Superior Software

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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.

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Thrust

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A classic, this is one of the best games on the BBC Micro. You play a simple little craft, who has to search through the caverns of planets, and collect the power core of the planet, which is done by attaching a beam to it, you then have to carefully go back through the level, and get off of the planet, you then beam into the next planet. I think this is excellent, the graphics are in high-res mode, with colourful, yet simple designs, and the way the craft reacts to trusts of the engine is excellent, it must have been designed by someone who really knows a lot about gravity and physics!!


Vertigo

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A great game, you are in control of a ball, and have to move it around an isometric level, avoiding all the traps, and timing movements just right so that they don't go wrong. If you fall off the edge then you die. It is presented in a high-resolution, 2 colour graphics format, and looks very nice indeed. The gameplay is great and highly original and it is one of the best games to play if you like action puzzle games. The sound is also very good.


Wallaby

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I think this is a cute little game, you are in control of mummy wallaby, whose baby has just been kidnapped by monkeys. You have to go through the level, punching all the monkeys (somehow the wallaby is a boxer!) and collecting the fruit, climbing ladders and trees. It is great fun, and the boxing part is great, it is a little repetive though.


Winged Warlords

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One of the rare games where Superior lose out, in this case it is to Aardvark software, with their conversion Skirmish of the arcade game Joust. This is the classic bird flying jousting game, and is one of my all time favourites, mainly because of its originality, a real cracker of a game, but unfortunately not as good as Skirmish.