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It'll be out in time for Christmas.

A new game based on Coronation Street is in development for the Nintendo DS.

It's being published by Mindscape, previously responsible for titles such as Noddy and the Magic Clock, Omar Sharif 3D Bridge and Kookabonga Crazy Monkey Party. Not to mention Wild Horses - The Quest for the Golden Horse and Egypt 3.

The new game is said to feature "an adventure and task-based concept set within the theme of the famous fictional street", excitingly. A board game is also planned, titled Destination: Coronation Street.

Our foreign readers might like to know that Coronation Street is an inexplicably popular soap opera set in the north of England. According to ITV 78 per cent of the UK's television audience watched it last year, though that figure probably includes people forced to watch the Christmas special by visiting elderly relatives.

"We receive thousands of fan letters enquiring about the series every month," said ITV exec Aysha Kidwai, who did not say what proportion of those were written in green crayon by people who think Ken Barlow is a real person.

"We're responding to this huge demand by developing a range of exciting and innovative family targeted products inspired by the show."

Coronation Street DS will be released just in time for Christmas, astonishingly.

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KayJay #1 3 years ago

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Yes!!!
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the_dudefather #2 3 years ago

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GTA: Coronation street wars
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andywilkie35 #3 3 years ago

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oh dear
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Hermiod #4 3 years ago

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"Who did not say what proportion of those were written in green crayon by people who think Ken Barlow is a real person. "
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mrpon #5 3 years ago

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Tony Gordons Stranglehold
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DanWhitehead #6 3 years ago

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"We receive thousands of fan letters enquiring about the series every month," said ITV exec Aysha Kidwai, who did not say what proportion of those were written in green crayon by people who think Ken Barlow is a real person.

I actually used to work on the official Coronation Street magazine, and I can tell you from first hand experience that the answer is "Most of them".
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optimusprym8 #7 3 years ago

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This is Mass Market

can I get off now?
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thegamesthething #8 3 years ago

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Cool. Hope they follow it up with Coronation Street Tactics, then a hex based game set in the Rovers.
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consignia #9 3 years ago

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Tony Gordons Stranglehold
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benstarkie #10 3 years ago

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Gail Platt is getting first headshot.
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konniehuqfan #11 3 years ago

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richard hillman had better be in it.

and the ghost of vera duckworth.
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theodg #12 3 years ago

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Corrie is one of the funniest things on tv. The game will be shit though.
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Bealsy #13 3 years ago

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I want to control Ken Barlow and go on a killing rampage
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Evolution #14 3 years ago

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Oh dear God.
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riz23 #15 3 years ago

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Gaming is dead. Official.
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iokthemonkey #16 3 years ago

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I hope there's a mini game where you get to use the stylus to stir Betty's hotpot.

And yes, that's a euphemism.
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linksdad #17 3 years ago

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Sounds like prime MMORPG material
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covfan #18 3 years ago

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I hope it's like The Sims.
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Mildew #19 3 years ago

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I thought this was an early April Fool - in February.

"Gail Platt is getting first headshot."

^^^^^^
Agreed
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Razorus #20 3 years ago

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Eastenders ftw.
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Mildew #21 3 years ago

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@Razorus

Don't give them more ideas
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consignia #22 3 years ago

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jstar, You are thinking of Eastenders, which is miserable. Coronation Street is a different beast altogether. While the serious stuff is boring as hell, there is also loads of comedy in Corrie. It's mostly sub-My Family stuff, but the real quality lies in the juxta-position of it, where one minute it will be about an alcoholic hitting the depths of depression, the next it will be about a kid getting possessed by the ghost of an old butcher by wearing his hat. I shit you not, that is coming up storyline.
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Cloud-Strife #23 3 years ago

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Oh FFS...shovelware for the DS has reached an all time low...
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moggsy #24 3 years ago

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It's not the first time...

Edited by 1 at 06/02/09 @ 12:07
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moggsy #25 3 years ago

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The naffest game release from a 'major' software house for two years. No-one should be allowed to push this onto the shelves.
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AgentCool #26 3 years ago

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This will be Christmas Number 1 for sure. Then the apocalypse will begin...
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Pac-man-ate-my-wife #27 3 years ago

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EG - why are you even bothering to cover this? It's of no interest to anyone who takes gaming seriously and just acts as bait for those who think that a system is defined by it's bad software rather than it's classics.

