Midnight. Swordfight.

Midnight. Swordfight. is an interactive fiction game set in a surreal milieu. In the midst of a masquerade, the protagonist finds himself challenged to a duel by the countess. Outmatched, he can do little more than die. However, the protagonist can also "wake up", and find himself transported to the time-frozen past, where he can manipulate the situation to make the outcome of the duel more to his liking. Twenty-five different endings are possible.

The game's array of verbs is limited to just a handful of basic commands. In addition, there are special commands available, depending on what costume the protagonist is wearing. In lieu of the ordinary compass directions, moving around between rooms is done via the commands "past", "future", "clockwise" and "counter-clockwise". A playscript in the player's inventory lists the available verbs, as well as providing a hint to the function of each room.