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My school had the old BBC's! They were quite good! I remember being 6 years old and doing my hardest to get good marks or finish first so that I could go on the BBC's and play DOS style games like Grannies Garden! I used to love that and I became an expert! There were two others as well but I can't remember them that well!
If anyone asked me what to do on Grannies Garden now I wouldn't be able to tell them as I haven't b played on it for nearly 10 years!
What I will say is if anyone sees an old BBC for sale (second hand) then I'd buy it for cheap but cool gaming!
It may not have 3D graphics and Dolby Surround sound but it has playability!
If anyone asked me what to do on Grannies Garden now I wouldn't be able to tell them as I haven't b played on it for nearly 10 years!
What I will say is if anyone sees an old BBC for sale (second hand) then I'd buy it for cheap but cool gaming!
It may not have 3D graphics and Dolby Surround sound but it has playability!
Citadel was fantastic. Superior Software made all the best games!
I've recently dowmloaded an Acorn Emulator, and am trying to get it to run Cidadel.
I've recently dowmloaded an Acorn Emulator, and am trying to get it to run Cidadel.
My dad came home with an acorn electron out of the blue when I was only about 5 or 6 and I was immediately entranced. I remember meticuosly copying Basic programs out of magazines - it took forever! And you always made mistakes too, at least you did when you were under 10, but they were impossible to track down which made the whole thing unbelievably infuriating!!! But I guess I most never have lost the fascination as I am just about to start the final year of a Computer Science degree.
Elite was an incredible game, but to dock with a space station you had to rotate your craft at the same speed as it - AARRGGH! I also remember a game called (I think) Citadel, where you had to collect items and take them places, kind of Jet Set Willy-esque - ring any bells with anyone?
Sadly I later got an Atari ST, and donated the old acorn to the Salvation Army to give to someone else as a Christmas present (oh the folly - too young to know any better!) Which is not to say that the ST didn't have some classics - Gauntlet2 anyone???
Ahhh, games on Casettes.....5 minute loading times...8 bit graphics...text based adventure games....it'll never be like that again....
Elite was an incredible game, but to dock with a space station you had to rotate your craft at the same speed as it - AARRGGH! I also remember a game called (I think) Citadel, where you had to collect items and take them places, kind of Jet Set Willy-esque - ring any bells with anyone?
Sadly I later got an Atari ST, and donated the old acorn to the Salvation Army to give to someone else as a Christmas present (oh the folly - too young to know any better!) Which is not to say that the ST didn't have some classics - Gauntlet2 anyone???
Ahhh, games on Casettes.....5 minute loading times...8 bit graphics...text based adventure games....it'll never be like that again....
Or how about one of the best games for any computer ever, ELITE. The best (and first?) 3D space game with trading and piracy! I became a school librarian just so that I could use the BBC computers at lunch time (never did any work in the library of course..) Oh, those were the days. Used to program my own games in BBC Basic and play lots of exciting and unusual games like Frak (with sampled sound which said 'oh frak!' when you lost)
The BBC was the first computer I used to get onto the internet as well, as our school was hooked up to the BBC internet service (back in the early 80's!) Pretty basic but good fun.
The BBC was the first computer I used to get onto the internet as well, as our school was hooked up to the BBC internet service (back in the early 80's!) Pretty basic but good fun.
I remember Grannies Garden! On the first level the witch was hiding in the broom cupboard, so if you went in there you lost. Didn't you also have to feed the dragons in the right order or something
My school had the old BBC's! They were quite good! I remember being 6 years old and doing my hardest to get good marks or finish first so that I could go on the BBC's and play DOS style games like Grannies Garden! I used to love that and I became an expert! There were two others as well but I can't remember them that well!
If anyone asked me what to do on Grannies Garden now I wouldn't be able to tell them as I haven't b played on it for nearly 10 years!
What I will say is if anyone sees an old BBC for sale (second hand) then I'd buy it for cheap but cool gaming!
It may not have 3D graphics and Dolby Surround sound but it has playability!
If anyone asked me what to do on Grannies Garden now I wouldn't be able to tell them as I haven't b played on it for nearly 10 years!
What I will say is if anyone sees an old BBC for sale (second hand) then I'd buy it for cheap but cool gaming!
It may not have 3D graphics and Dolby Surround sound but it has playability!