This is just a waste of your time 'reporting' shit like this.
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mrpon #28 3 years ago

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/high fives consignia

Got it spot on. Love the Street myself, some real laugh outloud moments!
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schnide #29 3 years ago

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Coronation Streets of Rage
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makeamazing #30 3 years ago

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Has to be one of the worst programs on tv. I am not part of that 70 odd %.
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kungfubob #31 3 years ago

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good god NOOOOOOOOOO!

I actually feel physically ill at the prospect of this, it is just wrong,wrong wrong wrong. Actually i fell like gougin my eyes out and ramming sharp pencils in my ears at the thought that someone from my family will buy this and subject me to its horrors as if the TV show was bad enough.
A travesty of gaming justice me thinks
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jiveguy #32 3 years ago

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*twists a ball off in excitement*
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konnsky #33 3 years ago

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what is this world coming to..
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sneetch #34 3 years ago

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@moggsy
The naffest game release from a 'major' software house for two years. No-one should be allowed to push this onto the shelves.

Never mind that turd. "The Eagles Nest", reviewed on the same page, was awesome though. I had it on the C64, those screenshots are wrong though.
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kwesleyb #35 3 years ago

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Part of the game must be ordering a drink and then drinking the drink...and then putting it down...

At the Rovers of course...

Oh wait wont that be like nearly all the game, in the rovers? lol...

Are advertisements included too?
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smelly #36 3 years ago

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YEEEESS!!

I hope it has a "hot coffee" mode with noris and rita.
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smelly #37 3 years ago

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btw.. there was already an Eastenders game for the spectrum.. i got it for christmas as a kid.. i cried.
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Gamer64 #38 3 years ago

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I want to play as Blanche! she's just awesome!
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GRM #39 3 years ago

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Is this crap still on TV? FFS. The cream of of British bad acting; Coronation street and Eastenders. On the brighter side if the sado's who watch this crap get hooked onto the game, they may forget to watch it on tv giving the 'forced' audience a break from this braindead shite.

Too many sad people in this country who think the characters are real. Such low intelligence, and when the SUN newspaper had a front page spread to get one of the characters released from prison, it really showed how sad the intelligence of these idiots is.

When we see the Americans set up an awards ceremony and all the stars gather, it looks impressive. When the British do it and we gather our 'so called' stars together, we see a load of talentless soap actors/actresses and it looks embarrassing. Why are they regarded as the best we have. Our TV is just so sad.

So now its going to be a game, wonder if they will hire some REAL actors to do the voices?

I hope the developers get locked up, surely this can only be interpreted as someone who has become insane and needs locking away for the publics safety.
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Andytails #40 3 years ago

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Coronation Street: Blood on the cobbles.

Can you go on a rampage with David? Hang on... second player could be Becky. Both armed with drainpipes. Like a less cool version of Axel and Blaze... Last boss would be that ginger twat that broke his face... the only problem is that if you cause any damage the Police come and arrest you. They won't believe you whatever you say, even when it's glaringly obvious they should let you continue - they insist on stretching their dilly-dallying for at least three weeks while you watch a sub-plot about Norris' new meth lab venture with Blanche.

It'll probably be shite.
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Daryoon #41 3 years ago

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/preorders

Seriously.

There's no way I can't NOT buy this! I just hope some more top Brit shows follow suit. I'd actually WANT to play a Call of Duty game if it had a Dad's Army license! Fuck heatshots, bathtub tanks are where the REAL fun is!
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Zem63 #42 3 years ago

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Shoot me now.
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canIdoyabombsforya #43 3 years ago

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jstar and GRM
LOL truth
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myke6699 #44 3 years ago

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"Our foreign readers might like to know that Coronation Street is an inexplicably popular soap opera set in the north of England."

Canadians get their dose of Corrie 5 times a week. On Sunday after my trip to the Methadone clinic, I'd spend the next 2 1/2 glued to the telly. But we're quite behind- David has just started to serve his 4 months at a juvvie.
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Gecks #45 3 years ago

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but can you be vera?
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