Serious Game Classification

Drug Watch Nottinghamshire Constabulary (United Kingdom), Nottinghamshire Constabulary (United Kingdom), 1985  

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Classification

RETRO SERIOUS GAME
(Edugame)

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Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:
  • Educative message broadcasting

Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Entertainment
  • Healthcare

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
Age : 12-16 / 17-25 / 8-11
General Public

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:

Similar games


Drug Watch In this game you play the role of a teenager who is new to the big wide world. The gameplay is played very similar to Space Invaders but instead of shooting lasers at aliens you actually shoot the word "NO" at drug pushers who are shooting drugs at you. You have a resistance bar and every time a drug hits you it gets lowered until you end up dead of a drug overdose.This game was published by the Nottinghamshire Constabulary as part of there "Just say NO to drugs" campaign. There is even a flashing message that reads "AVOID ALL DRUGS" which is both helping you to play the game and maybe burning the message into your subconscious. [source:mobygames]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : ZX Spectrum

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