Designed by another best-selling science fiction author, Walter Jon Williams, Pride and Prejudice was billed as a game of 19th century romance and today is possibly the most sought after game from the Berserker Works stable. Apparently it was released, but we have not seen anything of the game apart from the adverts you can see here.
The game was for up to six players, with each one playing a poor but virtuous maiden from the Regency period. You have one season in the ‘London season’ to attract a bachelor and get engaged, with the most eligible naturally being Mr. Darcy. It was aimed at a female market, which obviously existed only in the smallest of numbers back in the 1980s, but according to Walter Jon Williams himself; the most ruthless players were men!
The game had its box cover and a review in The Guide to Computer Living in December 1986, as well as a brief review in Computer Gaming World issue Sept-Oct 1985, including a screenshot and what seems to be a text-based game.
It could well be that we can eventually remove this game and that it may be out there in limited numbers. Please let us know if you can help find a copy to preserve.
Contributions: Anonymous Contributor, Archive.org
It’s the PC version, not the C64 version, but if anyone’s interested I believe I’ve found this game over at https://www.myabandonware.com/game/pride-and-prejudice-r7o
Thanks for the heads up Mister Ree! I’ll take a look a bit later today.