The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ for the BBC Micro

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Published on June 11, 2019 5:37:31 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3HI3miFx_k

Game:

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole (1985)

Duration: 20:25

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Came also out for:

Amstrad CPC
Atari 8-bit
Commodore 64
MSX
ZX Spectrum


Game 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 didn't use many typed commands. You would read passages of text (many of them from the book) and be given 3 choices as to what to do, which would lead to other events unfolding. You could also use a help option which would display information about characters featured in the diary. Your aim throughout all of this was 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.