Typing game

<h2 id="early-commercial-releases">Early commercial releases</h2>
<a href="/facts/Broderbund/hqef1olm">Broderbund</a>'s Master Type, released in 1981 for the <a href="/facts/Apple_II/se82CNvK">Apple II</a> and <a href="/facts/Atari_8-bit_computers/aT04N5zR">Atari 8-bit computers</a>, is similar to the <a href="/facts/Space_Zap/DVTRGYev">Space Zap</a> arcade game; shooting an attacker requires pressing the correct key in time. Type Attack from game publisher <a href="/facts/Sirius_Software/8nP31d1z">Sirius Software</a>, and the unrelated <a href="/facts/Typo_Attack/m8hauF41">Typo Attack</a> from <a href="/facts/Atari%2c_Inc./CQh1gphs">Atari, Inc.</a>, are both shooter-inspired typing games released in 1982. <a href="/facts/Mavis_Beacon_Teaches_Typing/QoNe2GI8">Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing</a> (1987) includes several typing-related <a href="/facts/Minigame/vctUJsPm">minigames</a>.

<h2 id="parodies-and-typing-as-a-game-mechanic">Parodies and typing as a game mechanic</h2>

In 2000, <a href="/facts/The_Typing_of_the_Dead/JEwqwIhf">The Typing of the Dead</a> became known as the "ultimate typing game parody", adapting <a href="/facts/The_House_of_the_Dead_2/sVJgpbuC">The House of the Dead 2</a> to replace the gun with a computer keyboard so that the player must type to defeat zombies.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2">2</a>
A resurgence in typing games among indie titles saw the releases of parodies of typing tutor games, including David Lynch Teaches Typing, Cooldog Teaches Typing, and Icarus Proudbottom Teaches Typing. Non-parodic games were also developed, such as Keyboard Sports, <a href="/facts/The_Textorcist%3a_The_Story_of_Ray_Bibbia/y0sY2sMv">The Textorcist</a>, <a href="/facts/Epistory_-_Typing_Chronicles/yBXFklDC">Epistory - Typing Chronicles</a>, and Nanotale - Typing Chronicles, which largely dropped the educational context of the genre and featured similar gameplay and storytelling as a traditional video game.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a> The video game series <a href="/facts/Cook%2c_Serve%2c_Delicious!/fCTVJKWl">Cook, Serve, Delicious!</a> was noted as being an "accidental" typing game, as despite the fact that it was a fan remake of an initially controller-based series, the move to personal computers necessitated the addition of keyboard controls.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a>
As typing games branched out and crossed over into other genres, their developers faced challenges advertising the games, due to the fact that most people still assume them to be edutainment. Diego Sacchetti, designer of The Textorcist, stated that when the game released in 2019, 90% of the coverage from critics compared the game to Mavis Beacon, causing him frustration, as he would classify it as a "<a href="/facts/Shoot_%2527em_up/dyAgF51H">type 'em up</a>".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a>
In the modern day, typing games have caused players to think of the device in "new, more interesting ways". Compared to the past, the need to learn typing is less prevalent, since most people do it from an early age, enabling developers of typing games to pursue non-educational gameplay.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li> Media related to Typing video games at Wikimedia Commons</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1">Shah, Bhakti (2020-02-28). "Type Rush: Design for Educational Games". Medium. Retrieved 2020-10-10. <a href="https://medium.com/design-for-educational-games/type-rush-design-for-educational-games-8837019b5c4e" target="_blank">https://medium.com/design-for-educational-games/type-rush-design-for-educational-games-8837019b5c4e</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">Macgregor, Jody (2019-08-23). "Typing games sure did get strange". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2020-10-06. <a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/typing-games-sure-did-get-strange/" target="_blank">https://www.pcgamer.com/typing-games-sure-did-get-strange/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">Macgregor, Jody (2019-08-23). "Typing games sure did get strange". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2020-10-06. <a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/typing-games-sure-did-get-strange/" target="_blank">https://www.pcgamer.com/typing-games-sure-did-get-strange/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">Carpenter, Nicole (2019-04-18). "Typing games are having a moment". The Verge. Retrieved 2020-10-06. <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/18/18484680/typing-keyboard-indie-games-textorcist-nanotale" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/18/18484680/typing-keyboard-indie-games-textorcist-nanotale</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">Macgregor, Jody (2019-08-23). "Typing games sure did get strange". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2020-10-06. <a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/typing-games-sure-did-get-strange/" target="_blank">https://www.pcgamer.com/typing-games-sure-did-get-strange/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">Carpenter, Nicole (2019-04-18). "Typing games are having a moment". The Verge. Retrieved 2020-10-06. <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/18/18484680/typing-keyboard-indie-games-textorcist-nanotale" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/18/18484680/typing-keyboard-indie-games-textorcist-nanotale</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">Carpenter, Nicole (2019-04-18). "Typing games are having a moment". The Verge. Retrieved 2020-10-06. <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/18/18484680/typing-keyboard-indie-games-textorcist-nanotale" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/18/18484680/typing-keyboard-indie-games-textorcist-nanotale</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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