Re: Ports and other external links
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 5:03 pm
BBC Micro ports: https://pastebin.com/vdck08Mc
I've left everything in from the original list, regardless of whether I was able to find the game on bbcmicro.co.uk or not.
A few notes:
Where a game had multiple releases, I've matched the exact release which I assume is the correct approach. For example, Countdown to Doom was originally released on the BBC by Acornsoft in 1983, and later re-released by Topologika in 1987 -- both releases are listed separately on bbcmicro.co.uk so I've linked to the Topologika release as they released it for the Spectrum.
The BBC version of Bubble Bobble was (supposedly) developed officially by Firebird but wasn't published at the time, only surfacing in 1998. I've listed it as being official but not sure if this is strictly correct.
Computer Scrabble is listed as having a BBC version. There are a few Scrabble games for the BBC, but none called "Computer Scrabble" and none released by Psion. Leisure Genius did do a Scrabble game for the BBC, but the Spectrum game they released was Scrabble Deluxe. So in this case I haven't linked them up.
Pettigrew Chronicles for the Spectrum is made of elements of two separate BBC games (viewtopic.php?p=40991#p40991) -- I haven't linked these up as I wasn't sure which to put in.
Compilations (eg Konami's Coin-Op Hits) are search links, as this is how bbcmicro.co.uk represents them.
System 15000 is listed twice in ZXDB: "System 15000" and "System 15000 - 2nd Edition". I suspect these entries can be merged but I'll post elsewhere about that; in the meantime I linked both entries to the sole BBC version.
I've left everything in from the original list, regardless of whether I was able to find the game on bbcmicro.co.uk or not.
A few notes:
Where a game had multiple releases, I've matched the exact release which I assume is the correct approach. For example, Countdown to Doom was originally released on the BBC by Acornsoft in 1983, and later re-released by Topologika in 1987 -- both releases are listed separately on bbcmicro.co.uk so I've linked to the Topologika release as they released it for the Spectrum.
The BBC version of Bubble Bobble was (supposedly) developed officially by Firebird but wasn't published at the time, only surfacing in 1998. I've listed it as being official but not sure if this is strictly correct.
Computer Scrabble is listed as having a BBC version. There are a few Scrabble games for the BBC, but none called "Computer Scrabble" and none released by Psion. Leisure Genius did do a Scrabble game for the BBC, but the Spectrum game they released was Scrabble Deluxe. So in this case I haven't linked them up.
Pettigrew Chronicles for the Spectrum is made of elements of two separate BBC games (viewtopic.php?p=40991#p40991) -- I haven't linked these up as I wasn't sure which to put in.
Compilations (eg Konami's Coin-Op Hits) are search links, as this is how bbcmicro.co.uk represents them.
System 15000 is listed twice in ZXDB: "System 15000" and "System 15000 - 2nd Edition". I suspect these entries can be merged but I'll post elsewhere about that; in the meantime I linked both entries to the sole BBC version.