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Word input

Activities theme

Player controls the game or part of the game by typing in text in some form. Could be simple commands or whole sentences.

4612
games
87
platforms

Alternate names: Textual control, Typed-in commands, Text parser

Sherlock Holmes in: Another Bow (MS-DOS)
Sherlock Holmes in: Another Bow
DOS 1985
The House at the Edge of Time (MS-DOS)
The House at the Edge of Time
DOS 1990
Mordon's Quest (Enterprise)
Mordon's Quest
ENTE 1985
Planetfall (Amstrad PCW)
Planetfall
PCW 1986
La Dernière Mission (Amstrad CPC)
La Dernière Mission
CPC 1988
Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!! (MS-DOS)
Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!!
DOS 1992
Grungy Towers (VIC-20)
Grungy Towers
VIC 198?
Buckaroo Banzai (BBC Micro)
Buckaroo Banzai
BBC 1985
Temple of Terror (Commodore 64)
Temple of Terror
C64 1987
Return to Eden (MSX)
Return to Eden
MSX 1984
Adventure in Time (Atari 400/800)
Adventure in Time
A800 1983
Stranded (Commodore 128)
Stranded
C128 1986
See also: typing (when typing otherwise is involved, e.g. speed typing whatever appears on screen).
- Should NOT be used for games where you control something on screen with keyboard directly.
- Should NOT be used for games like MMOs where a chat function is included.
- Typing in commands and text via a text prompt MUST be the main method of interaction in the game.

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Parent group

Interface

Related group

Hardware
Keyboard

Games by year

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The first Word input video game was released in 1955.

Infocom, Adventure International and Level 9 Computing published most of these games.

Platforms

ZX Spectrum 560
MS-DOS 503
Apple II E 500
C64 475
Amstrad CPC 350
BBC 198
Tandy Coco 189
Atari 400/800 167
Mac OS Classic 150
Atari ST 133
Amiga 128
custom 120
TRS-80 109
Dragon32 80
C16/Plus4 65
Electron 63
Commodore PET 58
Linux 57
Amstrad PCW 55
NEC PC8801 49
Oric 48
VIC-20 43
MICRO 7 - FM7 43
MSX 42
NEC PC9801 41
C128 31
DEC PDP-1 26
Ohio Scientific 25
TI99 24
Apple IIGS 21

Most common companies

Infocom339
Adventure International185
Level 9 Computing120
Sierra On-Line98
Rainbird81
Starcraft71
NEUC69
Zenobi Software56
SoftSide55
Channel 8 Software54
Melbourne House51
Topologika42
CRL37
Activision33
Creative Computing32