Last Updated 5th May 2019
The BBC Games Archive - digital memories
Blue Ribbon
They were the budget range of CDS software, and as such they released most of the old CDS back catalogue, then got rights to sell some of the older Superior and MRM software games, some games of course went straight to the budget. They did three budget ranges for the BBC Micro, which were made up of MRM, CDS, and Superior Software titles, MRM they had bought out some years previously, as well as CDS.
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Hi Q Quiz
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The WORST game of all time that I have ever played, this is definitly the biggest pile of ***t ever. It looks pretty good at first, a nicely presented, if easy, quiz game, but then you soon realize how bad it is. It asks you questions, and you have to answer yes if they are right, or no if they are wrong, the trouble is - all the questions it asks you are true, so all you have to do is press yes to get the question right! How pointless.
Joey
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A platform game, you are Joey, a kangaroo, and have to collect all the boomerangs on the level. There are monsters running all over the level to try and stop you, and to make it even harder, an Aboriganee pops up from time to time and fires arrows or boomerangs at the poor marsupial! The graphics are good but spartan, and the game play is ok. It is pretty average, but still worth a play.
Mango
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Another clone of Pengo, this is probably one of the worst. The graphics are very dull, and not at all interesting, which is the only thing you can do diferently if you're cloning. This would probably be the one to buy if you can't afford a decent version of it!
Ravage
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A nice 3d space shoot-em-up, this has an Elite style view, but the graphics are not wireframe, instead they are sprites, which are more suited to shoot-em-ups as they can move quicker. It is probably one of the best games produced by Blue Ribbon, but it is not exactly original, and there is not much in depth play to be had.
Return Of R2
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A terrible attempt at an isometric 3D game like Ultimate Play the Game Used to do, for starters they used a low-res mode which makes everything look weird and horrible, and then they made the sound effects annoying, then they forgot to put in any gameplay - doh! Don't you just hate it when that happens?
Secret Sam Mission 1
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A rather poor adventure game, all you have to do is move around and pick up objects, there is absolutely no descriptions whatsoever, and you can die without warning at any time. Definitly not worth playing from the archive - let alone actually having the misfortune to buy it!
Secret Sam Mission 2
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Exactly the same as Sam Mission 1 but with different locations and objects - don't play it.
Spooksville
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I don't believe it, this is a complete rip of of the classic Citadel the monsters look exactly the same, the main character is the same, but the rest of the graphics are much worse. This is set in a Mansion rather than a city, but the basic things are exactly the same. This is actually a bad copy of Citadel because the outside graphics are very poor. Definitly do not play this game...even if you love Citadel, it doesn't do it justice.
Trapper
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A good attempt at an original game, this has you trying to trap the monster, by surrounding him with blocks in the eight basic compass directions. The graphics are fairly limited, not much animation at all. The most annoying thing is the difficulty level, even on level 1 it is extremely hard to block the monster in without him killing you or escaping!
Turf Form
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Not really a game, this actually predicts horses form for betting reasons. Therefore I announce it the most boring of the software that Blue Ribbon produced ;)
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