Welcome

Welcome to the BBC Micro pages, where you'll find lots of things for that great British computer from the 1980s. Whether you still use a 'real' BBC computer or an emulator on your modern day machine, there's something here for you! And we've not forgotten the Acorn Electron. Please click on one of the links below:

  • Lutius Project. Purchase a treasure trove of documentation and software on CD-ROM.
  • Books. Many favourite publications now available for FREE download.
  • Commercial Software. Yes, you can still buy new games for your BBC and Electron!
  • Disassemblies for the serious games programmer.
  • Links to other splendid websites dedicated to the BBC and Electron.

Commercial Software


The Weenies need your help! They fall out of the hatch and your task is to guide them home, by placing bricks and sections of rope and ladders in their path. Ladders may only be placed on top of solid bricks or other ladder sections; likewise, ropes can only be suspended from a solid block or another piece of rope. Bricks may be placed anywhere but you can only delete ladders, ropes, or bricks like those you are given. WEENIES is a Lemmings-style game for your BBC packed with fiendish puzzles and imaginative graphics.

Click here and here to see more action from the game.

"A terrific graphical achievement on the BBC and Electron". . . EUG

Support

Click here for a map (50k) of all the levels in Weenies Zone 00!

Click the disc icon for a disc image (suitable for use with BBC Emulators) containing some utilities to help you create your own Zones for the game.


Aliens have abducted Egghead's favourite games and are taking them to the planet Zog. Just in time, our hero boards their ship to retrieve his much-loved software. Unfortunately, the ship blasts off back to Zog and on arrival Egghead accidentally teleports himself to an underground labyrinth. It's up to you to get them back! BBC conversion by Chris Dewhurst of Jonathan Cauldwell's classic Speccy arcade adventure.

Click here and here to see more screenshots from the game.

"This is a great port of the original Spectrum version and worthy of its price tag" . . . Retro Gamer

"EGGHEAD IN SPACE is graphically lavish and extremely addictive . . . EUG

Disassemblies

Click on the text file icons for diassemblies of some BBC games. This is a great way of learning 6502 assembly language, even if a little daunting at first, but particularly rewarding if you come across a piece of code and be able to say to yourself, I can do that more efficiently!

GRABIT SIEGE SWOOP

It's a good idea to have copies of a template, for example a table for each page of memory to write in the address, mnemonic, data and comments for each byte. Click the icon to download an example form and an example of its use (zipped PDF).

Links

  • RetroSoftware The latest, greatest place for what's NEW in the BBC and Electron world.
  • The Acorn Electron Haven World number one repository for everything Electron, maintained by Dave Edwards. Also host to what is officially the longest-running Electron and BBC Micro magazine EVER.
  • The BBC Lives Another stalwart BBC site - worth a visit to track down that obscure ROM version or book.
  • Stairway to Hell Dave Moore's comprehensive archive of Beeb and Elk software.

Copyright © MMVI Christopher R Dewhurst, B.Sc, O.V.E. Page last updated 16/04/08