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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Pandemonium

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A classic game by Peter Scott, master of the arcade adventure. It is quite manic, with you playing a little alien type thingy, and having to dodge all of the weird things you find around the level. It is quite fun, but can be very frustrating, it does have some really nice music though. It is basically a huge platform game, and it is VERY difficult.


Percy Penguin

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One of their earliest releases, this is one of millions of clones, with you as Percy, you have to defeat the Snobees by pushing blocks of Ice over them, squashing them flat. When you defeat a certain number of Snobees, you win. This is highly addictive and entertaining, definitly the best version.


Perplexity

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A sort of advanced Pacman game, you have to smash rocks to get powerups, whilst moving around a 3d version of a pacman style maze. There are monsters who follow you, and to get past different sections you have to move keys into the locks which open up. This has elements of Repton and Pacman but is not as good as either, it is still ok though, and the graphics are quite good.


Pipeline

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I love this game, the music always manages to get right inside my head, and I start singing it, annoying my whole family! But now onto the plot, you are stranded on the sulphur rich moon of Io, and have to get off it, by working your way through the space station. There are massive levels, you have to collect all the sulphur, and complete loads of puzzles, it has great graphics and is highly addictive. I really love this game.


Pipemania

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One of my favourite puzzle games, this is an excellently designed game, and is extremely good fun. You are a plumber, and have to fix a section of piping together before the water starts flowing from it, you have to build the piping over as many squares as possible, and after a certain number of squares that the water flows through, you gain bonus points for extra squares. It doesn't really need good graphics, but this is presented extremely well with high-resolution used, and the sound is good, if monotonous.


Pontoon

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A nice little version of the gamblers card game, basically you have to get as close to 21 with your cards as you can, or right up to 21. Whoever gets the higher score (not more than 21) wins the game. It looks like the other Superior card games, which is good. This was another early one.


Predator

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From the smash hit Arnie movie, this is a more than decent game license. You take control of Arnie (although his team are not included in the game) and have to guide him past enemy soldiers, birds (!?) and other obstacles. The action is viewed from the side, with you having to pick up different weapons along the way so that the ammo can stay replenished. The graphics are good, and the gameplay is fun, the only bad thing is when the predator comes, before the last level, you just see his laser sights aiming at you, and it is hard to get away from them, almost unfair. Nevertheless it is a great game to play.


Q*Bert

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Superiors Contribution to the mountain of Q-Bert games that appeared on the BBC. This is no better than any of the other's, just as Space Invader games do not really vary much. You have to jump on all the blocks in a specially shaped playing arena, whilst avoiding all the aliens which bounce around the blocks.


Quest

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A high resolution graphics adventure, this is quite a good game, but is very annoying as there are perhaps too many enemies to fight off as well as puzzles. It has some nice sound effects, and the puzzles are quite hard. It is probably one to play after you've finished the classic Castle Quest and Citadel games, and is nowhere near as good as Tony Oakdens other game, Star Port.


Qwak

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A really weird game, you are a duck, and you have to collect all the keys on each level. The best thing is that you can jump from the bottom of the level, and end up on the top of the level. It is fun for a while, but soon gets repetitive. It is only available on PIAS10.