Politics is fun. I can not say it enough, I did Sciences Po Admittedly, I am happily fuck out after two years, but still. Politics is my passion. While these uncultivated jeuxvideo.com Gamekult clash and has great shots of spelling mistakes on the theme of the console war, I get excited regularly to monitor the duel Nico / Sego, as the very, very exciting. I have a
other passion: computers Thomson, who have brutally deflowered the joystick so that I should be only two or three years.
There comes a time when he wants to combine two passions. Not to make one. Reconciling Policy with Rétropudding on Thomson. Thomson, whore, LA machine games in BASIC! And not just any basic, guys, the Basic Pure, the true, the basic MICROSOFT!
Since I am a man, a true (what a gamer), I offer here a mega record on no less than FIVE games dedicated to the Rétropolitique. You'll learn if you do not already know that English is our hereditary enemy, and they have a way very different from us to see politics oulah yes.
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What do we do when we want to make a video game and you're in tench
programming in the middle 80s ? It is a management game in basic. You will see regularly on this blog, you see, is exceptional.
(one end of the Listing, the work pro)
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We laugh when we see it Coktel Vision that does this. I have a terrible memory of Coktel Vision and its extraterrestrial Adi which is inflicted upon me regularly for my career to optimize school. Before "Adi teaches you life," it was therefore entitled to "Microsoft Basic teaches you the policy." Admittedly, I extrapolate.
In the background of the title screen, the Marseillaise, played on a voice. Note, very importantly, the subtitle "Simulation Game." It sounds a little "This is a fiction, all characters are fictional" of American television. But here we s'adrese the player. The rest of us are accustomed to today, but probably wished Coktel Vision anticipate potential psychological problems of people who truly believed President of the Republic after playing this game because yes, "Vote for Me" is a simulation of president. Yes, it is therefore misleading.
The game offers us then choose your side. Left, right? It's worse than that,
"Socissos or démocratos? . Clearly, the EA also had won the exclusive league.
Anyway who cares, it makes no difference, reflecting the realism of the simulation.
The game takes place in two stages: 1. Finding 2. Do stuff.
The stage balance you remember the important events of the year past, which are always the following: * Strong Growth
* USA few unemployed in France (software that is almost proof of historical evidence)
* Rising oil prices.
Here, the game is buggy, because for a very rare occurrence for oil has declined.
And ... Oh my god, interaction! Do not panic, they are nothing more than the other three screens balances. And what do you think? It is not for fun, politics is not LOL.
* General state tells you the percentage of people satisfied / not happy. It effecitvement all that matters in politics.
* "Polls" show you a breakdown of the view that social groups. It's very surprising in the early game, because we see that your side never exceeds 10%, and that the other side either, so you have 60% of "satisfied". "Vote for me" and then a game or a person is elected with 10% of the vote but where the majority is happy anyway. *
economic performance, which are useless.
What can a president? And it may change the budget. Go, say AC in conformation with my personal beliefs. Sucrons the social budget, cut the balls to farmers, and help companies and export. But as it is and that changes in basic gauges with left and right, it takes 3 years. Yes, like in real life. A note that you can do anything, you'll never be in deficit, debt, or anything. Not too interventionist AC is just inflation. Inflation and we do not care. "Vote for me," a game left.
On the side of government action, you can opt for a price freeze or wage (name of god, what a time!), Changes in interest rates (and everyone knows that nobody does anything a monetary policy), tax imports (To prevent MSX compete Thomson), and stop immigration.
Let's see what happens if we liberalize prices and wages. An experience that would be politically interesting in real life, fuck a brothel because she can not.
Ok, people are not happy. But what happens when you look at evolution? -3% Is lost in voice, and the index of economic health is growing. It did not shock the game designer to see that we did not lose only 3% of votes by totally eliminating welfare and blocking salaries, while increasing GDP. Vote For Me, a game right.
