Last Updated 5th May 2019
The BBC Games Archive - digital memories
Last Updated 5th May 2019
The biggest Software produce/publisher for the BBC ever. In fact it is still going to this day, making it the only actively supporting BBC software house. It still sells titles, but no longer develops any. The company is now being run by Steve Hanson. In the early 80's it released bundles of classics, and every game seemed to be a good one. It has probably developed more games that most other publishers have today. It acquired Acornsoft in the late 80's, and gained the rights to sell their games, but now it seems that Acorn have bought the name back again. It has produced loads of individual titles, as well as 18 Play It Again Sam Compilations, 2 Acornsoft Hits Compilations, and 2 Superior Software compilations.
Please contact me if you have any additional information about the company or its games!
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Shuttle docking simulator, not as fun as it sounds, this is an accurate simulation of a space dock with an orbiting space station. You have to control yaw, pitch, roll and forward engines to a high degree of accuracy in order to control the ship in to the station. It is very slow paced, but is quite fun once you get the hang of how things behave differently in space. The graphics are wire frame, and well done on the whole - although not exactly stunning they are functional.
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The game based on the quiz show, this is a great way to test your sporting knowledge! It is a bit out of date by now though! Basically you answer questions about sport, and try to beat the other team!
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In this game you control a helicopter, and have to rescue innocent civilians from a war zone, when their house is blown up by a tank, you must land and let the civilians board the chopper. Then you take off and land at the hospital, it is all great fun, but gets hard after a while.
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A good shoot-em-up, in this there are giant alien moths invading, and you have to shoot them all! They slowly fill up the columns, and when a column is full, the moths come out of it, and attack you. You have to keep all the columns down to a minimum level, and there are 8 columns! It is very difficult, but fun to play, you can keep going at it for ages!
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Another Repton game, this time there are 40 new screens, each with themed around a place in the world today, from Europe to Asia, it's all in there!
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This game is strange, using an arrow which fires pellets, you must direct the ball into the goal of the opposing player. There are many obsticles to overcome, and it can be quite frustrating, but nevertheless it is great fun for 2 players.
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The best ever BBC combat game - and just about the only one that lets you chop your opponents head off! This is a true classic for the BBC, you'll need quick reactions as you fight through many opponents and then Drax, the dungeon lord himself! The graphics are nice, medium res, but detailed, and the controls are spot on. Great for two players.
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This is something of a disappointment, considering the brilliantness of the original. This is a scrolling beat-em-up, with you having to fight your way through the mazes, and on to the next level. The worst thing is the fighting, as you only fight Dinosaurs, which get very boring, it is not a patch on the original. You can also play as a female character in this, ensuring political correctness!
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A great graphical adventure, this one has you playing a Baron, as you search for a way out of the castle. The graphics are nice, if a bit plain, but there are loads of puzzles to solve and it is fiendishly difficult. Not bad considering it is really a make weight. Only available on PIAS11.
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The old classic, well so they say, because I really hate this game. It is all very well with the nice wireframe graphics, but it really stinks, it is far too slow, and when you meet a tank, they almost always manage to blow you up before you line them up in your sites. Not one for the classics folder!
(C)2009 C. Boylan