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2	''Yes, Prime Minister'' is a SimulationGame and InteractiveFiction game with graphics that was released in 1987 for Platform/Commodore64, Platform/AmstradCPC, Platform/ZXSpectrum and Platform/BBCMicro, and ported to [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer DOS]] systems in 1988.
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4	The game gives you a week in the life of the British Prime Minister. But not just any Prime Minister, this game puts you in the shoes of Prime Minister James (Jim) Hacker from the classic BBC television comedy ''[[Series/YesMinister Yes, Prime Minister]]''.
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6	Much like most political simulations, you must balance your popularity with the needs of your party, the meddling of foreign governments, and the small minded incompetence of the civil servants that surround you. All of this is played out with multiple choice dialogues between Hacker and the other cast members of the series (complete with lo-res digital pictures). The dry humor of the show abounds as you must deal with crises such as the French refusing to continue work on the channel tunnel until Waterloo station is renamed. Fans of the show will recognize much of the material and non-fans should still find enough laughs to keep them interested.
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8	Now {{Abandonware}}, available for download [[https://www.myabandonware.com/game/yes-prime-minister-the-computer-game-kd here]].
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12	!!This VideoGame contains examples of:
13	* DeadpanSnarker: This is a game based off of a British TV Series, and the British are known for dry humour.
14	* DistractedByTheLuxury: The correct answer to one puzzle is for Hacker to offer his daughter Lucy a fur coat. It's a very non-obvious answer, since her only appearance in canon is as an animal-rights activist, but the game explains it as a XanatosGambit: If Lucy rejects it, Hacker will get praised for offering her a valuable gift, and Lucy for staying true to her principles. If she accepts it, it'll prove her principles aren't as strong as all that.
15	* FunWithAcronyms: Hacker plans to give a publicity contract to '''P'''ublic '''R'''elations '''A'''nd '''T'''elecommunications '''S'''ervices.
16	* NotInMyBackYard: In one sequence, the chief of the Electricity Board makes a request for a new nuclear power station to be built. If Hacker decides to build the plant, he's told it will be built at Fowey, where he has family, and promptly rejects the idea. If he turns the plant down on safety grounds, the chief says that he'd be happy to have one built in ''his'' back garden... only to backpedal immediately when Hacker takes him at his word.
17	* WackyAmericansHaveWackyNames: Hiram P. Goldbladder

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