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Monty Mole digs his way from 8-bit to the Switch

Portable Gaming Roundup about 5 months ago

Eight-bit hero Monty Mole from Gremlin Graphics was one of the many cute characters adventuring away in the formative days of computer games. Alongside Miner Willy, Kokotoni Wilf, Chuckie Egg and Codemasters' Dizzy, he would pop up from time to time with a …

8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • High Score Challenge Nominations - Season 22

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi Folks,Welcome to season 22....all right then......Please post your 3 chosen games using the guidelines below and submit them in this thread. Please ensure the game exists online (I'll continue posting so that you can download from the Complete BBC Gam …

8-bit acorn software: other • Getting games to load and play via Econet

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi All,A group of us are trying to put an Econet Demo for an event next year and we'd like to have a handful of games that can be loaded from the File Server and then played.So far we've been able to get these games running without modification, however m …

8-bit acorn software: classic games • Chuckie Egg 2023

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hello.I read somewhere that arcade type games probably wouldn't be well suited to being run over the Tube so I thought I'd give it a try. After all, many arcade machines work fine with multiple CPUs sharing out the workload so why not a Beeb and a co-pro? …
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Games Competitions • Games Competition 2023 - Round 11 - Cast Your Votes!!!

Lemon64 about 6 months ago

This vote is for the game we will play in Round 11 (November). The voting starts now and ends 23:59 GMT Saturday, November 18th Vote for 5 games. Votes with less than 5 games will not be counted. Votes with a game on the list below will not be counted. R …

32-bit acorn software: classic games • Decent PD, Freeware, Shareware Games?

Stardot about 6 months ago

Below are some of my favourites, please feel free to suggest more (including cover disk exclusive games).Ace Crusader - decent Defender clone with end of stage bosses - below average graphics but plays pretty wellShangai - the version by Julian Jiggi …
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8-bit acorn software: classic games • 3D printed retro stuff

Stardot about 7 months ago

I've been working with Morgan Hetherington on a 3D printed tribute of my BBC conversion of Starquake. He's been unreal. He worked with every little foible I changed until it was absolutely perfect. It's a ridiculously beautiful thing. I've paid him for it …

8-bit acorn software: classic games • Chuckie Egg - awarding the end of level bonus

Stardot about 7 months ago

When you complete a level, the amount of bonus to be awarded can be quite high. This results in several seconds of the bonus award sound repeating in some cases.Would it maybe be better to have a shorter sequence for that, counting down each digit individ …

8-bit acorn software: classic games • what are the chances that tape games will work?

Stardot about 8 months ago

hi everyone! Im going to buy some tape games for the beeb and have been looking at some games (Chuckie egg, plok etc) on ebay and most are untested. even if they are actually untested (not ebay untested) what are the chances that they will work? i dont re …

8-bit acorn software: classic games • Chuckie Egg - level design 'rules'

Stardot about 8 months ago

Chuckie Egg again.Should level designs have rules?It always irked me when I played a new "new version" that certain things expected after playing the original had been circumvented, for example:* Platforms not actually intersecting ladders, causing the pl …

8-bit acorn software: classic games • Chuckie Egg - lives count wrap

Stardot about 8 months ago

Do people think that Chuckie Egg should wrap from 255 lives back to zero or stay stuck at 255?I know this question is likely to be only for a few addicts like me, but curious. Part of the fun of wrapping to zero was having to get the tally back up again.S …
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8-bit acorn software: classic games • Acorn - A World in Pixels book - now back in print

Stardot about 8 months ago

By popular demand, the Acorn - A World in Pixels book will be back in print at the end of November this year. Celebrate the visual games history of the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron with this case bound bookWe have had lots of requests for a re-print from …
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Retro Arcadia Gaming Pickups – Summer 2023 Edition

Retro Arcadia about 8 months ago

I’ve got a few new regular features up my sleeve to complement the usual various forms of weekly deep-dives at Retro Arcadia, partly to keep things fresh but also partly to take a bit of the pressure off me trying to juggle writing them alongside juggli …
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Games Competitions • Games Competition 2023 - Round 09 - Cast Your Votes!!!

Lemon64 about 8 months ago

This vote is for the game we will play in Round 08 (June). The voting starts now and ends 23:59 GMT Saturday, August 12th Vote for 5 games. Votes with less than 5 games will not be counted. Votes with a game on the list below will not be counted. Remembe …

8-bit acorn software: classic games • Chuckie Egg - default keys

Stardot about 9 months ago

Hi All.When you play Chuckie Egg, do you stick with the default keys of A, Z, <, > and SPACE or change them to something else? Please say what you change them to if you don't use the defaults.I've always presumed this is a left- or right- handed thi …

8-bit acorn software: classic games • Chuckie Egg - multiple players or not?

Stardot about 9 months ago

Do people play Chuckie Egg with more than a one player game? If so, what are the reasons behind it?Edit: Apparently that's too ambiguous. Let's try again:When you play Chuckie Egg, do you normally start the game by pressing S 1 or do you start it with S 2 …
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Games Competitions • Games Competition 2023 - Round 08 - Cast Your Votes!!!

Lemon64 about 10 months ago

This vote is for the game we will play in Round 08 (June). The voting starts now and ends 23:59 GMT Saturday, August 12th Vote for 5 games. Votes with less than 5 games will not be counted. Votes with a game on the list below will not be counted. Remembe …
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Retro Arcadia Weekly Spotlight #94

Retro Arcadia about 10 months ago

Back again for our regular Sunday roundup of quick-fire reviews and impressions of everything under the spotlight at Retro Arcadia this week, old and new and a bit of both… Just like last week though, we’re going to start with something that’ …
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Discovering Tower of Evil on Commodore VIC-20 (and the June 1984 Issue of C&VG!)

Retro Arcadia about 10 months ago

My own collection of Computer & Video Games magazine began in April 1985, and apart from the following month’s issue, I didn’t miss one until well into the nineties when, in my early-twenties, my limited magazine budget had moved on to lads’ mag …
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Episode 76 - Oakland Needs Kevlar Fiber Lines + 6 Good FPS Games

Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast about 2 years ago

We're back for Episode 76! In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and discuss 6 Good FPS Games. We are doing news for the first monthly episode and then "catching up" later in the month.   Episode Guide --------------- 6:54 Quick Questions  …
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Episode 68 - Fall Acorns Abound! + 6 Good Bloody-Gory Games

Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast about 3 years ago

We're back for Episode 68 In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and discuss 6 Good Bloody / Gory Games. We are doing news for the first monthly episode and then "catching up" later in the month.   Episode Guide --------------- 6:16 Quick Qu …

241 Easter EGG-travaganza Special

Retro Gaming Discussion Show about 5 years ago

Yes, with Easter around the corner, Kingy and Drisky have decided to take you through an EGG-xellent adventure full of us poaching some of the best games and yolks through gaming past. We cover the Dizzy series, Chuckie Egg 1 & 2, Jazz Jack Rabbit and Bil …

22: Chuckie Egg

Retro Gaming Discussion Show about 9 years ago

  Hello there retro gaming fans, welcome back to another fun filled Ep of RGDS In episode 22, I talk about the classic platformer  "Chuckie Egg"   In this episode I talk about one of my favourite games ever , the amazing game by A N F Software  Chucki …