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The Election Game

A political strategy game based on a General Election in British politics and the aim is for one to four players to get a party into Government. Each player starts with £8000 and they must visit as many…

31 December 1983

The Election Game is a quiz/trivia developed by Orion Software, Inc., released 31 December 1983 on Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What The Election Game is

The Election Game is a quiz/trivia game developed by Orion Software, Inc. and released in 1983. It was published by Mr Chip Software. It is available on Commodore C64/128/MAX only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A political strategy game based on a General Election in British politics and the aim is for one to four players to get a party into Government. Each player starts with £8000 and they must visit as many constituencies from a choice of 60 and canvas for votes. At the start of the game after how many turns are to be played, each player starts at a random constituency and the first player is shown how many people plan to vote for each of the parties. The player then decides how much to spend on their campaign before the next players constituency is shown.
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Election Game launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.

Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.

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When did The Election Game come out?
The Election Game was released on 31 December 1983 for Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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