Promille (video game)

Promille is a video game for MS-DOS, released by the Finnish national alcoholic beverage retailing monopoly Alko in 1980s. It was developed as an educational game to warn against the dangers of alcohol consumption, and was marketed mainly to schools.[1] The game centers around a player created character that visits a bar for food and beverages, while the resulting effects depend on the heights, weight and gender of the created characters, as well as the chosen beverages.[2]

Promille
Developer(s)Alko
Platform(s)MS-DOS
Genre(s)Educational game
Mode(s)Single-player

The game was unknown to most game collectors and thought to have disappeared from circulation until its rediscovery in 2017, when the only known copy was handed to the Finnish Museum of Games. The museum is in talks with Alko about re-publishing the game online.[3]

References
  1. "Tamperelainen: Metsästä löytyi mysteeridisketti – Alkon kadonneeksi luultu kulttipeli herätettiin henkiin". Uusi Suomi (in Finnish). 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. "Hölkkääjä löysi metsästä Alkon 1980-luvulla tilaaman tietokonepelin, joka on "tiettävästi ainoa laatuaan"". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  3. "Tamperelaisesta metsästä löytyi vuosikymmeniä vanha disketti, josta ekspertit onnistuivat kaivamaan sisällön – löytyi 1980-luvulla tehty Alkon valistuspeli, jossa "voi juoda itsensä hengiltä"". Helsingin sanomat (in Finnish). 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.


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