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1979 Revolution: Black Friday is a choice driven, narrative game that brings players into the brooding world of a nation on the verge of collapse. Play as Reza, an aspiring photojournalist, and make life and death decisions as you survive the gritty streets of Iran in the late 1970’s.

1979 Revolution: Black Friday is a adventure, indie and choices matter game developed by iNK Stories and N-Fusion Interactive and published by iNK Stories.
Released on April 04th 2016 is available on Windows and MacOS in 6 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian and Turkish.

It has received 1,077 reviews of which 824 were positive and 253 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 8.19€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified 1979 Revolution: Black Friday into these genres:

Adventure Indie Choices Matter Political Historical Action Story Rich Choose Your Own Adventure Singleplayer Multiple Endings Point & Click Atmospheric Exploration Replay Value Short Great Soundtrack Violent 3D Vision Third Person Cold War

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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7 SP1
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz Dual Core or Equivalent
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: ATI or NVidia card w/ 512 MB RAM
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 5 GB available space
MacOS
  • OS: OS X 10.6.X
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz Dual Core or Equivalent
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 512MB NVidia or ATI Graphics card
  • Storage: 5 GB available space

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March 2025
Well, that was a technical wild ride at first. It was extremely difficult to launch the game. On multiple monitors, I had to install an extra software so I could move the window to the main monitor, as the game was putting in on the first monitor it found, even though I had 3 and it wasn't the main one. It doesn't register any graphical settings you set, not matter what I do, when I confirm that I want to apply the settings, if I go back to the menu, they are still the same. Hats off to the anti-aliasing filter option, that allows me to choose between disabled, 2X, 4X, 8X, russian, spanish or turkish! During the tutorial, I accidentally click my mouse before I could read the instructions, they disappeared and I was blocked, I had no idea what to do to progress, I had to ALT + F4 the game and start the campaign all over. The game is quite clunky and buggy, like a Telltale game, only clunkier (if you can believe that), full of QTEs. In fact, at the end I realized it was a full-on copy of the latter. BUT, for all its clunkiness, 1979 Revolution is an important game for video game history, even "just" History for that matter. I've been categorizing all the games I own into, among other things, where they were made, or where the main people behind it were from. Needless to say that the vast majority of them is coming from North America, Europe, Australia and Japan. Africa in general and the Middle-East is sadly a rather empty zone on my map of games. 1979 Revolution is one of the very few Iranian games I know of (even though it was made in Canada/US, but by people that were mainly Iranian or of Iranian heritage). Not only that makes it already an important piece of art history, but it's also the only one that touches the subject of the history of Iran between the 50s and the 70s, and it's a precious account of the events that led to the Iranian revolution. This was pretty tough to experience, especially the scenes in Evin. What also makes it an important part of the duty of remembrance, is the many collectibles scattered throughout the game that will explain the history of Iran, the political landscape in 1978/1979, muslim traditions, culinary specialties, social etiquette, and more. That's what I spent the most time on, reading all I could to learn more about all of this. It's also full of real pictures, both of important events and family moments. There's a chapter where you'll get to watch pictures and movies of these moments that brought tears to my eyes because these happy, normal, carefree moments were contrasting so much with the seriousness of the events that the game documents and what life is in Iran nowadays. For all the aspects covered in my previous paragraph, I would highly recommend 1979 Revolution. Maybe not for its gameplay value, but for its invaluable account of what happened during that time, and how it led to the situation of the country today.
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Jan. 2025
This game is a short and decent time waster with multiple choice and endings i recommend getting this game on same 5/10
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Jan. 2025
1979 Revolution: Black Friday is an incredible narrative-driven game that immerses you in the tense atmosphere of the Iranian Revolution. The story pulls you in so deeply that you might even forget you're playing as a photojournalist, rushing to uncover what happens next. The game’s historical authenticity and emotional weight make it a standout, offering an interactive history lesson that challenges your perspective on freedom and individual responsibility. I highly recommend it to fans of Telltale Games or anyone who loves thought-provoking storytelling. If you’re ready to be moved and educated, this is a must-play.
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Aug. 2024
This game really captures the fervour of revolution. Even knowing how in real life ultimately all the hopes and dreams were crushed by religion it's hard not to get involved and carried away by it while playing. That is indicative of good writing and masterful atmosphere that really captures and takes you back into that place and time. Voice acting is also top notch. Gameplay-wise this is obviously inspired by the Telltale games but with even less gameplay, so if your looking for puzzles and exploration you should lower your expectations a bit. Also, ending is incredibly abrupt and feels like it ends at half way point. Played on my new Steam Deck, it's perfect on it with very short chapters and touch controls,
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July 2024
I enjoyed it. It's a point and click type story game. It was like a documentary with history lessons built into a game. Good story and interesting characters. It's a bit short but entertaining nonetheless.
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1979 Revolution: Black Friday is currently priced at 8.19€ on Steam.

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1979 Revolution: Black Friday received 824 positive votes out of a total of 1,077 achieving a rating of 7.33.
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1979 Revolution: Black Friday was developed by iNK Stories and N-Fusion Interactive and published by iNK Stories.

1979 Revolution: Black Friday is playable and fully supported on Windows.

1979 Revolution: Black Friday is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

1979 Revolution: Black Friday is not playable on Linux.

1979 Revolution: Black Friday is a single-player game.

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1979 Revolution: Black Friday
8.19€
7.3
824
253
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Developer
iNK Stories, N-Fusion Interactive
Publisher
iNK Stories
Release 04 Apr 2016
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