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| Developer(s) | Pete Cooke |
| Publisher(s) | Richard Shepherd Software |
| Platform(s) | ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 |
| Release | 1983 |
| Genre(s) | Interactive fiction |
| Mode(s) | 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". World of Spectrum. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
- ^ "Soft Centre 5 - Urban Upstart". Sinclair User (30). September 1984.