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Fluke
Author	Chris Young
Filename	fluke.tap
Year	2008
Position	50
Format	ZX Spectrum 16K
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Description	Here you can relive your enjoyment of anodyne TV gameshows by playing the part of a contestant. You know, those sort of shows that were demoted from Saturday evening slots to weekday daytime TV with horrendous budget cuts, no audience and an ill-suited minor celebrity. The beginning of this game reminds me of a famous Bullseye episode - Bowen: And what do you do for a living?. Contestant: I'm currently unemployed, Jim. Bowen: Super, Smashing, Great!. You may find the spin the pointer sub-game a little on the slow side. To maximise your enjoyment of this, convert the game to .SNA format and play it under the old JPP emulator at approx %10000 speed on a modern PC. This will also provide a nice rounded TV screen border, which seems somehow appropriate to the game.
Comments	Loved the?reckless randomness of the PAPER and INK colours, which meant I?was blessed with an almost illegible white text on yellow screengrab for the website. It is legible if you squint both?eyes, and don't mind suffering a thumping migraine later on in the day. Good use of familiar British place names helps build the atmosphere in this exceedingly crass game. I don't watch much TV anymore, but if I did, I bet this program is on most weekdays. Barring it being taken off the air due to an unexpected large scale war, celebrity wardrobe malfunction or some similar disaster. My God, that spinner just goes round and round until you are about ready to give up on the game and then about another minute longer. Cheers for that patience-testing element - I just cleaned a fish tank out whilst waiting for it to finish!