Grange Hill (video game)

Grange Hill is a 1987 video game from Bug-Byte for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum,[2] and Amstrad CPC.[3] It is based on Grange Hill, a popular children's television show. The music was done by David Whittaker,[1] but did not include the TV show's theme tune.

Grange Hill
ZX Spectrum cover art
Developer(s)Bug-Byte or Argus Press Software[1]
Platform(s)Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC
Release1987
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

The Commodore 64 version was coded by Michael Delves.[1]

Summary

The game's protagonist is Luke "Gonch" Gardener, with Paul "Hollo" Holloway as an assistant (see the list of pupils in Grange Hill). The object of the game is to retrieve Gonch's personal stereo from the school after hours, which his teacher confiscated.

Grange Hill is probably most famous for its Anti-Drug message and what is often considered one of the darkest game overs ever, when you walk into a particular screen:

"You see a shifty man in a leather jacket. "Hey, Son. Want to buy some of this?" The man offers you a packet of white powder. He is a pusher"

[Player selects "Yes"]

"There is an empty look in his eye as he snatches the money from your hand. His face is pale and drawn; His body thin and unfed. He steals to keep his habit; And makes addicts of children. He is dead, and soon you will be too."
gollark: You know, remote annoying beep enablement would be great on my constantly lost phone.
gollark: Shame PC speakers aren't around so you can't remotely beep them.
gollark: That makes you a BLASPH.
gollark: Ah. I see.
gollark: <@&198138780132179968> <@270035320894914560>/aus210 has stolen my (enchanted with Unbreaking something/Mending) elytra.I was in T79/i02p/n64c/pjals' base (aus210 wanted help with some code, and they live in the same place with some weird connecting tunnels) and came across an armor stand (it was in an area of the base I was trusted in - pjals sometimes wants to demo stuff to me or get me to help debug, and the claim organization is really odd). I accidentally gave it my neural connector, and while trying to figure out how to get it back swapped my armor onto it (turns out shiftrightclick does that). Eventually I got them both back, but while my elytra was on the stand aus210 stole it. I asked for it back and they repeatedly denied it.They have claimed:- they can keep it because I intentionally left it there (this is wrong, and I said so)- there was no evidence that it was mine so they can keep it (...)EDIT: valithor got involved and got them to actually give it back, which they did after ~10 minutes of generally delaying, apparently leaving it in storage, and dropping it wrong.

References
  1. Grange Hill, Lemon64.com
  2. Grange Hill at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
  3. "Grange Hill for the Commodore 64, XGD.com". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2007-10-12.


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