Editing Suspended (video game) (section)

==Reception==
The game sold 99,956 copies.<ref name="infocom_sales">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2008/09/great_scott_infocoms_alltime_s.php |title=Great Scott: Infocom's All-Time Sales Numbers Revealed |date=September 20, 2008 |work=GameSetWatch |publisher=Think Services |access-date=September 23, 2008 |url-status=live  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924074642/http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2008/09/great_scott_infocoms_alltime_s.php |archive-date=September 24, 2008}}</ref>

''Suspended'' was well received by critics. ''[[Softline (magazine)|Softline]]'' praised the [[feelies]] as "continued breakthroughs in packaging and merchandising", and noted the game's replayability. The magazine concluded that "''Suspended'' represents another milestone in the continuing evolution of the interactive computer novel."<ref>{{cite journal | last=Berlyn | first = Michael | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1983&pub=6&id=11 | title=Suspended | journal=Softline | volume = 2 | issue = 5 | date=May–Jun 1983 | page=42 | access-date=28 July 2014}}</ref> ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' considered each robot to have a unique personality, and praised the use of the library computer as an in-game hint system. The game's parser and time-saving techniques (such as a "follow" command) were similarly praised.<ref>{{cite magazine | last = Stone | first = David P. | url = http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1983&pub=2&id=11 | title = SUSPENDED : Review | magazine = [[Computer Gaming World]] | volume = 3 | issue = 4 | date = July–August 1983 | pages = 10–11, 46 | access-date = 18 January 2017}}</ref> [[Brian Moriarty]] of ''[[ANALOG Computing]]'' also praised the robots' characterization, stating that "a few hours with these electronic personalities will make them your friends" and comparing the experience to that of "a fine novel". He concluded that ''Suspended'' and other Infocom products "are among the finest examples of a new and entertaining means of self-expression which can now be regarded as 'literature' without apology."<ref name="moriarty198307">{{Cite magazine |last=Moriarty |first=Brian |author-link=Brian Moriarty |date=July–August 1983 |title=SUSPENDED by Michael Berlyn |url=https://archive.org/stream/analog-computing-magazine-12#page/n65/mode/2up |magazine=ANALOG Computing |pages=64–65}}</ref> ''[[Ahoy!]]'' wrote that Berlyn "has lavished a good deal of complexity and eccentricity into his game. I recommend it."<ref name="sodaro198401">{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/Ahoy_Issue_01_1984-01_Ion_International_US#page/n53/mode/2up | title=Suspended | work=Ahoy! | date=January 1984 | access-date=27 June 2014 | author=Sodaro, Robert J. | pages=54–55}}</ref> ''[[Compute!'s Gazette]]'' called ''Suspended'' "an exciting, imaginative adventure game that's likely to keep you glued to your keyboard for hours." Although it also noted how the "response time can be somewhat slow" and "some commands require as long as two or more minutes for a response." But the ''Compute!'' review concluded: "If the small inconvenience of a sometimes slow response does not bother you, then I can highly recommend Suspended."<ref name="Compute">{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/details/1984-02-computegazette | title=Suspended for Commodore 64 | work=Compute! Gazette | date=February 1984 | access-date=4 December 2013 | author=Carmichael, Dan | pages=108–116}}</ref> ''Hi-Res'' wrote that ''Suspended'' "is an excellent game" and "a worthy successor to the ''Zork'' series."<ref name="guber19840506">{{cite news | url=http://www.atarimagazines.com/hi-res/v1n4/reviews.php | title=M.U.L.E. | work=Hi-Res | date=May–June 1984 | access-date=22 December 2014 | author=Guber, Sol | pages=14}}</ref>

The game received a Certificate of Merit in the category of "1984 Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Computer Game" at the 5th annual [[Arkie Awards]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Kunkel |first1= Bill |author-link1= Bill Kunkel (journalist)|last2= Katz |first2= Arnie |author-link2= Arnie Katz|date= February 1984 |title= Arcade Alley: The 1984 Arcade Awards, Part II |journal= [[Video (magazine)|Video]]|publisher= Reese Communications|volume= 7|issue= 11|pages= 28–29|issn= 0147-8907}}</ref>{{rp|28}}

Bill Wallace reviewed ''Suspended'' in ''[[Space Gamer]]'' No. 68.<ref name="SG">{{cite journal|last=Wallace |first=Bill |date=March–April 1984 |title=Capsule Reviews|journal=[[Space Gamer]]|publisher=[[Steve Jackson Games]]|issue=68|pages=44}}</ref> Wallace commented that "If you do like text adventures - difficult ones - then this game is a must."<ref name="SG"/>

In 1996, ''Computer Gaming World'' declared ''Suspended'' the 58th-best computer game ever released.<ref name=cgw150>{{cite magazine | author=Staff | title=150 Best (and 50 Worst) Games of All Time | magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | date=November 1996 | issue=148 | pages=63–65, 68, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 84, 88, 90, 94, 98 }}</ref>