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====== SB Recommends BBC Micro Games ===== | ====== 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. | |
- | It's a home computer. Found in schools in the UK in the 80s / early 90s. | + | |
===== Recommended ===== | ===== Recommended ===== | ||
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***//Citadel//** | ***//Citadel//** | ||
*Vamos: Platform exploration game in the vein of Jet Set Willy but (slightly) more forgiving, if just as baffling. | *Vamos: Platform exploration game in the vein of Jet Set Willy but (slightly) more forgiving, if just as baffling. | ||
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+ | ***//Exile//** | ||
+ | * The Blueberry Hill: This game has an absolutely stunning use of a limited colour palette. | ||
+ | * Vamos: Also has a really nice PC remake / sequel, Exile The Nameless: http://exile.ovine.net/ | ||
***//Vertigo//** | ***//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. | *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. |