Denis Through the Drinking Glass
Applications Software Specialities 1983
- Language:
- English
- Authors:
- Ian Bishrey, Roger Taylor
- Systems:
- Quill, The/AdventureWriter
- Platforms:
- Atari 400/800, BBC/Electron , C64/128 , Spectrum
- Genres:
- Humour, Political
- Related:
- 1: Denis Through the Drinking Glass, 2: Tebbit, The
- Entered by:
- Gunness, iamaran, Strident
- Added:
- 10-05-2010
- Edited:
- 06-03-2020
Synopsis
Plot
As Margaret Thatcher's husband, Denis, you have to escape Downing Street 10 and the world of politics in general so that you might go to your favourite pub for a drink.Notes
The satirical text is largely written in verses.The gameplay is somewhat hampered by the fact that you need to locate a drink every ten turns.
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- Solution
- by ?
- Map (Spectrum)
- by Exemptus
- Further Info:
- YouTube walkthrough
- Search at Atari 8-bit Forever
- Search at Atari Mania
- Search at Complete BBC Games Archive
- Search at Gamebase64
- Search at Museum of Computer Adventure Game History
- Search at Spectrum Computing
- Search at The Tipshop
- Search at World of Spectrum
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I like the premise of this, but the execution isn't all that great. And having to drink all the time is tiresome!
For all its cleverness, this is more a collection of political in-jokes and "guess the right word" riddles than a proper game. You need to be savvy on the early 80s' UK political landscape to get the satire, but it is too poorly written and amateurish. It remains a curiosity.