''Flunky'' (sometimes known as ''Mad Flunky'') is an

adventure game An adventure game is a video game genre in which the player assumes the role of a protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and/or Puzzle video game, puzzle-solving. The Video game genres, genre's focus on story allows it to draw ...

Don Priestley Don Priestley (born 1940) is a teacher and former video game programmer who wrote over 20 commercial games for the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum home computers between 1982 and 1989. Despite successful releases for DK'Tronics, such as '' 3D Tanx'' and ''Mazi ...

for the ZX Spectrum,

Commodore 64 The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). It has been listed in the Guinness ...

and Amstrad CPC. It was published in 1987 by Piranha Software. The player takes control of a wiktionary:flunky, 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 Elizabeth II, The Queen herself.

Gameplay

image:ZX flunky.png, Screenshot 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: Charles, Prince of Wales, The Prince of Wales, Diana, Princess of Wales, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, The Duke of York, Sarah, Duchess of York, The Duchess of York, and Elizabeth II, The Queen.

Development

''Flunky'' was developed by

and published by Piranha Software.

Reception

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External links

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Review from ''Your Sinclair''
(archived) 1987 video games Adventure games Amstrad CPC games Commodore 64 games Piranha Software games Single-player video games Video games developed in the United Kingdom Video games set in London ZX Spectrum games {{adventure-videogame-stub