SOURCES: Missing BBC Games Help Required!
SOURCES: Missing BBC Games Help Required!
I've set up this topic as a complement to the Missing BBC Games Help Required! page.
Original thread here: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=14458
Could anyone post adverts, reviews and their sources please for the missing games listed in the above.
My starters for ten are the following:
A Carver - Lander, Maximus, Life-Survival, Starshot II, Alpha Worm, Pairs, Memy, Treasure-Hunt, Mastermind, Bouncing-The-Cat. Acorn User, November 1986: p215 - Small Ads:
TNL Soft - Legend, Fuglemere, Gunslinger. Acorn User, November 1986: p215 - Small Ads:
Original thread here: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=14458
Could anyone post adverts, reviews and their sources please for the missing games listed in the above.
My starters for ten are the following:
A Carver - Lander, Maximus, Life-Survival, Starshot II, Alpha Worm, Pairs, Memy, Treasure-Hunt, Mastermind, Bouncing-The-Cat. Acorn User, November 1986: p215 - Small Ads:
TNL Soft - Legend, Fuglemere, Gunslinger. Acorn User, November 1986: p215 - Small Ads:
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Nice, but in your post could you please add a link to the original thread?
Here is the link in question:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=14458
Here is the link in question:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=14458
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Gah!
I spent hours and hours last week looking through sources on archive.org which helped me clear some dubious items from the list (and add some new ones), but I didn't save any
If I can summon the energy I will try and add some later.
PS I wonder what the odds are of finding anything from one of these tiny classified ads?!
Lee
I spent hours and hours last week looking through sources on archive.org which helped me clear some dubious items from the list (and add some new ones), but I didn't save any
If I can summon the energy I will try and add some later.
PS I wonder what the odds are of finding anything from one of these tiny classified ads?!
Lee
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It's a long, long, long shot but perhaps someone (me even) could write a nice letter to the address in the ad and maybe, just maybe, the person concerned or a relative still lives there. If not it's very unlikely (but not impossible) that we'd get a forwarding address.
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Golden Challenge Software - Caligula 1 (Acorn User, January 1984: p50):
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Snow Joke by Mythsoft. Advertised in Micro Adventurer magazine, issue 17 page 41.
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Colonists of Procyon by Andromeda Systems. Advertised in Micro Adventurer magazine, issue 9 page 42.
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The Uranium Factor by A&F Software. Mentioned in Micro Adventurer magazine, issue 17 page 7.
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The Lair by Utopia Software. Advertised in Micro Adventurer magazine, issue 10 page 44.
Reviewed in A&B Computing, December 1984 page 70 where it scored an overall 0%.
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What the Dickens by Riverdale Software. Advertised in Adventure Probe magazine, issue 01/10 (March 1987) page 25.
Also mentioned in Electron User, issue 04-02 (November 1986) page 6.
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Yes Chancellor by Chalksoft. Reviewed in The Micro User, issue 04.01 (March 1986) page 88.
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A&F software EARLY WARNING and POLECAT from Your Computer June 1982.
and ROADRUNNER from Acorn User November 1982.
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Vannin Software: Laser Attack, The Golden Maze, Spider Speller, Double Turn, The Facts of Europe, Racecount. Micro User, August 1985: p178:
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Link 4 Plus by ABC games, reviewed in Laserbug issue 7, December 1982.
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Reversi, Gateway To The Stars, Haunted House by Silverlind. Advertised in Acorn Programs, issue 2 (February/March 1984) page 6.
Edit: Reversi and Haunted House have now been found.
Edit: Reversi and Haunted House have now been found.
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Magic & Mayhem from Tortoisesoft. Acorn User August 1984.
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STATASOFT games "KEN 1" and "KEN 2" from Acorn Programs May 1984:
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Laser Attack
The Golden Maze
Spider Speller
Double Turn
The Facts of Europe
Racecount
[Software titles added to improve on-page searchability (Ctrl-F).]
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SRM software: Centipede, Galaxians, and Invaders from Acorn User March 1983.
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INVADERS from Software Invasion. Acorn User March 1983.
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The Ghosts Of Grunley Grammar by Graham Nelson and Magic Software Ltd.
Advert for The Ghosts Of Grunley Grammar from the October 1983 issue of Acorn User magazine:
viewtopic.php?p=140010#p140010
Advert for The Ghosts Of Grunley Grammar from the October 1983 issue of Acorn User magazine:
viewtopic.php?p=140010#p140010
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Software For All games, MOONLANDER, GHOST MAZE, and INVADERS from Acorn User October 1982.
*note MOONLANDER appeared on very few adverts. Can anyone find a SOFTWARE FOR ALL advert that advertises GALAXIANS?
*note MOONLANDER appeared on very few adverts. Can anyone find a SOFTWARE FOR ALL advert that advertises GALAXIANS?
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The Entrepreneur by Peter Molyneux and Vulcan Computing.
"...an ad from May 1984's Acorn User for a business simulator called The Entrepreneur, the only game ever released by a small and short-lived company in Surrey called Vulcan Computing":
viewtopic.php?p=240723#p240723
"...an ad from May 1984's Acorn User for a business simulator called The Entrepreneur, the only game ever released by a small and short-lived company in Surrey called Vulcan Computing":
viewtopic.php?p=240723#p240723
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RED SHIFT "Apocalypse". New Map packs. Micro User December 1983
Volume 1:
USA: Arctic Circle
S.E. Asia: Star Systems
S. Africa: Nether Earth
Volume 2 chapter 1:
Fall of Rome
Napoleon's Campaigns 1813
Volume 2 chapter 2:
1984 The Pacific War
**EDIT - Deleted from the MIA list - The advert says the expansion packs are for the Spectrum only!!**
Volume 1:
USA: Arctic Circle
S.E. Asia: Star Systems
S. Africa: Nether Earth
Volume 2 chapter 1:
Fall of Rome
Napoleon's Campaigns 1813
Volume 2 chapter 2:
1984 The Pacific War
**EDIT - Deleted from the MIA list - The advert says the expansion packs are for the Spectrum only!!**
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LANDFALL and SERPENT from GT Software. Laserbug November 1982.
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AMERICAN TRADER and TEMPLE OF DISRONDU from R. STEGGLES. Laserbug November 1982.
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COM-TEC. The shop where I worked as a teenager
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ORION SOFTWARE: HANGMAN and SPACE TANKS from Micro User October 1983.
And from Micro User December 1983 showing HORSES
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ARROWSOFT: FIGHTER, PONTOON and ZOMBIES REVENGE from Micro User October 1983
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SQUIRREL SOFTWARE: SPACE WALKER from Micro User July 1983
Can anyone find an advert for CODEBREAKER or GAMES DISC?
Can anyone find an advert for CODEBREAKER or GAMES DISC?