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Grange Hill (video game)

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Grange Hill
Grange Hill
ZX Spectrum cover art
Developer(s)Binary Design[1]
Publisher(s)Argus Press Software[2]
Designer(s)Colin Jones[1]
Platform(s)Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC
Release1987
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Grange Hill is a 1987 video game published by Argus Press Software for the Commodore 64,[3] ZX Spectrum,[4] and Amstrad CPC.[5] It is based on Grange Hill, a popular children's television show. The music was done by David Whittaker,[2] but did not include the TV show's theme tune.[6]

The Commodore 64 version was coded by Michael Delves.[2]

Plot

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The game's protagonist is Luke "Gonch" Gardener,[7] with Paul "Hollo" Holloway as an assistant[8] (see the list of pupils in Grange Hill). The object of the game is to retrieve Gonch's personal stereo from the school[9] after hours, which his teacher confiscated.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Previews". Computer and Video Games. No. 66. EMAP. April 1987. p. 55. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Grange Hill at Lemon 64
  3. ^ "Revisiting Grange Hill: The Computer Game". 24 May 2018.
  4. ^ Grange Hill at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
  5. ^ "Grange Hill for the Commodore 64, XGD.com". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
  6. ^ "CVG Magazine Issue 068". June 1987.
  7. ^ "Revisiting Grange Hill: The Computer Game". 24 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Computer Gamer - Issue 25 (1987-04)(Argus Press)(GB)". April 1987.
  9. ^ "Revisiting Grange Hill: The Computer Game". 24 May 2018.