"text adventure" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: text adventures [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} text adventure (plural text adventures)
  1. (computer games) A computer game in which the player is given a textual description of the environment and uses a command line to interact with it. Wikipedia link: Interactive fiction Categories (topical): Video game genres, Video games Synonyms: interactive fiction Translations (text-based computer game): 文字冒險遊戲 (Chinese Mandarin), 文字冒险游戏 (wénzì màoxiǎn yóuxì) (Chinese Mandarin), tekstiseikkailu (Finnish), те́кстовая игра́ (tékstovaja igrá) [feminine] (Russian), интеракти́вная фанта́стика (intɛraktívnaja fantástika) [feminine] (Russian), textäventyr [neuter] (Swedish)

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