External Links
- beebgames.zip *
This game requires an interpreter program - refer to the game's documentation for details. - melbourn.zip *
This game requires an interpreter program - refer to the game's documentation for details.
Have you played this game?You can rate this game, record that you've played it, or put it on your wish list after you log in. |
About the Story
Hampstead is a quest, but not for gold. The aim of it is to reach the pinnacle of social status, and acquiring wealth is only one part of the problem. If you wish to go up in the world you also have to gain the admiration and respect of your fellow men, and there's more to that than a fat bank balance.
In Hampstead it helps to know something about art — or rather, to give the impression you do. You must wear the right clothes, be seen in the right places, live in the right house with the right partner and use the correct mode of transport.
At the start of the game you are a nobody whose aim is to become a somebody. So lie, cheat, steal and defraud. You know it makes sense.
A Spanish translation (unofficial?) by Daniel Querol Bures, "Bienvenido a Hampstead", is available.
3 Off-Site Reviews
The Independent
The social climbing game that has made the leap from ZX Spectrum to iPad
The text-based adventure game pokes fun at people who treat living in the fashionable north London suburb as the ultimate badge of social success
See the full review
The Guardian
Guided by the Hampstead way of life
As aspirational games go, this text adventure was pretty high on the narcissistic scale. With the right clothes, the right education, the right muesli and the right girl (Pippa, of course), all that stood between your and your freehold was her Dad. And he was a pussycat. Hampstead taught a generation of future Brees and Tarquins how to climb the social ladder and how to look good while doing it.
See the full review
Islington Tribune
The Spectrum adventure which mocked social climbers
A roasting parody of life in Hampstead as players searched to find a wife called “Pippa” and a City job capable of bringing in a fast car and cottage next to the Heath. In the game, the price of a listed cottage in Hampstead – remember this was 30 years ago – is billed at £100,000.
See the full review
Tags
Game Details
Current Version: Unknown
License: Former commercial
Development System: The Quill
Baf's Guide ID: 874
IFID: Unknown
TUID: 31l8q957yhpti0a5
Hampstead on IFDB
Recommended Lists
Hampstead appears in the following Recommended Lists:Society, Socialites and Social Climbing by E.K.
Games where the protagonist has to navigate aspirational society in some way, whether it is an attempt at climbing the social ladder or avoiding those who seek to do so. Status, gossip, backstabbing and money are the orders of the day...
Polls
The following polls include votes for Hampstead:BBC Micro gems by Rovarsson
I found the BBC Micro archive a little while ago and I'm overwhelmed. (http://bbcmicro.co.uk/index.php?search=Text+Adventure&on_S=on) Any recommendations? I've put two games in myself from both sides of the spectrum: a 1984 old-school...
RSS Feeds
New member reviews
Updates to external links
All updates to this page
This is version 7 of this page, edited by jakomo on 30 March 2022 at 11:17am. - View Update History - Edit This Page - Add a News Item - Delete This Page
