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Bars of Black and White

You can't remember the last time you left your room. When you receive a barcode reader in the mail, you discover that the world around you is not what it seems, and must escape the bars of black and white…

28 January 2009

Bars of Black and White is an adventure developed by Gregory Avery-Weir, released 28 January 2009 on Web browser.

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What Bars of Black and White is

Bars of Black and White is an adventure game developed by Gregory Avery-Weir and released in 2009. It is available on Web browser only. It runs on Adobe Flash Player.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You can't remember the last time you left your room. When you receive a barcode reader in the mail, you discover that the world around you is not what it seems, and must escape the bars of black and white. "Bars of Black and White" is a game in the room-escape tradition with hand-drawn line art graphics and novel barcode-scanning action. Is the world insane, or is it you?
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How it plays

Its themes are horror.

What it launched against

Bars of Black and White launched on 28 January 2009, within three weeks of Demon's Souls, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned and Flower.

Released around the same time: Demon's Souls, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, Flower.

Official trailer

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When did Bars of Black and White come out?
Bars of Black and White was released on 28 January 2009 for Web browser.

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