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Pimania

Pimania is a text-and-graphics adventure game written by Mel Croucher and released by Automata UK in 1982 for the BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, Dragon 32, and ZX81. It was the first real-life video game treasure hunt to be released. It was inspired by the 1979 Kit Williams book Masquerade. Automata gave a prize of a golden sundial worth £6,000 (equivalent to…

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Genre
Adventure
Publisher
Automata UK
Developer
Mel Croucher
Platforms
BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, Dragon 32, ZX81
Release
October 1982

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Pimania

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related to Gameplay · 16
Pimania → Automata's, East Sussex, Hindover Hill, July, Litlington, Litlington White Horse, Lizi Newman, Pi-Man, Piballed, Piromania, Popular Computing Weekly, Sue Cooper, The, The B-side, The Pi-Man, VL-Tone
related to Legacy · 13
Pimania → Automata, B-Sides, Caroline Bren, Croucher, Feeding Tube Records, In, LP, Ltd, Mel Croucher, The, The BASIC, The Music, United States
related to External links · 7
Pimania → An, Automata, LPPimania ZX81 Collection, Ltd, Mel Croucher, SpectrumComputing, The Music
Developer · 1
Pimania → Mel Croucher
Genre · 1
Pimania → Adventure
Platforms · 1
Pimania → BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, Dragon 32, ZX81
Publisher · 1
Pimania → Automata UK
Release · 1
Pimania → October 1982
is a · 1
Pimania → text-and-graphics adventure game written by Mel Croucher and released by Automata UK in 1982 for the BBC Micro

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automata game croucher mel zx81 released uk first adventure 1982 bbc micro zx spectrum dragon 32 sundial masquerade surreal pi-man

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
PimaniaDeveloperMel Croucher1.00infobox
PimaniaGenreAdventure1.00infobox
PimaniaPlatformsBBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, Dragon 32, ZX811.00infobox
PimaniaPublisherAutomata UK1.00infobox
PimaniaReleaseOctober 19821.00infobox
Pimaniais atext-and-graphics adventure game written by Mel Croucher and released by Automata UK in 1982 for the BBC Micro0.90text
Pimaniarelated to External linksSpectrumComputing0.60section
Pimaniarelated to External linksThe Music0.60section
Pimaniarelated to External linksMel Croucher0.60section
Pimaniarelated to External linksAutomata0.60section
Pimaniarelated to External linksLtd0.60section
Pimaniarelated to External linksLPPimania ZX81 Collection0.60section

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    Pimania

    Nodes24
    Edges23
    Triples42
    Avg. degree1.92
    Density0.083333
    Components1
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