The Bimbles

The Bimbles is a text adventure game, which was released by Intech on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in 1986; it is a spoof of the FilmFair television series The Wombles, which was originally aired on BBC1 from 1973 to 1975 (and later got a game of its own in 1990). The player takes on the role of a Bimble named Fungo (a pun on Bungo), who must find out who is trying to destroy the Bimbles' burrow and stop them - and the player must type two-word verb/noun sentences to make Fungo perform actions. In the game, Fungo will encounter several characters, who will answer him if he talks to them; he will also come across some obstacles (for which he shall need a specific object or password to get past).