Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

Jeffrey Archer: Not a Penny More, not a Penny Less - The Computer Game is an interactive fiction game based on Jeffrey Archer's novel Not a Penny More, not a Penny Less. The plot evolves around three Englishmen and one American who are swindled out of their savings. Now the four (the player takes the role of Stephen Bradley) try to swindle their money back from the original fraudster.

The game closely follows the plot of the book with a few puzzles thrown in. In comparison to other adventures the player generally can't use directional commands to change location; all puzzles have to be solved in a location before he is allowed to leave it. However, it is still possible to miss important objects and reach a dead end later. The game also gives no clues about the goals of a screen and expects the player to have read the book first (included with the game).

The puzzles are solved by typing in English commands, but the game only accepts precise commands. A speciality is the digitized speech (the amount depends on the platform) where Bradley comments on certain game situations.

Added February 15, 2021
Published By Domark Ltd.
Developed By Imagitec Design
Front Cover (United Kingdom) (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Back Cover (United Kingdom) (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Media (United Kingdom) (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
IGDB Cover from igdb.com
Loading screen. (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Your story. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
The exchange rate. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Your room. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Loading screen. (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Your story. (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Sitting in your room. (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com

Year of Release:
1987

Genre(s):
Interactive Fiction Traditional

Graphic Style:
2D

Camera View:
First-Person

Control Type:
Text Parser

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