FEATURES: 48K CELEBRITY AWARDS
The crass celebrity cash-in computer game isn't a modern invention. Here's 10 Spectrum titles from the 1980s that are just as crap as say Mary-Kate & Ashley Sweet 16 Licensed To Drive.
But we're not giving points for the crapness of the games, but on how much amusement we've gained from looking at poor attempts to draw famous people using the limited graphics abilities of a 25 year old home computer.
#1 Shakin' Stevens
- The Shaky Game' apparently included as the B-side of the 'This Ole House' single
- Blocky graphics, even for a spectrum
- BTW: Did you know, but Shaky invented punk rock?
#2 Jimmy Nail
- Winning an award for the most unlikely computer game hero
- And he's not looking at the camera, breaking an unwritten rule of celeb characters on spectrum loading screens
- High hair line = lobotomised mental patient
#3 Bob Monkhouse
- Nice attempt at the raised eyebrow visual trademark
- Although maybe poor old Bob is having a stroke
- There's something in his face that reminds us of the almost forgotten geek cult, Church of the SubGenius
#4 Sabrina
- Yes, it's THAT Sabrina
- Only in Spain could they turn this into a platform game
#5 Roger Moore
- The girl is having to prop old Roger up, his clockwork has run out
- Sadly there was no bleepy version of Duran Durans's theme tune to back the game
#6 Bruce Forsyth
- Why is Bruce spanking his arse in a ride-me-cowboy motion?
- Well, if you "play your cards right", then he's yours tonight.
#7 Gary Lineker
- Sinister hooded eyebrows, like a rapist
- Possibly belming
#8 Indiana Jones
- Slightly hamsterish expression maybe?
- Not much detail on Indiana's face - his flattened face reminds us of Billy Bear Sausage
#9 Magic Johnson
- Not bad attempt on the left but..
- What's with the lips on the close-up?
#10 Stuart Henry
- A celeb so obscure we had to use wikipedia
- And he'd been off mainstream radio for about 10 years before this game came out
- Still, great tache
Runners up!