Grange Hill (video game) explained

Grange Hill
Designer:	Colin Jones^[1]
Developer:	Binary Design
Publisher:	Argus Press Software
Released:	1987
Genre:	Adventure
Platforms:	Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC

Grange Hill is a 1987 video game published by Argus Press Software for the Commodore 64,^[2] ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.^[3] It is based on Grange Hill, a popular children's television show. The music was done by David Whittaker, but did not include the TV show's theme tune.^[4]

The Commodore 64 version was coded by Michael Delves.

Plot

The game's protagonist is Luke "Gonch" Gardener,^[5] with Paul "Hollo" Holloway as an assistant^[6] (see the list of pupils in Grange Hill). The object of the game is to retrieve Gonch's personal stereo from the school^[7] after hours, which his teacher confiscated.

Notes and References

1. Previews. Computer and Video Games. 66. EMAP. April 1987. 55. 13 January 2023.
2. Web site: Revisiting Grange Hill: The Computer Game. 24 May 2018.
3. Web site: Grange Hill for the Commodore 64, XGD.com . 2007-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928075115/http://www.xgd.com/id/44502 . 2011-09-28 . dead .
4. Web site: CVG Magazine Issue 068. June 1987.
5. Web site: Revisiting Grange Hill: The Computer Game. 24 May 2018.
6. Web site: Computer Gamer - Issue 25 (1987-04)(Argus Press)(GB). April 1987.
7. Web site: Revisiting Grange Hill: The Computer Game. 24 May 2018.