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It has been suggested we make this a sticky...
Well that's up to the admins :wink:

The previous thread "Record of known releases missing from the archive" sounded a bit long-winded, so this is a new thread.
"Missing BBC Games" Snappy!

If anyone knows ANYTHING about any of the following games, please let us know!

The full list of games thought to have had a professional release, but are missing from all known archives is as follows:


3D Software (West Coast Personal Computers) --- 3D Golf -
3D Software (West Coast Personal Computers) --- Doves -

A Carver --- Alpha Worm -
A Carver --- Bouncing The Cat -
A Carver --- Life Survival -
A Carver --- Maximus -
A Carver --- Memy -
A Carver --- Pairs -
A Carver --- Starshot II -
A Carver --- Lander -
A Carver --- Treasure Hunt -
A Carver --- Mastermind -
All of the 10 games above were sold on one disc.

A Holmes --- Mutant Attack -
A Holmes --- Wild West -
A Holmes --- Earth Defence -
A Holmes --- Auto Dodge -
A Holmes --- Super Breakout -
All the above 5 games were sold together in one package.

A Lane --- Diamonds -
A Lane --- Ghost Hunter -
A Lane --- Hangman -
A Lane --- Helicopter Rescue -
A Lane --- Road Race -
A Lane --- Tunnel -

A&F --- Minefield - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE
A&F --- Early Warning -
A&F --- Polecat -
A&F --- Roadrunner -
A&F --- Snarl Up - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE
A&F --- Uranium Factor - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE

ABC Games --- Link4Plus -

Ablesoft --- Word Puzzles (Crossword, Cross-Fit, Cross Reference, Crossgram) -

Acorn User (Optima? Micrograf?) --- Crazee Caverns - (By Mark Smiddy)

Act Fast Progs --- Car Auctions -
Act Fast Progs --- Quiz Climber -
Act Fast Progs --- Poker -

Addictive Games --- Stringer - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE

Adventuresoft --- Sword of the Samurai - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE

Adventure International --- Steve Jackson's Swordmaster Series -HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE

A.E Allcock --- Battleships -
A.E Allcock --- Space Invaders -
A.E Allcock --- Reversi (Othello) -

Akom --- Akross (Crossword Compiler - not a game?) -
Akom --- The Sun Computer Crosswords Vol 1 to 13 -
Akom --- The Times Computer Crosswords Vol 2 to 13 -

Alien --- The Ultimate Crossword -

Alligata --- Pub Games - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE

Amcom --- Whitewash -

Amfas --- The Official Everton F.C. Intelligensia -

Andrew Globe --- Blob, The -

Andromeda Systems --- Colonists of Procyon -

Anthony Gaisford Software --- Submarine Simulator -

Apocalypse --- Miss Molly Mop -

Arrowsoft --- Fighter -
Arrowsoft --- Pontoon -
Arrowsoft --- Zombies Revenge -

Aztec Games --- Bounty Pirates -
Aztec Games --- Mission Impossible -
Aztec Games --- Princes -
Aztec Games --- Squash -

B. Cridland --- Invaders -
B. Cridland --- Breakout -
B. Cridland --- Dodgems -
B. Cridland --- Pacman -
B. Cridland --- 3D Maze -
Some of these games were later published by IJK Software.

BBC Soft --- Games Pack 1 - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE

Beaufort --- Radar -

Beebugsoft --- Leapfrog Solitaire / Knockout (Double Cassette) -

BJ Flynn --- Grandslam -

Blade Games --- Laser Squad - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE

Blue Moon Software --- Kubla Khan -

Bridge Games (Bridge Software) --- Bridgeman -
Bridge Games (Bridge Software) --- Molecula (AKA Beat The Bug) -

Bryants --- Monster Battles -
Bryants --- Show Jumper -

Bug Byte --- Dragon Quest 2 - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE
Bug Byte --- Fruit Machine -

BusCo (The Bus Company) --- Yatze -
BusCo (The Bus Company) --- Synthisiser -

Butronics --- Horse Race Forecaster - not a game
Butronics --- Pools Forecaster - not a game

CDS --- 3D Painter - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE
CDS --- European Superleague - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE

Chalksoft --- Top Of The Pops -

Challenge Games --- Mansion Murders -

Checkmate Publications --- Charting Success -

Clemoes Software (Bevan Technology) --- Go -
Clemoes Software (Bevan Technology) --- Arcade Games: (Cosmoids, BugVaders and Bogiemen) -

