Election

Crash

Use of Computer 40%

Graphics N/A

Playability 28%

Getting Started 35%

Addictive Qualities 38%

Value For Money 45%

Overall 37%

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Producer: Mastertronic Memory Required: 48K Retail Price: £1.99 Language: BASIC The aim of the game is to defend the parliamentary seat of Pendell by choosing your manifesto from given points, within 10 days and with a budget of £5,000 and any donations you may collect along the way. In other words Election is a strategy/options game. At the start of the game you must select the party you wish to represent, Tory, Labour, Alliance; and then choose three of the points offered for your manifesto. You are shown what points the two other parties are campaigning on. Pendell is split up into 24 streets, and the political colour of Pendell can be seen as the streets are listed showing how many houses support the various parties. From then on the game offers up the usual allowance of options such as attending meetings in different streets, where value points are provided for you to use in answering questions tabled. You may rent billboard space in specifically offered streets, or buy advertising space in the local newspaper. Then there's the street by street canvassing, when you may choose how many to visit in a day. When renting billboard space, attending meetings or canvassing, the program informs you of the political colour of the street in question. In between the campaign activities, various random disasters can strike such as your campaign manager running off with the funds. When the 10 days are up, it's time to sit back and watch the votes come in, street by street. COMMENTS Control keys: general entry Use of colour: generally uninteresting Graphics: mainly text with small characters for houses Sound: poor Skill levels: 1 Originality: election games are hardly new, and this one has little to offer apart from the long election day sequence

The political colours of Accacia Ave to Manor Drive - Election.