The Tebbit
Release Date  never (1984)
Original Publisher  Applications Software Specialities (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Adventure Game: Text-Only
Max. Players  1
Authored with  The Quill Adventure System
Original Price  £5.50
Themes  Parody
Inspirations  The Hobbit (Book) from J.R.R. Tolkien (UK)
Other Platforms  Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64

Authors/Contributors
     Roger Taylor (UK) - ?

Remarks
     The Tebbit was the second game in a planned trilogy of politically satirical text-adventure games. Themed as a parody of The Hobbit, The Tebbit spoofed the UK politician Norman Tebbit. Playing as The Tebbit, you had to defeat the ferocious (and balding) Scarg (Arthur Scargill).

According to the author (in C+VG #50 supplement), the game was completed but withdrawn from sale (with all copies destroyed) because it was considered too sensitive after the Brighton bombing in 1984 of the Conservative party conference when Norman Tebbit was injured.

A third game "Kinnochio" (presumably spoofing Neil Kinnock) was planned but never produced.

Summary
     "Join the magical quest for the elusive monetarist dream, in which you, a humble Tebbit must seek the assistance of Magdalf and Tomkin-Gee, to find and defeat the ferocious (and balding) Scarg."

Series "DenisThroughTheDrinkingGlass"
     1. Denis through the Drinking Glass(1983)by Applications Software Specialities (UK)
     2. The Tebbit(1984)by Applications Software Specialities (UK)

Magazine References
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #30-1984/Aprpage 24- News/Note
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #50-1985/Dec supplement "Adventure Supplement"page 15- News/Note
     Micro Adventurerissue #8-1984/Junpage 8- News/Note
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.3 #3-1984/Jan/19 special "week#3"page 55- News/Note

Magazine Advertisements
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #32-1984/Junpage 19- Advert
     Computer Choiceissue 1984/Junpage 86- Advert
     Crashissue v.1 #5-1984/Junpage 30- Advert
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #59-1984/Apr/24 special "week#4"page 36- Advert
     Micro Adventurerissue #7-1984/Maypage 16- Advert
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     Personal Computer Gamesissue #7-1984/Junpage 109- Advert
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     Your Computerissue v.4 #5-1984/Maypage 7- Advert
     Your Spectrumissue #4-1984/Junpage 61- Advert
     ZX Computingissue #13-1984/Junpage 15- Advert

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