Last Updated 5th May 2019
The BBC Games Archive - digital memories
Last Updated 5th May 2019
They were the budget range of CDS software, and as such they released most of the old CDS back catalogue, then got rights to sell some of the older Superior and MRM software games, some games of course went straight to the budget. They did three budget ranges for the BBC Micro, which were made up of MRM, CDS, and Superior Software titles, MRM they had bought out some years previously, as well as CDS.
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A well designed game, you are a spaceman who is also a plumber, and has to fix leaks in the pipework with the trusty laser, but there are baddies all around the pipework, and contact with them is fatal. You have to fix all the leaks whilst making sure not to run out of oxygen. It is very hard, but the graphics are very good and it is at least a bit original.
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This is an entertaining and very enhoyable puzzle type game. You control a clown, and have to burst balloons in a certain order with your juggling ball, which you control the height of by holding down a key for varying lengthes of time. The balloons are arranged so that you have to burst them in a certain order, so that you can complete the pattern. It is played against the clock, and becomes very hard, but the graphics are good, and the game is good fun.
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The classic old English pub game, done perfectly. The rules are complicated, but basically you have to get either the red or white ball in one of the holes without knocking any of the pegs over. The graphics are very good, and very steady, the balls even move well and the way in which they move is also very realistic!
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Contains Castle Assault, 3D Munchy, Nightmare Maze, Q-Man and Banana Man. All are re-releases from MRM Software back-catalogue.
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Contains Darts, Diamond Mine, Guy In The Hat, Q-Mans Brother and Screwball. All are re-releases from MRM Software back-catalogue.
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Contains Astro Plumber, Ravage, Diamond Mine II, Artist and Joey. This is the only Blue Ribbon games disc that actually contains games originally published by Blue Ribbon!
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Poor platform game in which you are inexplicably dressed in a space suit. Its not very good, the game is pretty annoying too, no wonder this was budget.
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A mediocre game, which bears resemblence to 3d Dotty, except this time it is set in a diamond mine, you have to guide the scooper around the mind, collecting all the diamond, whilst the scooper or its wire must not touch each other, or any of the aliens, if they do it will retract and you lose a life. Retracting the scooper yourself will mean you lose a life. It is an ok game, but impossibly hard.
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The old bar game, this time on the beeb. It isn't a very good version of the game, and even so, why would you want to play dominoes on the computer? The worst thing about the game is that the writing is extremely hard to read, as the colours blend into the background of the screen. Not a good game, and definitly not reccommended!
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Pretty basic golf game, this is certainly nothing like the king of Beeb golf, Holed Out the graphics are basic low-res, and the control mechanism is a little bit basic. It's not terrible though, especially for a budget game it could be a lot worse.
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