CMG --- Cresvillion - This is a computer moderated board game

CMS (Computer & Media Services Ltd.) --- Bomber Run -
CMS (Computer & Media Services Ltd.) --- Black Hole -
CMS (Computer & Media Services Ltd.) --- Dive Bombers -

CompuSoft --- Bandit -
CompuSoft --- Space Mission Simulator -

Computercat --- Othello -
Computercat --- Bounce -
Computercat --- Compendium (4 up version 1, 4 up version 2, and Poke the peg) -
Computercat --- Grig Blitz -

Computersmith --- 3D Ice Hockey -
Computersmith --- Copter Fight -
Computersmith --- Detective -
Computersmith --- Games Pack (Silverstone, Midway, Stuntman) -
Computersmith --- Golf -
Computersmith --- Guzzler -
Computersmith --- Oil -

Comsoft --- Jet Pilot - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE

Control Technology --- Countryside Packman -
Control Technology --- Missile Commander -
Control Technology --- Tank Zone -
Control Technology --- Cylon Attack -
Control Technology --- Phoenix -

Cottage Software --- Fruit -
Cottage Software --- The Lost Crown -

CPT --- Druid Quest Trilogy 1 Druid Quest -
CPT --- Druid Quest Trilogy 2 Castle Of Doom -
CPT --- Druid Quest Trilogy 3 Conn's Revenge -

CSL Microdata --- Beebtape 1 (Crawler and Runners) -
CSL Microdata --- Beebtape 3 (Concentration) -
CSL Microdata --- Beebtape 6 (Guess) -

D Spencer --- Football League Team -

DACC --- Mercy Mission To Mars -

Database Software--- Beeb Chase -
Database Software --- Connect 4 -
Database Software --- Devil Run -
Database Software --- Star Maze -

David McKeran --- Space Invaders Part II -

Desk Flair --- Quest, The -
Desk Flair --- Ski Runner / Alien Runner -

DIMAX --- Space Trek -

DK'Tronics --- Tramix -

Dobsoft (R.A. Lober) --- Grange Adventure -
Dobsoft (R.A. Lober) --- Hell's Landing -
Dobsoft (R.A. Lober) --- Lasers -

Doctor Soft --- Bondski -
Doctor Soft --- Fireman -
Doctor Soft --- Ghost Mine -
Doctor Soft --- Mission Alpha 3D -
Doctor Soft --- Muncher -
**Muncher, Ghost Mine, Mission Alpha, Kremlin, Bondski, and Fireman were sold on a games disc package.
**Muncher and Ghost Mine were sold as a double cassette.


Dotsoft --- Partner Whist -
Dotsoft --- Draughts -
Dotsoft --- Darts -

Ephagy --- Fruity Fruity -
Ephagy --- Stuka! -

ERCS: The Software People --- Attack of the Mutoids -

Excalibur --- Quest For Merlin -

Falconsoft --- Millennium / Millenium -

Fernleaf --- Hereward The Rebel -

First Byte (FBC) --- Alien -
First Byte (FBC) --- Caves Of Anoran -
First Byte (FBC) --- Descender -
First Byte (FBC) --- King Ape -
First Byte (FBC) --- Starfighter -
First Byte (FBC) --- Vader Raid -

Foxsoft --- Matthews Murder -
Foxsoft --- Quest For The Golden Wombat -

Frazer Bennett --- Castle Of Fantasy -

Futura Software --- Space Games Pack 1 (UFO Invasion, Corridor of Lasers, Robot Chase) -
Futura Software --- Space Games Pack 2 (Alien Starfighter, Missile Launch, Zayon Alert) -

Games Workshop --- Tower Of Despair - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE

Ganymede Systems --- Five Mind Bending Programs (Sliding Blocks Puzzle, Draughts, Noughts & Crosses, Master Brain, Simon's Game) -

Glengary --- Concentration -
Glengary --- Cosmonoids -
Glengary --- Life -
Glengary --- Darts -
Glengary --- Slingshot -
Glengary --- Mouse Maze -

Godax --- Cyboto - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE

Golden Challenge Software --- Caligula I -

Golem --- Cruncher -

Grandslam --- World War 1 - This possibly is World War 1 by Argus Press Software which is archived.

