Last Updated 5th May 2019
The BBC Games Archive - digital memories
Salamander
Very active in the early days of the Beeb, and one of two members of the Guild of Software Houses - along with A&F - to give the machine heavy support. It also packaged its games to what was a very high standard at the time, with copious use of large cassette boxes for games such as 737 Flight Simulator. A shame, then, that so many of their titles were completely rank, including the aforementioned simulator, which was a reasonably sized hit until Aviator came along and whupped it!
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737 Flight Simulator
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Another rubbish flight simulator game, this time you take control of a 737, wow, big thrills. The same thing as usual, badly drawn dials, boring gameplay, surprisingly though this was a big seller before Aviator!
Abductor
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Dragon Rider
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This is a terrible game, it is so badly programmed. You have to stop things falling from the sky, you are the dragon. The movement is terrible, this must have been one of the earliest games ever on the beeb, and it really shows.
Eagle
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Quite a fun game which is all about trying to land your lunar lander (the Eagle) on different moons and different settings. Its got good graphics and is fun to play, definitely worth a blast, something of a hidden game.
Fishy Business
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Franklins Tomb
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Nicely laid out mode 7 text adventure, its quite detailed and the screen look very nice and colourful. Its sort of a modern day crossed with fantasy elements setting, and as is quite playable, even though the parser is quite bad.
Games Compedium 1
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Contains Fireman, Simon, Hangman and Alphabet Soup. A truly awful collection of games!
Games Compendium 2
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Games Compendium 3
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Featuring Bomber, Boothill and Mole. Bomber is a simple little game about bombing buildings, not very difficult and quite boring. Boothill is a cowboy shootout game for 2 plays, the graphics are ok but the controls are bad. Mole is probably the worst of the lot, awful graphics and sound and a distinctly type-in feel make it one of the worst games on the Beeb.
Gridrunner
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