Text-based adventure games, known as "interactive fiction" in gamer's parlance, are making a slow but steady comeback thanks to a Mac-friendly programming tool called Inform 7.

To find the game, on a desktop computer, in Google Search, search for the terms "text game" or "text adventure." Once you've searched the terms above, initialize the game with the Dev Console.

From the bare-bones text adventures of the 1980s to the heartfelt hypertext works of Twine creators, interactive fiction is an art form that continues to inspire a loyal audience.

The choice was yours in the opening scenario of Zork, a 1977 text-based adventure game that's one of the most famous examples of the genre. Choices are at the foundation of the text-based games.

Hidden inside Google's search results is a text adventure game, where players complete tasks by typing basic commands.

To play the game, search for 'text adventure' or 'text game' in your browser. Users don't have to have Google Chrome in order to try it out.

How to play text adventure, the Google hidden game In order to find and play Google’s latest Easter-egg game, you first need to make sure you’re using Google’s browser, Chrome.