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- Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:26 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn software: classic games
- Topic: Commodore envy?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6852
I can remember a friend having a C64 and being quite evnious of it. I had the Acorn Electron. There were tonnes more games and more of a variety. I think the Acorn computers were kings of the arcade adventure (Citadel, the mighty Exile etc.). However, despite it's failings I thought my electron was ...
- Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:33 am
- Forum: 8-bit acorn software: classic adventure games
- Topic: Adventure solution
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2228
Adventure solution
Now that it's the summer holidays, I am going to have some time on my hands. One of the things I want to do is complete Micro Power's Adventure (yes it's not the best adventure, but it has been bothering me since I was 8!) Has anybody completed this adventure? Is there a walkthrough somewhere? I hav...
- Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:21 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn software: classic games
- Topic: The best BBC game ever?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 27822
- Mon Feb 26, 2007 7:06 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn software: classic games
- Topic: The best BBC game ever?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 27822
Top ten games 1. Elite ('nuff said - but check out Oolite for a modern remake - absolutely fantastic) 2. Exile 3. Citadel 4. Repton 2 5. Cylon Attack 6. Dodgy Geezers 7. Star Drifter 8. Football Manager 9. Beach Head 10. Imogen All these games had awesome atmosphere and playability. Ta muchly Gareth
- Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:37 am
- Forum: 8-bit acorn software: classic games
- Topic: The best BBC game ever?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 27822
- Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:35 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn software: classic games
- Topic: The best BBC game ever?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 27822
- Wed Jun 14, 2006 6:44 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn software: classic games
- Topic: Discuss: What is the Best 8-bit Magazine Type-In Game Ever?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 24636
Just played a bit of Island of Secrets (thanks for the link). Very confusing (I think the book is definately needed to get anywhere). Thanks all. Oh, by the way, I'm sure there was a listing for Jam Butty in EU - I can remember the art work with a chap hitting bugs with a jam sandwich (unless that's...
- Wed Jun 14, 2006 6:22 pm
- Forum: introduce yourself
- Topic: Hello
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1585
Hello
Name: Gareth Williams Age: 29 Occuaption: Teacher Started of with an Electron way back in 84/85 which was mainly used for games and lasted me a good 7 or 8 years until I had my first PC. Owned a spectrum for a while, but despite being more popular, was never as good as the elk (in my eyes at least)....
- Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:35 am
- Forum: 8-bit acorn software: classic games
- Topic: Worst BBC games ever?
- Replies: 78
- Views: 32432
- Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:29 am
- Forum: 8-bit acorn software: classic games
- Topic: Discuss: What is the Best 8-bit Magazine Type-In Game Ever?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 24636
I don't know if this counts, but hey... I can remember typing in a listing from one of the Usbourne books - Island of Secrets. It had the listing throughout the book and you had to insert the correct piece of BASIC depending on what machine you had (BBC/electron, spectrum, amstrad etc). The book set...
- Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:28 am
- Forum: 8-bit acorn software: classic games
- Topic: Worst BBC games ever?
- Replies: 78
- Views: 32432
- Wed May 24, 2006 8:38 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn software: classic games
- Topic: Worst BBC games ever?
- Replies: 78
- Views: 32432
- Fri May 19, 2006 11:10 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn software: classic games
- Topic: Worst BBC games ever?
- Replies: 78
- Views: 32432
Hmm, there were a number of awful games for the old Electron - Walk the Plank (Mastertronic) a really bad version of a connect 4 style game Starmaze 2 (Mastertronic) Dull, dull, dull Licence to Kill - Nuff said Adventure (Micro/Program Power) - A bloody awful text adventure game (though if anybody h...
- Fri May 19, 2006 11:03 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn software: classic games
- Topic: Most advanced BBC game?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 25266
Hmm, quite a difficult question, not being a programmer, but nevertheless I'll give it a go (based on the Electron mind you, not the posh BBC lol). Exile - without a doubt - how this game got crammed onto the Electron is beyond me. I wish I'd played Sim City, but I'd moved onto other computers by th...
- Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:46 am
- Forum: 8-bit acorn software: classic games
- Topic: Best original BBC micro games?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 35913
Difficult to think of original games (with the exception of Elite natch, but that's been covered). Here's my thoughts (regardless of whether they were good games or not). Bumble Bee - a nice take on the Pac-Man formula - moving walls I think that's quite original Star Force 7 - Essentially chess in ...
- Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:13 am
- Forum: stardot FORUM
- Topic: Site closing down?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7330
- Thu Dec 08, 2005 5:28 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn software: classic games
- Topic: A game like Green Beret ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3522
- Tue May 03, 2005 6:38 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn software: classic games
- Topic: What if...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5518
Hello all, Interesting topic. Although I never owned a BBC (they were very expensive) I did own an Electron and though it to be a better machine than the Spectrum (which I later owned). I think with the Elk, as many articles have pointed out, was that it was not enough machines to meet demand one ye...