This was the piece of introductory software bundled with the BBC Microcomputer. There are various programs designed to demonstrate the power of the BBC, including a Biorythms program, a simple bat-n-ball game, a kingdom simulator and pattern generator.

The sequel to Colossal Adventure is an interactive fiction game with a VERB NOUN interface. The fantasy setting takes a clear influence from Lord of the Rings. After centuries of harmony, Middle Earth has hit problems due to a cataclysmic sequence of events - a crop failure leading to animals turning violent, and then an attack from a mysterious enemy …

Adventureland is the first of Scott Adams' text adventures. Using simple two word commands you explore an enchanted world, solve puzzles and try to recover 13 lost treasures.

Air Traffic Control (aka Air Traffic Control Simulator) is a video game released by Microdeal, not to be confused with the 1984 game Heathrow Air Traffic Control by Hewson.

A shoot-em-up, with a touch of Space Invaders, a dab of Galaga and just a pinch of Galaxians.

Anarchy Zone was written by Rob Dulstone and released for the BBC Microcomputer by Atlantis Software. In Anarchy Zone, there are a variety of different alien spaceships all intent on destroying you. Some can be killed with one shot, some cannot. What makes Anarchy Zone interesting is the 360 degrees rotation that your ship can do around the entire screen. …

The object of the game is to defend yourself from the attacking androids. You can move around the maze using the up, down, left and right controls and by firing at the androids. Different androids require a different number of hits. Your energy level is displayed on the bottom - the lower the level, the slower you move. You may …

Apple Pie was developed by Tim Chown and published for the BBC Microcomputer by Visions in 1984. It is a single screen action game where the player controls a tank and has to kill invading aliens. The setting is an American village which is being attacked by waves of aliens who attempt to steal the stars of the national flag. …

Arcade Soccer was programmed by Peter Gillett, with graphics by Martin Kelsey. An overhead football game in which you must power up/down the field, passing the ball and scoring goals. Arcade Soccer features Corners, sliding tackles, throw-ins, goal kicks, dribbling, shooting, passing and much more. Firstly you can play with either keyboard or joysticks, against the computer and/or with up …

Arena 3000 is a top-down action shooter published by Microdeal in which you battle against waves of robots. You start with 3 lives and earn an extra one for every 20,000 points amassed. You can play in either single player or two player split-screen mode. Control is via the keyboard or dual joysticks.

Arkanoid is an arcade game developed by Taito in 1986. It was ported to the BBC Microcomputer and released by Imagine in 1987. This game is derived from the older Breakout style of game in which a bat and ball was used to smash bricks in a wall. In Arkanoid the bat becomes a Vaus spaceship and the ball an …

Asteroid Belt is a clone of Asteroids. Shoot the flying asteroids (that split and become smaller when shot) and the UFOs (which shoot around). You can use hyperspace to get out of hairy situations.

You play the game as a repair man equipped with a jetpack and an upwards firing plasma laser. Your mission is to repair all the leaking air pipes which supply the Colony research station on the surface of the Moon. Sounds simple enough, but now the caverns are inhabited by a number of alien lifeforms which will kill you if …

A fairly well-made clone of the 1981 Sega arcade game Astro Blaster. Developed by Richard "Tricky" Broadhurst and published as a free to download game by Retro Software in 2016. It even uses sampled speech from the actual arcade machine but only works if you have a sideways speech RAM expansion on your BBC Micro.

Atlantis is an underwater version of the arcade game Scramble in which you have to move past a right to left scrolling underwater landscape avoiding, shooting or bombing mines, obstacles and missiles.

The object of Atom Smasher is to stop the meltdown of a nuclear reactor. You control a laser, your job being to shoot a proton, thus cooling the reactor down. But there are problems in the shape of electrons that collide with you, depriving you of one of your three lives.

A double-pack of games originally written for the Phoenix IBM System/370 mainframe at Cambridge University, reworked for commercial release on home computers: Avon is a Shakespearean adventure which begins with a sight-seeing visit to the playwright's hometown. As the protagonist explores the streets and souvenir shops, certain people, animals and objects begin exhibiting strange behavior, finally, the surroundings become completely …

B.C. Bill was developed by Creative Technology Group and released by Imagine for a range of home computers including the BBC Microcomputer. As the caveman Bill, you must compete with other contemporary species, such as the dinosaurs, to collect food. Whack the food with your club and drag the food back to your cave before a dinosaur eats it – …

Balloon Buster is a video game developed by Mike Williams and published for the BBC Microcomputer and Acorn Electron by Blue Ribbon. Buster the clown likes to laugh, and what really bursts him is bursting balloons. As he is a little color-blind, help him get a highscore!

Bananaman is an action game that was developed and published by MRM Software for the BBC Microcomputer in 1983. The player controls the Bananaman character, whose objective is to eat 40 banana sandwiches in under a minute. Randomly generated amounts of bonus points are awarded for eating the peeled bananas and eliminating Ethel the Cat when she appears. However, if …

In this war simulation based on the WWII Battle of Britain you take control of the Royal Air Force, Fighter Command while the computer controls the Luftwaffe.

Battle Planet was developed and published by ISP for the BBC Microcomputer in 1984. In this game you must fly down the trench on the Battle Planet to locate and destroy it's heart. Dodge or shoot the attacking fighters and avoid the Robot Commander which is invincible.

Battlefields is a strategy game written by Ian Trackman. It features two historic arenas, the American Civil War and the Battle of Waterloo.

This is a wargame of the 21st Century in which you have control of the forces opposing a single enemy unit known as the Ogre. There are ten levels of play. Your mission is to stop the Ogre from leaving the bottom of the map. The only way to do this is to destroy all its tread units. The Ogre …