Griffin Software --- Prairie Shootout -

GT Software --- Landfall - Is this the same as the Virgin Games release?
GT Software --- Serpent -

Helix Soft (James Hager) --- Centipede -

Hexagon --- Cells And Serpent -

High Voltage --- Strip Pontoon -
High Voltage --- Witchcraft Revealed - not a game

Hopesoft --- Atom Man - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE
Hopesoft --- Escape From Orion 2 - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE

Hornby Software --- Pro Golf (Troon, Newbirkdale, Wentworth East & West) Also Moortown 1984 course -

Inspiring Software --- Zarlix -

Interface Publications (Creating Adventures On Your BBC Micro) (Missing Book)
The book contains the following text adventures:

THE HOUSE THAT JAMES BUILT
FANTASY MANSION
LOVES SWEET GARDEN
ELSIE THE AARDVARK GOES LUNAR SURVEYING
IN MY LIVERPOOL HOME
SHODDY IN FUNLAND
KINGDOM OF THROLL
LOST IN SPACE

Ixion --- Cliche, The -
Ixion --- Community -
Ixion --- Interzone Shift -
Ixion --- Life -

J.D. Tronics --- Bounty Hunter -

J. Robinson --- Pop Quiz -

J. Wilkinson --- Labyrinth -

Kansas --- Card Sharper - (Pontoon, Pairs, and Hi-Lo)
Kansas --- Space Cab -
Kansas --- Battlezone Six - (BBC Version)

Kay-Dee Software --- Devil's Causeway -

Kay-Ess Computer Products (Previously Orion Software) --- Star Hawks - We already have this under the Orion Software banner.
Kay-Ess Computer Products (Previously Orion Software) --- Hangman -
Kay-Ess Computer Products (Previously Orion Software) --- Space Traffic Controller - Probably not released under the Orion banner.
Kay-Ess Computer Products (Previously Orion Software) --- Horses -
Kay-Ess Computer Products (Previously Orion Software) --- Space Tank -
Kay-Ess Computer Products (Previously Orion Software) --- Noughts And Crosses -
Kay-Ess Computer Products (Previously Orion Software) --- House Of Horrors (BBC Micro version) -

Kingfisher --- Car Race -

Kudusoft --- Jungle Ambush -
Kudusoft --- Star Battle -
Kudusoft --- Star Lander (Model A) -
Kudusoft --- Star Patrol -

Labyrinth --- Quest For The Pendragon -

Laserbug --- Suicide Mission - (by Robert Leong)

Leisure Genius --- Risk - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE

Level 9 --- Colossal Adventure (16K version) -
Level 9 --- Adventure Quest (16K version) -

Livewire --- Whist -

London Software Company --- Arcade Action Pac One (Megapede, Hexhopper, Phoenix) -
London Software Company --- Arcade Action Pac Two (Turbo, Centipede Breakout, 3D Missile Command) -
London Software Company --- Adventure One -
London Software Company --- Adventure Two -

Lowmac Software --- Compute-A-Win (Flat Racing / National Hunt Racing) -not a game

M. Whiteside --- Two Action Games (Racetracks, Grand Prix) -

M&M --- Konexion -
M&M --- Pontoon -

Macsen --- East Enders -

Magic Software --- Ghosts Of Grunley Grammar -

Martech --- Conflict - (A computer moderated board game)
Martech --- Vixen - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE

Mayday --- Life Plus -
Mayday --- Pools Predictor - not a game

Melbourne --- Mordon's Quest - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE

Micro Aid --- Battle -
Micro Aid --- Cards -
Micro Aid --- Cribbage -
Micro Aid --- Games 1 (5 Card, Minefield, Darts, Pontoon and Mrmidon)
Micro Aid --- Hangman -

Micro-Jenn Software (M-JS) --- Towers Of Hanoi -
Micro-Jenn Software (M-JS) --- Micro-Niners -
Micro-Jenn Software (M-JS) --- General Knowledge Quiz -

Micromode --- Copter -

Microplus Software --- Backgammon -
Microplus Software --- Battleships -
Microplus Software --- Blitz -
Microplus Software --- Channel -
Microplus Software --- Codecracks / Hi-Lo -
Microplus Software --- Demolish -
Microplus Software --- Dots And Boxes -
Microplus Software --- Fives And Threes -
Microplus Software --- Galactic Mission -
Microplus Software --- Glooper -
Microplus Software --- Golf -
Microplus Software --- Grand Prix -
Microplus Software --- Pilot -

