Now it’s the L.C.P.s.

Press, 14 January 1986, Page 29

Now it’s the L.C.P.s.

First we had the Cabbage Patch Kids, complete with birth certificates. Now we have the LCP — Little Computer People — each in a three-level house complete with title deed. Owners, when taking up title, sign a solemn pledge to “maintain said house and its occupant according to the instructions put forward in the official owner’s guide.” It is an elaborate — by home computer standards — program for the Commo-

dore 64 (or 128 in 64 mode) which makes full use of the graphics capacity to feature an LCP and pet dog, carrying out their everyday functions. The LCP feeds itself and the dog, but the food they eat and the water they drink has to be “supplied” by the owner by means of keying in commands which “deliver” the relevant items to the front door. An un-cared-for LCP will turn green with illness and retire to bed.

Owners of LCPs register their deeds with the California software house Activision, making them part of the “important research project” into the behaviour of LCPs being conducted by the “Little Computer People Research Foundation.” It’s cute and inexpensive — £9.99 ($25) on cassette, £14.99 ($37.50) on disc - enough to win a substantial following. — London “Observer”