Urban Upstart
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| Developer | Pete Cooke |
| Publisher | Richard Shepherd Software |
| Platforms | ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 |
| Release | 1983 |
| Genre | Interactive fiction |
| Mode | Single-player |
Urban Upstart is a 1983 text adventure programmed by Pete Cooke and published by Richard Shepherd Software for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64.[1] Urban Upstart is set in the fictional British town of Scarthorpe, a particularly grim town with high crime and unemployment rates.[2] The protagonist begins in their house at three o'clock in the morning, with the objective of escaping from Scarthorpe.
Urban Upstart is a text adventure in which the player types actions in verb-noun format. The upper half of the screen displays an illustration of the current location.
Typing in expletives results in the protagonist being arrested on obscenity charges and sent to a gaol.[3]
Unlike Richard Shepherd Software's previous adventure, Invincible Island, Urban Upstart did not come supplied with a separate "help program". This was intended to take the pressure off the company with regards to giving hints, but only caused customer confusion. With Urban Upstart, Shepherd instead supplied help sheets to customers who wrote in asking for information.[4]