Typing game

A typing game is a <a href="/facts/Genre/ow1Po53X">genre</a> of <a href="/facts/Video_game/vmTdNASJ">video games</a> that involves correctly entering letters, words, or sentences on the keyboard. It began as a sub-genre of <a href="/facts/Educational_game/oM6Ew1tM">educational games</a> designed to familiarize players with keyboard use and to improve skill at <a href="/facts/Touch_typing/tD5oMgnR">touch typing</a>. Successfully typing a letter or word is tied to an action, such as firing a weapon at an attacking space ship. Companies associated with video games, like <a href="/facts/Broderbund/hqef1olm">Broderbund</a>, <a href="/facts/Atari%2c_Inc./CQh1gphs">Atari, Inc.</a>, and <a href="/facts/Sirius_Software/8nP31d1z">Sirius Software</a> all released typing games in the early 1980s. More formal educational software like <a href="/facts/Mavis_Beacon_Teaches_Typing/QoNe2GI8">Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing</a> (1987) incorporates <a href="/facts/Minigame/vctUJsPm">minigames</a> as a practice option. Some later games, like Type Rush, add online competition based on players' typing speeds, making typing more addictive.
In the 2000s, a number of independently produced parodies of educational typing games reinvigorated the genre. Other games are built around typing as a method of interaction, removing the educational aspect altogether.

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