The Death Trap

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The Death Trap

Developer(s)	Square
Publisher(s)	Square
Platform(s)	NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-9801, Fujitsu FM-7
Release date	October 1984
Genre(s)	Interactive fiction
Mode(s)	Single player
Media	5 1/4-inch DD floppy disk

The Death Trap (ザ・デストラップ, The Death Trap^?) is a video game developed and published by Square for the NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-9801, and Fujitsu FM-7 in 1984. The game and its supporting computer platforms were only released in Japan.

The Death Trap is the first game developed by Square, created before they were even an independent company. At the time, Square was a software branch of Denyuusha, a Japanese software firm; it wasn't until 1986 that Square Co., Ltd. was independently established. Square followed up with a sequel to The Death Trap in 1985. The game is titled Will and subtitled The Death Trap II.

[edit] Gameplay

The Death Trap is an interactive fiction game, which relies on simple command lines from the user's input to progress through the game. As opposed to most "text adventures", with only text as output, The Death Trap provides graphical feedback using still pictures.