Micro Power --- Mastermind (May be the already archived game, Codebreaker / Code Breaker?) -
Micro Power --- Reversi 1 OR Reversi 2 - (Unsure which one is archived)
Micro Power --- Space Fighter (For the BBC) - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE

Microbyte --- Mekon Raiders (E) -
Microbyte --- Space Chase (E) -
Microbyte --- Trench Run (E) -

Microdata --- Beebtape 1 (Runners and Crawler) -
Microdata --- Beebtape 3 (Concentration) -
Microdata --- Beebtape 6 (Guess) -

Micromail --- Games Tape 1 - Vogon Attack, Shuttle Lander, Towers of Hanoi, Robot Battle, Four in a Row -
Micromail --- Games Tape 2 - Death Castle, Adventure Maze, Battleships, Mastermind, Rat Shoot, Number Invaders, Computer Hangman -

Microtrust (NEC) --- Crossword Puzzler - UTILITY?
Microtrust (NEC) --- Twenty Crosswords -

Mill Soft --- Games Pack 1 - Bandit, Hangman, Lotto
Mill Soft --- Games Pack 2 - Poker, Sums, Give And Take
Mill Soft --- Games Pack 3 - Draughts, O's And X's, Countdown
Mill Soft --- Games Pack 4 - Bingo, Battleships, Rummy
Mill Soft --- Games Pack 5 - Kiosk, Scissors-Paper-Stone, Snap
Mill Soft --- Games Pack 6 - Roulette, Pontoon, Horoscopes
Mill Soft --- Games Pack 7 - Solitaire, Grand National, Mazes
Mill Soft --- Games Pack 8 - Anagrams, Snakes And Ladders, Doodles
Mill Soft --- Games Pack 9 - Ludo, Tiddly-Winks, Dice
Mill Soft --- Games Pack 10 - Fox And Geese, Lazer Chamber, Number Quiz
Mill Soft --- Games Pack 11 - Nine Mens Morris, Heads Or Tails, Planets
Mill Soft --- Games Pack 12 - Tiles, Golf, Word Quiz

Mill Soft --- Map-Ventures - House Of Frankenstein
Mill Soft --- Map-Ventures - Realm Of Atlantis
Mill Soft --- Map-Ventures - Land Of Oz
Mill Soft --- Map-Ventures - Castle Of Dracula
Mill Soft --- Map-Ventures - Pyramid Of Tutankhamen
Mill Soft --- Map-Ventures - Maze Of The Minotaur
Mill Soft --- Map-Ventures - Valley Of Dinosaurs
Mill Soft --- Map-Ventures - Temple Of Zeus
Mill Soft --- Map-Ventures - Complex Of Numbers

Minic --- Bridge Mentor -

Model B Computing issue 11 --- (side 2 of the cassette only) (Light Bikes, Poker Dice, and Fruit) -

Molimerx --- Crusaders -
Molimerx --- King Arthur -
Molimerx --- Wonderland -
Molimerx --- Dreamland -

Morley Electronics --- Deepspace Agent -
Morley Electronics --- Sid The Snake -
Morley Electronics --- Spider Invasion -
Morley Electronics --- Androids -

Mosaic Software --- Magic Cube Puzzle -

MP --- Shootout -
MP --- Fallen Eagle -
MP --- Space Fighter -

MRJ --- The Heist -

Mythsoft --- Snow Joke -

N. Silver --- Sidewinder -

Noel Lamb --- How Is That -

O.K. Products --- Tom Thumb Adventure -
O.K. Products --- Fairyland Adventure -
O.K. Products --- In The Grip Of Ice -
O.K. Products --- River World Adventure -
O.K. Products --- The Halls Of Time -
O.K. Products --- International Special Agent -

Odin --- Nodes Of Yesod - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE

Odyssey --- Adventure 1 -
Odyssey --- Adventure 2 -
Odyssey --- Arcade 1 -
Odyssey --- Beeboids -

Off Records... --- Fruit Worm -
Off Records... --- Fruit -
Off Records... --- Jamcar -
Off Records... --- Labyrinth -

