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Description
Sue Townsend created a phenomenon in the mid-1980s, essentially incorporating lots of sharp satire and observational humour into the diary of a confused teenager. It might sound like an odd idea for a computer game, but Level 9 felt that there was an adventure in there.Most of the major characters from the book appear, including Adrian's warring parents and their respective flings, his sweetheart Pandora, his best mate Nigel, school bully Barry Kent, and curmudgeonly pensioner Bert Baxter.
The game does't use many typed commands. Instead the player reads passages of text (many of them from the book) and is given 3 choices as to what to do, which lead to other events unfolding. You can also use a help option which displays information about characters featured in the diary. Your aim throughout all of this is to make Adrian as popular as possible. The player's score and ranking is displayed at particular times during the game. The percentage achieved relates to the rank, with 26% being 'a spotty creep' and 38% 'a middling thicko' for example.
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Part of the Following Groups
- Adrian Mole licensees
- Genre: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure
- Inspiration: Literature
- Multiple-choice games
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Critic Reviews
Amtix! | Dec, 1985 | 89 out of 100 | 89 |
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) | Feb, 1986 | 8.25 out of 10 | 82 |
Amstrad Action | Dec, 1985 | 80 out of 100 | 80 |
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Trivia
It is perhaps indicative of the game's cross-over nature of almost but not quite being a traditional adventure that the Spectrum magazine Crash! gave it two distinct reviews in the same issue - one in the Adventure Trail section (awarding it 9/10), and one in the main body of reviews (awarding it 86%)
Kabushi (257593) added The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ (Amstrad CPC) on Feb 05, 2006
Other platforms contributed by Rola (8277), Kabushi (257593), Martin Smith (78662) and koffiepad (10503)
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