Flunky (video game)
{{Short description|1987 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Flunky
| image =
| caption = In-game screenshot
| developer = Don Priestley
| publisher = Piranha Software
| designer =
| released = 1987
| genre = Adventure
| modes = Single-player
| platforms = ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC
}}
Flunky (sometimes known as Mad Flunky){{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} is an adventure game by Don Priestley for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC. It was published in 1987 by Piranha Software. The player takes control of a flunky in the service of the British Royal Family. The flunky is given orders by various members of the family which he must carry out. When he is successful in completing a task, he can obtain an autograph from the satisfied individual. Once he has successfully completed tasks for several persons he can go on to perform the final task for The Queen herself.
Gameplay
The player controls the flunky as he moves around Buckingham Palace, carrying out orders that members of the Royal Family will give him. The flunky can only be given one task to do at a time. The solutions needed to complete the tasks range from the correct use of items in the correct places to tasks requiring skillful playing more reminiscent of action games.
The game includes members of the Royal Family: The Prince of Wales, Diana, Princess of Wales, The Duke of York, The Duchess of York, and The Queen.
Development
Reception
{{VG Reviews
|CRASH = 60%{{cite magazine|magazine=Crash|title=Reviews|date=September 1987|page=104|issue=44|url=https://archive.org/details/crash-magazine-44/page/n102/mode/1up}}
|CVG = 32/40{{cite magazine|magazine=Computer and Video Games|title=C+VG Reviews|last=Boughton|first=Paul|page=22|issue=72|date=October 1987|url=https://archive.org/details/ComputerAndVideoGamesIssue072Oct87/page/n21/mode/1up}}
}}
References
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External links
- {{WoS game|id=0001809|name=Flunky}}
- {{Lemon64 game|id=3513|name=Flunky}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160514120237/http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/flunky.htm Review from Your Sinclair] (archived)
Category:Piranha Software games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Category:Video games set in London
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