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Bureaucracy

1 March 19877.5/ 10 · 51 votes4

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About

Bureaucracy is a text adventure game that describes the misadventures of a person who has recently moved to a new apartment and begins to fall victim to various bureaucratic procedures that always go wrong. He can't receive his mail, access his bank account, or generally lead a normal life; all his activities are impeded by needless and confusing hurdles. In order to retrieve the lost mail and put his life back on track, the protagonist will have to meet exotic characters and perform various tasks while being constantly threatened by various bureaucratic occurrences.

The gameplay involves typing commands composed out of verb and object combinations, used to interact with the game world and solve puzzles. In addition, a special "blood pressure" meter will gradually fill itself the more the protagonist is bothered by bureaucratic annoyances. Once this meter is completely full, the player character suffers an aneurysm, and the game ends.

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Text

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Media Type

3.5" Floppy Disk, 5.25" Floppy Disk

Text Modes Supported

80×25

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Keyboard

Additional Hardware Supported

Printer

Number of Offline Players

1 Player

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel 8088 / 8086

Min. OS Class Required

PC/MS-DOS 2.0

Min. RAM Required

128 KB

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Also known as

Bureaucracy - A Paranoid FantasyTag-lined title

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Facts

Developer

Infocom

Publisher

Infocom

Released

1 March 1987

Platforms

PCDOSAmigaAtari STApple IICommodore 128Mac

Standing

Top 28% by visits

Tags

Text-based / SpreadsheetInteractive fiction / text adventureText parserContemporaryComedy