Orchestrated Computing (Later known as 'Program Direct') --- Space Trek (with Invaders, Blitz, Pinball) -
Orchestrated Computing (Later known as 'Program Direct') --- Adventure (with Invaders, Pontoon, Lunar Lander) -
Orchestrated Computing (Later known as 'Program Direct') --- Scramble (with Invaders, Breakout, Battleship) -

Orion Software (Later became Kay-Ess Computer Products) --- Hangman -
Orion Software (Later became Kay-Ess Computer Products) --- Space Tank -
Orion Software (Later became Kay-Ess Computer Products) --- Horses -
Orion Software (Later became Kay-Ess Computer Products) --- Noughts And Crosses -

Owl Software --- Ghost Chase -

Ozark Software (PASE) --- Super Tank -

Paean Systems --- Cosmic Intruders -
Paean Systems --- Fruit Gambler -
Paean Systems --- Delivery -

PASE --- Paseman -

Pennine Software Supplies --- Pinball Supreme - (Compilation including Mastermind, Simon, Bomber, and Solitaire)

Persoft --- Frenzy -

Players --- Quicksilva -

POM Software --- Labyrinth (Games Pack 2) -
POM Software --- Fruit Machine (Games Pack 3) -

Potter Programs --- Grounded -

Premier Software --- Trivia Time -

Prickly --- Pinetown Golf Course - (On disc only, and for the BBC Master only)

Pro Software --- Games Tape 1 - (Moving Wall Breakout, Snake, and Hunt)
Pro Software --- Micro Man -

Prosoft --- Magic Grotto -

Processor Applications --- Games pack 1 - Tron, Life, and Cubic -
Processor Applications --- Games Pack 2 - Multimaze, Catch, and Bomber -

Program Bureau, The --- 3 In 1 Ludo / Patience / Solitaire -

Proteus Software --- Battleships -
Proteus Software --- Santa's Helper -

Proxima --- 2 Player Games Duet (4Line and Frustration) -
Proxima --- Games Quartet (Trawler, Light Cycles, Star Game, and 3D Tic-Tac-Toe) -
Proxima --- Robo Brain -

PSS --- Centipede -

Qual-Soft --- League Division 1 - (And the Revision 1 version of the game, both from 1984) -
Qual-Soft --- Portfolio -

R. Steggles --- American Trader -
R. Steggles --- Temple Of Disrondu -

Rainbow --- 3D Mouse Maze -

Ranjan --- Doctor, The -
Ranjan --- Galactic Jailer -
Ranjan --- Haunted Mansion -
Ranjan --- Mini Opoly -
Ranjan --- Night Rider -
Ranjan --- Zaks -
Ranjan --- SOFTWARE BONANZA - a 50 title compilation
SOFTWARE BONANZA titles include: Dr. Who, Tron, Zaxxon, Tempest, Laser Command, Meteors, Cots, Mastermind.

Red Giant Software --- Games Pack 1 (Mazog and Missile) -

Riverdale --- Aussie Suds - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE
Riverdale --- Paranormal - This is a "lifestyle" program rather than a game.
Riverdale --- What The Dickens -

ROMbus --- Exile to Exon -

Romsense --- Fall Of Rome, The -

S. Grist --- Search For The Jewels AKA Jewels Of Nabooti - Educational Adventure
S. Grist --- Cricket Simulation -

S. Houghton --- Frogger -
S. Houghton --- One Armed Bandit -

Salamander --- Abductor - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE
Salamander --- Fishy Business -
Salamander --- Gridrunner - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE
Salamander --- Lazer Zone - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE

Sapphire --- Frog Jump -
Sapphire --- Othello -
Sapphire --- Fun Pack (Gomoku, Space Maze, Life) -

Self published --- A.R.V. - (Armed Robbery with Violence, text adventure)

Serin Software --- Bridge Master -

Silver Birch --- Galactic Search -
Silver Birch --- Pit Stop -

Silver Fox Communications --- Fate ( Worse Than Death) -
Silver Fox Communications --- Flasher -

Silverlind --- Gateway To The Stars -

Silversoft --- Crazy Caves -
Silversoft --- Starship Enterprise -
Silversoft --- 3D Connect 4 -
Silversoft --- Killer Satellite -

Simonsoft --- OG The Caveman -
Simonsoft --- The Memory Game -
Simonsoft --- Astrowars -

