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My Name is Uncle Groucho You Win a Fat Cigar

In this bizarre graphically-augmented text-adventure originally released in 1983 from the mind of Mel Croucher, Uncle Groucho is your guide in a wacky alternative Hollywood where cigars are currency and you…

1 October 1983

My Name is Uncle Groucho You Win a Fat Cigar is an adventure developed by Automata U.K. Limited, released 1 October 1983 on PC (Microsoft Windows) and ZX Spectrum.

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What My Name is Uncle Groucho You Win a Fat Cigar is

My Name is Uncle Groucho You Win a Fat Cigar is an adventure game developed by Automata U.K. Limited and released in 1983. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In this bizarre graphically-augmented text-adventure originally released in 1983 from the mind of Mel Croucher, Uncle Groucho is your guide in a wacky alternative Hollywood where cigars are currency and you are as likely to travel in a space shuttle as in a covered wagon.
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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

My Name is Uncle Groucho You Win a Fat Cigar launched on 1 October 1983, within three weeks of Track & Field and Stop the Express.

Released around the same time: Track & Field, Stop the Express.

Official trailer

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When did My Name is Uncle Groucho You Win a Fat Cigar come out?
My Name is Uncle Groucho You Win a Fat Cigar was released on 1 October 1983 for PC (Microsoft Windows) and ZX Spectrum.

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