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But the most curious phase of the gameplay of this strange title: the debate. Doggone, a simulated debate in BASIC ... You are left, the villain, he is right. When the bad guy speaks, you can stop laughing, or request Enquiries. What kind of information? We know nothing. It's always very well thought of seeking information on his country's opposition anyway. If you stop your opponent, the game gives you the hand. But half a second later, the evil takes it, and you can not do anything. It happens so regularly that the debate goes smoothly that you can say anything. And what happens when you speak? You can adopt any tone (including "Violent"), your "blah" will do nothing, because whatever happens, the president that you will lose the debate has faced opposition. Vote for me, a game populist.
After 7 years, the game decides whether you will be reelected or not. As an indication, with the kind of politics that I conducted on 2 parts, I was reelected in the first round with 60%. And everything is said.
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(note the general South American pink) So with such a title, one could expect a simulation of Charles de Gaulle. Well no, the place is entitled to a simulation of South American dictator, Augusto Pinochet kind or Hugo Chavez.
And also, it stinks the basic is 30 miles away.
By cons, in terms of gameplay, you are entitled to something a bit better: a budget simulator dictator. You people who follow closely the discussions on the development and
budget vote, well you'll be able to give very much fun!
concretely, it happens how?
The game begins by asking how many years you want to stay in power. As you can see, there is not shit at all, in these countries there.
Then you are entitled to fine screens in text mode: will you spend your Thun army (men, tanks, etc.), buy acres of land, build factories (excluding price: your country does anything from five factories that build all fart), put it in education?
(It happens to read anything, I know, but at least you have your imagination) There are plenty of "ministries" in which spending your Thune: result, which is impossible to know exactly what. Was impossible to know what are "recreation" into a dictatorship, for example (probably to organize the executions in stadiums). The goal is as follows: spend his Thune hoping that in the next round we will have a bit more than in previous rounds.
It never happens.
In addition, a round two, you declare war and fuck you in the face. Do not expect to win either.
Finally, after a round or two, your second fuck you in jail and take power because of "deficit" or "not happy", whatever you do, the game will find a reason to make you lose, do not worry. Here, shit, it was almost like having a good game case Realisation is likeable, and you will be entitled to the beautiful illustrations with General Alcazar (a completely illegal from the standpoint of intellectual property ) and the theme of the cucaracha who returns regularly (and other beauferies it was good Time has a time to add to his horn). The only interest of the game is
I suppose, the game has several in hotseat, since at least everyone is as bad as you crossed the start.
(No.) Turning to another machine: the ZX Spectrum
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Yes, Prime Minister
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The English class they have. That's why none of the policy simulations that we will see here has been written in basic. But you see, unlike the more or France or politics is "boring" (I know not rhyme AC) across the Channel, Policy simulations are completely barred.
Does not mean they are good.
(Your desktop interface altogether funny)
Yes Prime Minister is a simulation of Prime Minister then, but it is also an adaptation of an English series deemed to be very funny. And it is true that the game, which comes in the form of a text adventure game semi. Basically you're in your office, and you make a shit to read memos and go to your meetings.
In these meetings, we talk politics, but where it becomes extremely weird is that it is for you to finish the sentences of people. It plays the role of multiple characters, then, and outcome, it is not known at all or you go into the conversation. If certain lines are fun, it remains the policy or it is a bear shit in demonstrations feminist or decide where a nuclear reactor construction.
In the end, you lose.
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Flunky & Spitting Image
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I will not dwell too much on these two games, but I must mention them so you know that these two titles are available.
Flunky is a simulator of Butler British royal family. There's people that broke ca. Concretely, it moves into screens that are just 1 / 10 of the screen ca train anyway and filled targets super exciting as "light the fire" or "find the duck plastic Harry / Wig Lady Di ". Sometimes, a royal guard you in the gun lobby. We do not know why.
Flunky, anti Urbz 
Ronald Reagan against Mrs. Thatcher Spitting Image is a game where you control which distributes Margaret Thatcher of fungi, a sort of celebrity deathmatch / street fighter of international politics at the time, except that CPC requires, it no longer recognizes anyone.
A nice game, has the correct performance, despite a shocking handling ... The ancestor of Celebrity Deathmatch on PSX. Yes, it's not a reference. Well just ...
