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Bureaucracy (1987)

Infocom

Amiga · Apple II · Atari ST/STE · Commodore C64/128/MAX · DOS · Mac

2.50 from 4 ratings

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Bureaucracy is an interactive fiction computer game released by Infocom in 1987, scripted by popular comic science fiction author Douglas Adams. The player is challenged to confront a long and complicated series of bureaucratic hurdles resulting from a recent change of address. Mail isn't being delivered, bank accounts are inaccessible, and nothing is as it should be. The game includes … Read more
Bureaucracy is an interactive fiction computer game released by Infocom in 1987, scripted by popular comic science fiction author Douglas Adams. The player is challenged to confront a long and complicated series of bureaucratic hurdles resulting from a recent change of address. Mail isn't being delivered, bank accounts are inaccessible, and nothing is as it should be. The game includes a measure of simulated blood pressure which rises when "frustrating" events happen and lowers after a period of no annoying events. Once a certain blood pressure level is reached, the player suffers an aneurysm and the game ends. While undertaking the seemingly simple task of retrieving misdirected mail, the player encounters a number of bizarre characters, including an antisocial hacker, a paranoid weapons enthusiast, and a tribe of Zalagasan cannibals. At the same time, they must deal with impersonal corporations, counterintuitive airport logic, and a hungry llama. Read less
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Developers
Infocom
Publishers
Infocom
Genres
Adventure, Puzzle
Themes
Comedy

Release dates

  • 1987 (North_America) Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST/STE, DOS, Mac
  • 1987 (Europe) Commodore C64/128/MAX

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So Nelemania, I got to the point with the llamas and then my version crashed :( It was the original z-file (allegedly). But lol I loved the waiter/waitress part. I thought the game was glitching but turns out it was just making jokes on bureaucracy/absurdity (the number of questions about my order :-p and then I had to do it …

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So Nelemania, I got to the point with the llamas and then my version crashed :( It was the original z-file (allegedly). But lol I loved the waiter/waitress part. I thought the game was glitching but turns out it was just making jokes on bureaucracy/absurdity (the number of questions about my order :-p and then I had to do it all again). I was enjoying it for sure, as well as its Adams-style implied commentary, but I do wish it had graphics (at least, the original release didn't). Great rec though! Tho I am growing out of text adventures as I get to the very late 80s, there still are so many to return to.

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