Frankie Goes to Hollywood

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Description

Playing a thoroughly drab, mundane and predictable character, your aim is to become interesting enough to reach the Pleasuredome. After discovering a gruesome murder, your interest in something greater than the routine of 80s Liverpool is awoken.

You explore the streets and houses in the search of a way out. The main basis of the game involves picking up objects and using them in the correct way - most objects have more than one potential use, and misusing them is the only way the game can be lost. There are several sub-games along the way, including shoot 'em ups, a maze and a jigsaw puzzle.

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Alternate Titles

• "Frankie: The Computer Game" -- Loading screen title

Part of the Following Groups

• Physical Bonus Content: Soundtrack
• Theme: Famous musicians

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Critic Reviews

Computer Gamer	Commodore 64	Sep, 1985	20 out of 20	100
Home Computing Weekly	Commodore 64	Jul 30, 1985		100
Commodore Force	Commodore 64	Jun, 1993	97 out of 100	97
Commodore Force	Commodore 64	Jul, 1993	95 out of 100	95
Crash!	ZX Spectrum	Aug, 1985	94 out of 100	94
64'er	Commodore 64	Oct, 1985	13 out of 15	87
Amstrad Action	Amstrad CPC	May, 1986	83 out of 100	83
Sinclair User	ZX Spectrum	Jul, 1985		80
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Commodore 64	Sep, 1987	9.4 out of 12	78
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Commodore 64	Oct 26, 2007	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

Banned single

The band the game was named after, hit the headlines and made them a huge success in 1984 with a banned single. The single that came with the game Relax was banned by the BBC in 1984 after complaints by Radio One DJ Mike Read who took offence to the singles cover and the lewd lyrics. This prompted the record to sell in huge amounts and took the record to Number One in the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for five weeks.

Extras

The game comes with a second audio tape, containing an exclusive live mix of the band's hit single Relax.

Awards

• Happy Computer
  • Issue 02/1986 - #6 Best Game in 1985 (Readers' Vote)

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