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Bureaucracy (computer game)

Bureaucracy is a text-based computer game released by Infocom in 1987, scripted by Douglas Adams.

In the game, the player is challenged to confront a long and complicated series of bureaucratic hurdles from a bank, arising from a change of address. The game includes a measure of simulated blood pressure which rises and falls according to the player's actions. Passing a certain level would result in death of the character and therefore losing the game.

The game was based on a real experience of Adams with a bank.