Best Acorn BBC MICRO games

[sswam]

I am enjoying this.  This definitely has the feel of something like Atari 2600 - where you really had to use your imagination and stuff...the really old old old type stuff.

I'm very happy to hear that - now BeebEm have TWO players!  (other than me)  woo woo

OK, admittedly, some of them are not so good...

Sure, but that's down to Sturgeon's Law!

Critics: "Ninety percent of Science Fiction is crap!"


Sturgeon: "NOES!!!  SCIENCE FICTION IS DOPE, MAN!!1"

[repeat ad nauseum ... 20 years passes... Sturgeon has revelation!]

Sturgeon: "I get it now!  Ninety percent of EVERYTHING is crap!"

I reckon Sturgeon's Law applies even personally, 90% of what I do is crap... and that's a generous underestimate!


Anyway, I reckon you'll find that a good 10% or more of the Beeb games are great - there's maybe 100 great games there.  I listed some of the best ones above - thanks to a thread on the GP2X forum.  I think http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfwqXga1ul4...?  There were other similar games.


One of my very favourites is XOR, it's a puzzle game like Boulderdash or Repton, but extra puzzling!  I don't know a better puzzle game.  Simon Tatham made a similar game called Enigma, for curses / terminal, but Enigma is really hard, I couldn't finish it yet.  Maybe if it had pretty graphics like XOR I would persist...  Haven't tried XOR on Pandora yet, hopefully it works okay.  I'll have to fix up the BeebEm sound soon.

I'm excited about using the save states in beebem, might actually be able to finish some of the "3 lives, start again" games now!

 

[Stainy]

A make that three DREDD

Oddjob is good...

I'll compile my best games soon..

Need to go through a few more

Oh and kumaki: remember theres save states

 

[sswam]

A make that three DREDD Oddjob is good... I'll compile my best games soon.. Need to go through a few more Oh and kumaki: remember theres save states

three?!  you're #1  lol

including me, we are 3... haha very niche

 

[Kumaki]

Well, I am still testing out a lot of games.

Hey, Dredd...did you pick your name based on Judge Dredd?

Here's my current gamelist for Beebem...got 30 Titles as of right now.

I re-named some of them, so I know more what the game is supposed to be (the original name is in parentesis where names have been changed)

Amidar
Arcade Action [ Includes these four games: Invaders, Breakout, Dodge'Em, Snake ]
Arcadians
Arkanoid
Asteroid Belt
Asteroids
Asteroids Deluxe
Boulderdash
Centipede
Choplifter(Airlift)
Commando
Crazee Rider
Cribbage
Crystal Castles
Cybertron
Defender (Planetoid)
Defender-Atarisoft
Donkey Kong (Killer Gorilla)
Frogger (Croaker)
Galaforce
Galaga (Zalaga)
Lode Runner
Mr. Do! (Mr. Ee!)
Overdrive
Pac-Man (Snapper)
Scramble (Rocket Raid)
Sinistar (Death Star)
Tempest
Time Pilot (Space Pilot)
Zaxxon (Fortress)

 

[sswam]

Are you familiar with Judge Dredd?

Did you see my avatar over there on the left?

Looks like you got some good games there.

 

[Kumaki]

That was why I asked.  the avatar looked like Judge Dredd.

 

[ZXDunny]

That was why I asked.  the avatar looked like Judge Dredd.

Indeed, the likeness is uncanny.

FWIW, Very good work on the emulator. The controls and interface are very intuitive and work first time. I've not really played BBC games for over 20 years and this evening I've been hammering them. Well done.

D.

 

[Kumaki]

Looks like ya got another Beebem player, Dredd!

I got even more games on the system now.  I'm still sorting thru a load I acquired, and am deciding which ones I actually want.

 

[2bit]

That was why I asked.  the avatar looked like Judge Dredd.

What confirmed it for me was , simply his signature .

 

[Kumaki]

Well, I never actually saw the movie.  As I understand it was more a British thing, anyway.  But I heard about it even on this side of the pond.  Like I said, it was a little something that just stuck in my head...which is why it took me a while to put my finger on it.

 

[Stainy]

There's a new movie out... Then again...there's the Stallone version

 

[Kumaki]

Off-topic...Stallone is a huge prick.  I've met him.

Now, on the other hand...Schwarzenegger, whom I've also met....is an awesome, down-to-earth sorta guy, I liked him.

 

[Stainy]

Starship command.

 

[2bit]

Off-topic...Stallone is a huge prick. I've met him.


Now, on the other hand...Schwarzenegger, whom I've also met....is an awesome, down-to-earth sorta guy, I liked him.

I've heard from a friend of my family's who works in acting all actors and actresses portrayed as jerks in the media are actually nice and vice versa . Surprised a bit though about Schwarzenegger being the nice one , as I recently read a ( slightly ) politics focused interview with him . The way he answered just struck me as the stereotypical football ( American ) coach . Not mean , but ... Cocky . Or confident to the point of even this idiot typing noticing .

 

[Kumaki]

Well, I can tell you that at a convention for the movie industry, I was the guest of a manager of aq video-rental store. Schwarzenegger was very cordial and nice, Stallone was like he couldn't be bothered.

Sandra Bullock is cool, though. I met her when I was living in Austin, Texas...and so was she. I think she still does live there.

 

[Stainy]

Dare Devil Denis

 

[2bit]

Well, I can tell you that at a convention for the movie industry, I was the guest of a manager of aq video-rental store. Schwarzenegger was very cordial and nice, Stallone was like he couldn't be bothered.


Sandra Bullock is cool, though. I met her when I was living in Austin, Texas...and so was she. I think she still does live there.

Personally I'm not the type to freak out over stars ( unless they want to GIVE ME some of their millions ) . Oh ... I think I might be dragging this topic off topic .

 

[sswam]

Dinosaur Discovery!

an educational adventure game for kids

 

[Kumaki]

2-bit, I think we went off topic a while ago.  No biggie.

 

[sswam]

I'm freaked over stars ... I only got 3 stars!  ... the fuck?  Vote '5' DREDD!

Personally I'm not the type to freak out over stars