Sixth Sense --- Kalahari -

SNT --- Broanmaze -

Softly Softly - A Case Of Murder -

Software Express --- Shanghai -

Software For All --- Galaxians -
Software For All --- Ghost Maze -
Software For All --- Invaders -
Software For All --- Moon Lander -

Software Division Computer Services --- Anti-Aircraft Gun Simulator -

Software House, The --- Knockout -
Software House, The --- Star War -

Software Invasion --- Invaders -

Squirrel Soft --- Space Walker -
Squirrel Soft --- Codebreaker -

SRL --- Super Hangman -

SRM --- Centipede -
SRM --- Galaxians -
SRM --- Invaders -

Star Soft --- Pub Games Pack -

Starcade --- Up Up And Away -

Statasoft --- Ken 2 - KEN 2 IS A COMPILATION OF LUDO, MATCH UP, TABLES AND TANGRAMS, ONLY 'LUDO' BEING IN THE ARCHIVE
Statasoft --- Match Up -
Statasoft --- Tables -
Statasoft --- Tangrams -

Summerfield Software --- Return From Paris -
Summerfield Software --- Treasure Hunt -
Summerfield Software --- Tank Tracks -

Tigersoft --- Magic Of Merlin, The -

Tiger Software --- Convoy Search -
Tiger Software --- The Blue Path -

TNL Soft --- Fuglemere -
TNL Soft --- Gunslinger -
TNL Soft --- Legend -

Topologika --- Hezarin -
Topologika --- Myth of Moby -
Topologika --- Spysnatcher -

Tortoise --- Magic And Mayhem -

Twig Systems Software --- Take The Strain -
Twig Systems Software --- Air Sea Missile -
Twig Systems Software --- Cambridge -
Twig Systems Software --- Othello -
Twig Systems Software --- The Tower -
Twig Systems Software --- The Quiz -

Universal --- Top Team -

Utopia --- The Lair -

Vampyre Software --- Drilla Killa -
Vampyre Software --- Red Skies Over Accrington -

Vanadis Software --- Dante's Inferno -

Vannin --- Double Turn -
Vannin --- Golden Maze -
Vannin --- Laser Attack -
Vannin --- Spider Speller -
Vannin --- The Facts of Europe

Viking --- Break Up - Probably same or similar to the C. Murton release?
Viking --- Robot - Probably same or similar to the C. Murton release?
Viking --- Skwosh -
Viking --- Spacefight - Probably same or similar to the C. Murton release?

Virgin Games --- Conflict - HIGHLY DOUBTFUL RELEASE

Vulcan Computing --- Entrepreneur -

Warex Soft --- Escape / Probe (both titles on one cassette)

Warlock Software --- Galactic Patrol - Is this the same as the Mastertronic game?

Willow Software --- Landing Party -

Here are the sources of the adverts confirming the existence of the above games: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=21870&hilit=sources
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Hi, is Mission Alpha 3D still missing?

Also I would be interested to know more about the following:

Kon Tiki (Golem)

Any information would be useful, Is it an adventure game? Any inlay scans etc. etc.
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Hi,
Yes, Mission Alpha 3D by Doctor Soft is still missing.
I believe Kon-Tiki is an educational title, and may therefore be has been crossed off the list.
The educational archive may still want to find it though!

https://archive.org/stream/AcornUser026 ... 9/mode/2up

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Thanks...just for completeness I have reproduced the text from your link here (maybe I should cut and paste it to the educational archive):
KON-TIKI by J.Amos
Simulation program based on Thor Heyerdahl's KON-TIKI expedition. Enjoy a journey on the KON-TIKI, recording on a map the raft's position and entering notes in the logbook on creatures found, unusual events etc. Inclusive of booklet, background information, maps and fully supportive illustrated data sheets.
Looks like one would require all that related bumpf to use.
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Were you aware some of the Akom Crossword Puzzles are available on E.G.G.?

http://www.everygamegoing.com/egg/searc ... _type_id=7
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Cheers Dave,
I will grab them 8)

I was just looking through the list at "Software for all".
It lists "Alien Planet" as missing... Seeing as we have "Planet of the Aliens", I think I will cross this off the list.
Probably one of those occasions where they shortened the title to fit on a small advert...

Can anyone point me to an advert from "Software for All" which mentions Galaxians??

Thank you,

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Removed "Super Simon" from IJK
This is almost certainly Beeb-Beep (sometimes Beep-Beeb :roll: ) which was advertised as "A Super Simon game".....

