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How to Be a Complete Bastard

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An irreverent action-adventure based on Ade Edmondson’s book

The briefing

About this game

How to be a Complete Bastard is an action-adventure game based on Ade Edmondson’s book of the same name. After gate-crashing a party filled with sophisticated, well-behaved guests, your objective is to behave as hatefully, yobbishly and immaturely as possible.

The house contains several rooms filled with usable objects, along with unlimited supplies of food, alcohol and coffee. These affect how drunk you are, while some actions require you to be sober and others require you to be drunk. The game also tracks your need to use the toilet, your need to fart and the strength of the smell.

Rooms can be viewed from multiple angles, with two views available simultaneously through a split-screen display. To win, you must prove to all 16 party guests that you are a complete bastard.

Game Details

  • Genre: Action, Adventure
  • Developer: Sentient Software Ltd
  • Publisher: Virgin Games
  • Release date: December 31, 1986
  • Platforms: Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, ZX Spectrum