====== SB Recommends BBC Micro Games =====
{{:fig:recommended:bbc_chocnpbcake.jpg }}A personal computer, developed by [[wp>Acorn_Computers|Acorn]], for the BBC's //BBC Computer Literacy Project//. It appeared in UK schools throughout the 80s, and 90s, much like Apple's computers did in the US. This made it a popular choice in homes, too. Until the, much cheaper, [[hardware:ZX Spectrum]] arrived.

===== Recommended =====
  ***//Chuckie Egg//**
    *Vamos: The best version (along with the near-identical Amstrad CPC port) of the classic single-screen platformer. Fast-paced and skilful with surprisingly satisfying bouncing physics.

  ***//Citadel//**
    *Vamos: Platform exploration game in the vein of Jet Set Willy but (slightly) more forgiving, if just as baffling.

  ***//Exile//**
    * The Blueberry Hill: This game has an absolutely stunning use of a limited colour palette.
    * Sketch: The British home computer version of //[[game:Exile]]// though is rather different to the action RPG versions of //[[game:xzr_series|Exile]]// available in the USA. To be quite honest, it's like a [[genre:metrovania]], with a real, living ecosystem to explore and use, eerie underground caverns, gradual progression, the ability to fly at will, real-world physics which need to be manipulated, and a warping quick-save feature where your spaceman can mark a point on a map, go somewhere else, and then warp back to it.
    * Vamos: Also has a really nice PC remake / sequel, Exile The Nameless: http://exile.ovine.net/

  ***//Vertigo//**
    *Vamos: A difficult game to explain, but imagine Spindizzy without the exploration or Marble Madness crammed onto a single screen. Use slightly odd controls to get a generic object through mazes, against the clock. Weirdly addictive, good difficulty curve and awful / excellent music.