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My Name is Uncle Groucho You Win a Fat Cigar

by Automata U.K. Limited·published by Pixel Games UK, Automata U.K. Limited

1 October 198319
PCWindowsZX SpectrumAntstream

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About

Designed as a salute to Hollywood, this psychedelic follow-up to Pimania puts the player in the shoes of Groucho who is heavily inspired by Groucho Marx of the Marx Brothers and is assisted by the PiMan of Pimania fame.

The premise of the game is finding out who is the mystery personality hidden in the program, the first to do so would get a paid trip to Hollywood to meet the said film star. Groucho travels across America, from town to town as you try to guess the identity of various Hollywood personalities. As you proceed you reveal clues on the identity of the final mystery. Currency is in the form of cigars and clues can by bought by them. More can be obtained through gambling

The accepts text input and it has rudimentary drawings with stick men and character based drawings.

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Side view

Languages

1 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English——

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Facts

Released

1 October 1983

Platforms

PCWindowsZX SpectrumAntstream

Standing

Top 28% by 24hr peak players

Tags

Side viewInteractive fiction / text adventureText parser