Auf Wiedersehen Pet

Auf Wiedersehen Pet is a video game released for the Commodore 64, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron and ZX Spectrum in 1984, developed by Bob Carr and published by Newcastle-based studio Tynesoft. It is based off the British TV show of the same name, specifically the first series, which takes place in Düsseldorf, and is focused on one of the main characters, Leonard "Oz" Osborne.

Plot
Leonard "Oz" Osborne was a bricklayer who didn't like foreigners, liked a drink and was always getting into a fight and the game involves going through Oz's working day over three single screen games.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) Really bland graphics that don't even attempt to look like the show it was based on.
 * 2) Terrible music, including the beepy rendition of the show's theme song, "That's Living Alright".
 * 3) All three of the minigames are boring.
 * 4) * The first minigame involves laying bricks while avoiding Herr Eric Fuhrer's heads and trowels and making sure there are no empty spaces between the bricks. It's impossible to build a whole wall, so the best strategy is to do nothing but build a straight line of bricks to the top of the screen.
 * 5) * The second minigame involves drinking beer at the Bier Keller while avoiding barmaids and tables.
 * 6) * The third and final minigame involves Oz going back home while avoiding police cars in the dark as street lights go out. The higher the player's score, the more lights will go out.
 * 7) If the player completes one of the first two minigames, they'll just play the same minigame again. The only way for the player to move on to the next minigame is by failing the previous minigame.
 * 8) The controls are very unresponsive due to the game being made in BASIC. It doesn't help that Oz moves way too fast in the BBC Micro version.
 * 9) The ZX Spectrum version, while easier, runs rather slow.
 * 10) The game has graphical glitches when playing on the 128k Spectrum models by default. It must be ran in 48k mode or on a 48k Spectrum for the graphics to be rendered properly.

Reception
The game got mixed reviews from magazines such as Crash (who gave the game a score of 54%) and Electron User, but a negative reception among the people who've played the game.

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Trivia

 * Bob Carr developed all four versions of the game.
 * The ZX Spectrum version of the game supports the Currah μSpeech, a hardware speech synthesiser add-on for the Spectrum, saying "Well done!" or "You lose!" in a robotic tone whenever the player wins or loses a minigame, respectively.