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'''Flunky''', later rereleased as '''Mad Flunky''', is an [[adventure]] game, that was released by [[Piranha (company)|Piranha]] on the [[Sinclair ZX Spectrum]], [[Amstrad CPC]] and [[Commodore 64]] in [[1987]]; its main character (the eponymous "Flunky") is a servant at Buckingham Palace who has to perform various tasks for [[wp:Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] (1926-2022), then-[[wp:Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles]] (who has now become the latest monarch of the United Kingdom), [[wp:Prince Andrew, Duke of York|Prince Andrew]], [[wp:Sarah, Duchess of York|Sarah Ferguson]] and [[wp:Diana, Princess of Wales|Princess Diana]] (1961-1997). The game was a brainchild of Don Priestley (who had previously designed [[Popeye (1985)|Popeye]] and [[Benny Hill's Madcap Chase]], for [[DK'Tronics]], and [[The Trap Door]] for Piranha) - and there are two portraits of Berk and Boni on the walls of the palace. | '''Flunky''', later rereleased as '''Mad Flunky''', is an [[adventure]] game, that was released by [[Piranha (company)|Piranha]] on the [[Sinclair ZX Spectrum]], [[Amstrad CPC]] and [[Commodore 64]] in [[1987]]; its main character (the eponymous "Flunky") is a servant at Buckingham Palace who has to perform various tasks for [[wp:Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] (1926-2022), then-[[wp:Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles]] (who has now become the latest monarch of the United Kingdom), [[wp:Prince Andrew, Duke of York|Prince Andrew]], [[wp:Sarah, Duchess of York|Sarah Ferguson]] and [[wp:Diana, Princess of Wales|Princess Diana]] (1961-1997). The game was a brainchild of Don Priestley (who had previously designed [[Popeye (1985)|Popeye]] and [[Benny Hill's Madcap Chase]], for [[DK'Tronics]], and [[The Trap Door]] for Piranha) - and there are two portraits of Berk and Boni on the walls of the palace. | ||
==Story== | |||
''This is from the back of the cassette's inlay card, the front of which is shown in the image to the right:'' | |||
<center>'''''WANNA JOB?'''''</center> | |||
<center>''There's a weird one going in that famous house at''</center> | |||
<center>''the end of London's Mall. Yes, this is your chance''</center> | |||
<center>''to be a really creepy, crawly flunky in Buck House!''</center> | |||
<center>''But you'll need a few qualifications to make the''</center> | |||
<center>''grade as a menial manservant. Any good at bomb''</center> | |||
<center>''disposal, fighting rats, avoiding homicidal guards''</center> | |||
<center>''and chatting up the Royals? Quick reactions and''</center> | |||
<center>''strong nerves will earn you your pay. But win or''</center> | |||
<center>''lose, remember - life's never dull for a Flunky!''</center> | |||
<center>© Piranha 1987</center> | |||
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File:Flunky magazine advertisement.jpg|Magazine advertisement. | File:Flunky magazine advertisement.jpg|Magazine advertisement. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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