Frankie Goes to Hollywood is an adventure developed by Denton Designs, released 31 December 1985 on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
What Frankie Goes to Hollywood is
Frankie Goes to Hollywood is an adventure game developed by Denton Designs and released in 1985. It was published by Ocean Software. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Frankie Goes to Hollywood holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1985 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
Frankie Goes to Hollywood launched on 31 December 1985, within three weeks of Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter and Mercenary. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter, Mercenary.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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