mornington crescent

[matelot]

has anyone got a copy of the program mornington crescent printed in micro user v3 n2 apr 1985? I am just curious as I have heard it played on the " i'm sorry i'll read that again" programme on the comedy bbc channel and wonder if it is the same thing. Thanks.

[Rich Talbot-Watkins]

well.... given the nature of "Mornington Crescent", I suspect the Beeb program was somewhat underwhelming and something of a joke on whoever typed it in... I notice it was the April edition too... hmmm....

But it may well be in the archive on 8bs somewhere...

[Andy_Hodgson]

They are available from acornelectron.co.uk, but only on dvd.
Couldn't find it on 8bit or acornpreservation, so that might be the way to go.

[regregex]

Why bother with the game, you already won!

--Greg

[scruss]

v. old thread, but something about this came up via b*ta. It's here:
http://8bs.com/pool/tmu/tmu85-04.zip
and it's “playable”:

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MORNINGTON CRESCENT
By Mike Cook
Do you want to start? (Y/N) Y
I move to EDGWARE

ENTER YOUR MOVE: BRENT CROSS
Your station is not on my list.
Is it one of the following?
1) BRENT
2) NONE OF THESE
WHICH NUMBER? 1
Travelling DOWN the Northern line:    
You move to BRENT

Testing moves:
Travelling DOWN the Northern line:                                          
I move to BELSIZE PARK

ENTER YOUR MOVE: MORNINGTON CRESCENT
A brilliant use of Hodgekiss' rule
Mornington Crescent 
YOU WIN!!!
Want another game?

[Kazzie]

Heh, I'll have to give that a try (once I've got my serial port fixed).

As an avid fan of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, the existence of this game is news to me!

[lurkio]

Play Mornington Crescent online at the Complete BBC Micro Games Archive:

• http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=2968

More info on the Mornington Crescent game here:

• viewtopic.php?t=8436#p90689

And here:

• http://www.dirtyfeed.org/2015/04/acorn-fools-day/