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TELETEXT

Welcome back to 1995. You turn your TV on, but there's an ad break! You press the red button to check out your favorite passtime. As you browse through, you see there's a lot missing. News articles not displaying, games out of order. Is anyone even keeping this updated anymore? Where did they go?

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January 30, 2024
2 years and 184 days ago
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Mostly Positive42 reviews73.8%

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About the Game

WELCOME, VIEWER!

WANT TO HAVE YOUR FUTURE FORETOLD? PASS TIME PLAYING GAMES? WIN PRIZES?



WE HAVE IT ALL. AND A BIT MORE, TOO. WHY NOT TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT OUR TELETEXT PROGRAMME HAS TO OFFER DURING YOUR AD BREAK?

List of Features:
  • A reactive world - Your actions will have consequences
  • Multiple choices
  • Challenging, unique puzzles - Think out of the box!
  • Breaking the 4th wall*
  • Constant content updates, making the game evolve over time and add new puzzles and story pieces!
  • And a bit of problem solving a real system admin would have to do!**

*Can be disabled
**Real-life IT knowledge isn't required

Special thanks to the Czech Television (Česká Televize) teletext editors for advice on how teletext worked in the era in which the game is set and what were its possibilities.