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Pick up the phone booth and die has one idea: try picking up the phone booth. Then die. Exactly one related action will win the game instead.
I had always heard of this game, and played it once or twice. After deciding to write this review, I investigated its history. It seems it was nominated for an XYZZY award for Best Puzzle in 1997. It was simultaneously released with a demo for Pick Up the Phone Booth and Die, part 2, which is still available as a demo on ifdb.
Most of the praise the game receives is due to its minimalism.You might as well try it because it is so short.
It inspired the much better game, Pick Up The Phone Booth and Aisle, which parodies both this game and Aisle (where every action ends the game in a different ending).
