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Mouse Trap is a platform game written by Dave Mann (using the pseudonym Chris Robson) and published by Tynesoft in 1986 for the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro home computers. [1] One year later the game was released for the Atari 8-bit computers , [ 2 ] Atari ST , Amiga , and Commodore 64 .
The first version of the game was released for the BBC Micro, model B on tape and disk and "about a month or two later" the Acorn Electron tape version was released. [21] The Electron's limitations meant the game was in black and white only, and several game features were cut including Thargoids and suns.
The game was originally developed and coded by Chris Roberts and Philip Meller on the BBC Micro with additional graphics by Nick Elms. [1] As the game pushed the limits of the hardware, certain elements had to be left out of the standard version and Stryker's Run became the first game released to include an enhanced version for the newly released BBC Master.
3D Dotty is a maze video game written by J.L. Harris and published by Blue Ribbon for the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro home computers in 1987. [1] Each screen consists of vertically stacked mazes connected by ladders. The goal is to collect all of the dots while avoiding a fungus.
The Sentinel, released in the United States as The Sentry, is a puzzle video game created by Geoff Crammond, published by Firebird in 1986 for the BBC Micro and converted to the Commodore 64 (by Crammond himself), Amstrad CPC (with a cross-compiler written by Crammond), ZX Spectrum (by Mike Follin), Atari ST, Amiga (both by Steve Bak) and IBM PC compatibles (by Mark Roll).
Thrust is a 1986 video game programmed by Jeremy C. Smith (who later co-authored Exile) for the BBC Micro and published by Superior Software. [1] [2] The player's aim is to manoeuvre a spaceship by rotating and thrusting, as it flies over a two-dimensional landscape and through caverns. The gameplay of Thrust was heavily inspired by Atari's ...
This category contains computer games made for, or ported to, the BBC Micro, Acorn Electron and BBC Master 1980s-vintage 8-bit home computers which have articles on Wikipedia. See List of Acorn Electron games for a more comprehensive list (although BBC only games are not included).
Video games in this category have been or will be released exclusively for the BBC Micro and/or Acorn Electron, and are not available for purchase or download on other video game consoles or personal computers.