O
and	O
congratulate	O
each	O
other	O
on	O
their	O
fortunes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Not	O
long	O
into	O
the	O
party	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
Veronica	O
is	O
found	O
dead	O
—	O
strangled	O
with	O
a	O
very	O
familiar-looking	O
lariat	B-Language
,	O
with	O
a	O
bullet	B-Application
from	O
the	O
costume	O
's	O
gunbelt	O
lying	O
near	O
the	O
body	O
for	O
good	O
measure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
the	O
player	O
stashed	O
the	O
rope	O
in	O
the	O
closet	O
earlier	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
bullet	B-Application
is	O
missing	O
from	O
the	O
back	O
of	O
the	O
belt	O
;	O
anyone	O
could	O
have	O
taken	O
them	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
invitation	O
to	O
the	O
Halloween	B-Application
Ball	O
thrown	O
at	O
Ashcroft	O
Manor	O
(	O
written	O
inside	O
:	O
"	O
Dearest	O
...	O
</s>
