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."

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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