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Now displaying: October, 2018
Oct 19, 2018

THIS IS THE BBC MICRO

 

In this episode, Kingy is joined by Vic from Ten Pence Arcade Podcast to go over this loved but less spoken about 8-bit home computer.

The lads go over their own personal experiences of the system and go through their chosen list of favourite games.

 

Show notes:-

Play a vast collection of BBC games in your browser at :- www.bbcmicro.co.uk - this is an awesome site.  Also check out Richard Broadhurst's  amazing arcade ports by typing his name in the search.

 

Granny's Garden for PC link - http://www.4mation.co.uk/cat/granny.html

If you fancy a Windows remake of Imogen - check out http://www.ovine.net/ for their brilliant version of it.

Vic recommended any BBC enthusiasts to visit https://stardot.org.uk/forums/  for a great community keeping the spirit of the system alive.

Drisky recommended http://www.elitehomepage.org/ for everything Elite.

Kingy mentioned the Exile Novella for those who never got a chance to read it back in the day - http://www.inventivity.co.uk/exileami/novella.htm

The tank/helicopter game on the Archimedes that was like Virus was called Conqueror - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p04EZboXc5M

 

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Oct 5, 2018

The Drisk and Kingy return for an epic second part of this series. We enter the 90's, we enter the age of 3D racing. Be sure to listen to our previous episode (part 1) to get the full appreciated of this series.  It's been a long journey, but we @RGDSpodcast think the lads have included a killer list of games in this discussion.

 

The games included are:-

Indy 500

Hard Drivin'

Stunt Car Racer

F-Zero

Lotus Turbo Esprit 1 & 2

Road Rash

Virtua Racing

Mario Kart

F1GP

Daytona

Ridge Racer

Sega Rally

Need for Speed

Gran Turismo

Crazy Taxi

MSR

Burnout 1&2

Project Gotham 2

Outrun 2

 

Show note links:-

Info on Stunt Car Racer TNT mod:- http://hol.abime.net/2345

Take That playing Virtua Racing:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx7YBHEWBHQ&feature=youtu.be

 

 

 

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