TELETEXT Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · February 23, 2024

TELETEXT Review, Welcome back to 1995. You turn your TV on, but there’s an ad break! You press the red button to check out your favorite pastime. As you browse through, you see a lot is missing. News articles are not displaying, and games are out of order. Is anyone even keeping this updated anymore? Where did they go?

TELETEXT Review Pros:

Beautiful Teletext graphics.
32.9MB download size.
Steam achievements.
Puzzle gameplay.
The whole interface is that of Teletext which immediately tells you if this is your sort of game.
The goal of the game is to try and figure all these puzzles with very little clues.
Install mini games and Easter eggs in the program.
Can use external devices such as a microphone.
Very much breaks down the fourth wall.
Your computer itself is safe as this is all in game so don’t worry.
Humour and nostalgia in equal measures.
Uses a mouse and keyboard to control the game.
No loading times.
It just looks awesome.
The game had me taking pictures on my phone to help me remember and try and piece it all together.
It is so satisfying when you make progress no matter the size of the quest.
Pages are missing and solving puzzles can then unlock them or enable something.
You feel like a badass at times.
Bamboozle is in the game! Again if that word triggers anything for you then you know you need this game.

TELETEXT Review Cons:

It is initially really hard to get into.
Cannot do fullscreen in the game. (there are external fixes)
No way to remap controls.
Takes a while to get used to what the game expects of you but even then you never fully know or feel confident.

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