Pimania is a text-and-graphics adventure game written by Mel Croucher and released by Automata UK in 1982 for the BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, Dragon 32, and ZX81.
[3] Automata gave a prize of a golden sundial worth £6,000 (equivalent to £26,700 in 2023) for the first person to solve the various cryptic clues to its location that were hidden within Pimania.
[4] The B-side of the game cassette features a bizarre Pimania song played on a VL-Tone and vocals.
[6] In 2010 Feeding Tube Records, a small label in the United States, released "Pimania: The Music of Mel Croucher & Automata U.K., Ltd.", a deluxe vinyl LP album of the musical B-Sides to the Pimania games, as well as tracks from other Automata releases.
The album came with extensive liner notes by Croucher and Caroline Bren, as well as a large poster featuring selections from the original Automata print campaigns and was issued in a one time edition of 500 copies.