Corrie Nation ( Facebook Game ) Corrie Nation was a Facebook application , released in November 2010 as part of " Coronation Street " ' s 50th Anniversary Celebrations . The game allowed players to build their very own virtual Coronation Street past and current , and were able to collect animated Coronation Street characters from the show ' s fifty years . They were able to set up businesses including Roy ' s Rolls , the Rovers Return Inn and Corner Shop , as well as stock up the shop with supplies in order to earn " Corrie Gold " . As the player levelled up in the game , they were able to unlock new enhancements such as characters , items and other buildings . After eight months the game was taken offline in July 2011 . Overview . The Street . The player was introduced to an empty Coronation Street ( aside from The Kabin , which was used to buy items ) and they could use " Corrie Gold " to purchase buildings to fill up their street . From the start , they were able to buy up the Rovers Return . Once a business had been set , they could stock up the building and were required to return to the game in order to collect their " Corrie Gold " . If the player was too late to get their reward , they would be required to start over again and didn ' t get anything . The street was updated a few times to fit with later storylines within the programme . When Nick Tilsley opened up The Joinery bar in Viaduct Street in November 2010 , the viaduct under the virtual Coronation Street was updated to feature the premises . During the Coronation Street anniversary week when The Joinery exploded causing a tram crash , the street in Corrie Nation featured a derailed tram . The tram was removed from the game at the end of the week however , with The Joinery and Corner Shop destroyed . The player was then able to get insurance for the Corner Shop and Joinery Bar as they couldn ' t restock them . The Kabin . The player was able to use The Kabin to purchase characters , vehicles , buildings , pets and other items . Once added to the street , the player could return later to claim their " Corrie Gold " . The player only had a limited supply of characters and items to begin with , but once they levelled up they were able to collect more characters as they became unlocked . Characters . The player could purchase characters past and present . There were approximately 50 characters available , but the player had to level up in order to collect more . Once a character was purchased and placed in the street , a task option gave the player a question to answer about the character . If the right answer was chosen on the character , the player was awarded 10 " Corrie Gold " , plus 1 XP ( which helped level up ) . However if they chose the wrong answer , they only got 5 " Corrie Gold " , but no XP . Once the answer to the character was submitted , the player had to wait a while before answering another question on the character . The characters that the player collected were added to an Album , where the player could scroll through and see the different characters they had earned . They could also read up on a brief timeline about the character ' s tenure on the programme . A " Surprise Character " option was available , and if the player chose this , a random character was selected , even ones that the player hadn ' t already unlocked . However the player may have been given duplicates as oppose to a new character they were hoping for . The price for getting a Surprise Character went up every time the player levelled up in the game . Buildings . Businesses and houses from Coronation Street could be purchased and placed in the street . With businesses , the player was able to stock them , but was required to come back within a specified period of time to collect their " Corrie Gold " , but if too late , they didn ' t get anything . Like characters , the player had to level up in order to unlock other premises . With houses , the player couldn ' t earn anything through them , they just simply stood in the street . Cancellation . The game was taken offline in July 2011 after eight months . The decision to do so was first reported during the previous month and the game was deemed a " massive failure " . Despite reports that it was being worked on to be improved and would re - launch the following year , nothing happened and the status of the project remains uncertain .