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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Lost City

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Text adventure, you have to search for the Diamond of Zandor, which is hidden in the Lost City. It's not too bad, more descriptive than, say, Colditz or Star Trek. It is actually quite a good game, although the story has been done to death. Worth a go.


Master Break

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A really good quiz game, themed on snooker, but none of the questions are on snooker, you have to answer specialist and general knowledge questions with tough time limits. As you answer questions correctly pot the balls, red ball questions are easier and have more time to answer, and black ball questions are hard and you don't get much time. This is a really good quiz game, the graphics are lame, but functional.


Missile Strike

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The classic missile command game, nicely done for the BBC, I really like this version, the lines come down the screen towards your bases, and you to shoot the tip of the line to blow it up. When you have shot enough lines, you move on to the next level, the graphics are simple, but good, and the sound effects are cool. This is a really good game, one of my favourite early 'arcade' games.


Moon Mission

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Early arcade conversion, this is the game where you have to manouver your ship through the asteroids to reach the people stranded on the planet below. This is an ok conversion of it, but it doesnt have the slickness of the Acornsoft version Meteor Mission. Not a bad effort though this is quite a rare game as well.


Mr Wiz

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A Mr DO Clone, but definitly not as good as Micro Powers' Mr EE!, or the arcade version! You have to collect all the cherries on the level, whilst avoiding the baddies, who can follow you or dig there own pathways through the underground. It is ok, but the graphics are quite frankly very poor, and it has a couple of annoying features. Another rare case where Superior lose out.


Mutant Spiders

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A charming little shoot-em-up, its quite easy, but its actually also got some original traits, such as a timer to complete the level, and the patterns in which the spiders fire their missiles. It may not be the most brilliant game of all time, but it certainly is a lot better than most of the games produced for the Beeb. Check out the authors home page here.


Network

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Peter Scott usually creates this sort of game, and they are usually very well made, oh well, no change there then. Featuring his quirky style of character design, and nicely designed levels, this is a great game to play, it is fun, and very difficult. If you like arcade adventures which are more arcadey than adventurey, then this is a great game to play, but bear in mind, if you aren't good at this game, it is TOUGH!


Neutron

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The Superior version of Light Cycles - from that film that sporned a thousand games, Tron. This isn't too bad a version, the graphics look quite good and it has the speed and required of this type of game. Worth a look, but there's tonnes of these kinds of games on the beeb!


Overdrive

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Another racing game from Supeior, this time from their early days. I think this is a really good game, it has the feeling of speed, and doesn't care about straying away from reality, letting you drive along at ridiculous speeds! A nice range of levels, and a good 3d effect make this one of my favourites.


Palace Of Magic

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A classic aracde adventure, with you playing a man who has angered a great wizard (whos name is an anagram of Citadel) this is supposedly better than Citadel - its certainly harder! This one has great graphics, and a good musical score, I'm not too good at it.