The Thompson Twins Adventure Twins Adventure" is today valued more for its nostalgic and artifactual value than for its ludological aspects which have been uniformly panned by critics. Based on the Thompson Twins' 1984 "Doctor! Doctor!" single, the plot of "The Thompson Twins Adventure" revolves around the efforts of the three Thompson Twins members (Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie, and Joe Leeway) to gather ingredients for the concoction of the titular doctor's potion. The game opens with the Thompson Twins at a beach location. From there they must travel through several areas including a forest and a cavern to search for ingredients for the doctor's
The Thompson Twins Adventure the game was described by "Wired" Susan Arendt as "very, very slow" and "complete crap", although Arendt also found it "nifty in a nostalgic kind of way". Criticism from "Boing Boing" was much the same with editor Cory Doctorow posting that the game is "bizarre", potentially "a bit frustrating", and ultimately "crap". For "TechCrunch", Vince Veneziani described "The Thompson Twins Adventure" as "tripped out" and "tough as hell". In 2008 "Eurogamer" Martyn Carroll suggested that the interest level generated by the game's plot was appropriate for "those with the patience of a coma victim". In 2010, "Sabotage Times" Paul Brown