How to Be a Complete Bastard is an adventure developed by Sentient Software Inc., released 31 December 1987 on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
What How to Be a Complete Bastard is
How to Be a Complete Bastard is an adventure game developed by Sentient Software Inc. and released in 1987. It was published by Virgin Games. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
This game is based around cult ‘alternative comedian’ Ade Edmondson’s book of the same name. Having gate-crashed a party full of sophisticated well-behaved types, you must do everything you can to be seen as hateful, yobbish and immature – a Complete Bastard. The house has several rooms, each of which are filled with objects which are of use, as well as unlimited supplies of food, alcohol and coffee, which control how drunk you are at a time – some awful actions force you to be sober, others force you to be drunk. The game also displays whether you need the toilet (or, more accurately, any part of the house that would cause offence), whether you need to fart, and how strong-smelling these…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
How to Be a Complete Bastard launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels.
Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.
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When did How to Be a Complete Bastard come out?
How to Be a Complete Bastard was released on 31 December 1987 for Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
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