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Obscure, unpopular and illogical, none of them were ever going to make a good game.

Eastenders | Arcade/Spectrum | Macsen Software | 1987

Take one look at this video of the long-running British soap and tell us what kind of game it would be good for.

Our choice is survival horror.

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