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Hi I have Pentiles by Silverlind I'm willing to loan to someone for preservation.
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Hi
Did you get it from that Facebook post? 🙂
For tapes, it's probably best to send to Colin.
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yes, that's right, will send to Colin. thanks
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Cool.
I will add it to bbcmicro.co.uk as soon as Col UEFs it :D

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Don't forget the Akom crosswords that Arcadian flagged up.
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Ah! Well I did forget didn't I!
I shall grab them tomorrow...

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ghbearman wrote: Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:40 pm yes, that's right, will send to Col
did you post it at all?
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ghbearman wrote: Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:40 pm will send to Col.
recvd today, worked no problem 8)

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another off the MIA tape list :mrgreen:
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Good work!

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leenew wrote: Tue Nov 06, 2018 8:45 pm Good work!
The Entrepreneur probably needs adding to the MIA list...
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Added :wink:

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leenew wrote: Sun Jun 23, 2019 3:18 pm Added :wink:
The Ultimate Crossword by Alien needs adding too...
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Added!
Stop finding missing stuff that is still missing...and start finding missing stuff that, err.... you have found... :lol:

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Could we add Torch's COMANEX interactive management game to the list please ? (it came with their Z80 2nd processor and twin disc package).
It sounds intriguing.
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I think I've found a missing game to be added to the list - Attack of the Mutoids by ERCS: The Software People. See The Micro User Nov-83 p134.
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Hi Fuzzel,
I have seen that advert before.
Don't know why I didn't add it to the list?
Anyway, I have added it now... :wink:

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I'm looking forward to playing Aussie Suds when I return shortly from my hols, can anyone confirm please how many parts there were to it and how many parts have actually been archived ?
I'm struggling to check myself on this crappy old iphone.
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fuzzel wrote: Fri Aug 30, 2019 3:55 pm I'm looking forward to playing Aussie Suds when I return shortly from my hols, can anyone confirm please how many parts there were to it and how many parts have actually been archived ?
I'm struggling to check myself on this crappy old iphone.
Just one part on the Electron User tape, as far as I'm aware.
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Breaktime Games (Brilliant Computing c.1988). Anyone have a copy? I'd love to find it.

It's a compendium of 6 board games - Dominoes, Draughts, Chinese Checkers, Solitaire, Nim, Nine Men's Morris (old pub game). It was aimed at accessibility switch users.
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Quick question, is the MIA list up to date? I've recently taken possession of several boxes of software and I'd like to see whether I could contribute missing titles to the community instead of putting them on eBay!

It would also be incredibly useful to have a list of MIA educational software (already talking to FlaxCottage about that), 'other' software, and hardware as well, although I appreciate that for the latter categories it's a pretty big area to cover!

EDIT: After I'd posted, I realised that this was literally a thread in the 'archive requests' section! Right, time to take a look at what people have been asking for!
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I think the above list is pretty much up to date.
Basically, if you have anything that isn't on bbcmicro.co.uk then I would like to know about it please.

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VectorEyes wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:24 pm It would also be incredibly useful to have a list of MIA educational software (already talking to FlaxCottage about that), 'other' software, and hardware as well, although I appreciate that for the latter categories it's a pretty big area to cover!
When it comes to software for specific hardware and other specialist software any list can only include what's known to be missing based upon adverts, and many weren't advertised in mainstream Acorn magazines. In general if you have something that's not a mainstream game then list it, especially original software, and ask whether it's required for dumping. Even discs full of what may seem to be common ROMs usually contain missing versions so dumps of those are appreciated too.
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I can't wait to see what goodies you unearth, Vectoreyes!
On my wish list would be:

The Grange by Dobsoft - reviewed by Alice in The Micro User (Jan-84), this was described as atrocious so probably killed off any interest in it at birth so I imagine it will be hard to get a copy of. I'm intrigued though, just how bad is it?
Quest for the Golden Wombat - Foxsoft - I just like the sound of this one.
Blazing Star - Robico - Although in development and discussed in magazines bitd I think the BBC text adventure games market took a nosedive just as this was ready for release and Robico bottled it (can't blame them really). I think they switched to the Archimedes at this time.
Colossal Adventure and Adventure Quest (model A 16k versions) by Level 9 - I've got to get my mitts on these.
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