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Frak worked first time, haven't seen that in a while. Very nice. There are loads of good text adventures on BBC and of course Elite but has anyone else got any good recommends?

Re: JSBeeb – JavaScript BBC Micro Emulator

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Post by sgt » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 1:21 PM UTC

jacknews wrote: post #2

Very nice, how do I run elite? I never had a disk system edit: Ah got it, shift-break on BBC, fn-shift-right_command-F12 on macbook pro touchbar

I've been trying to do that but I can't seem to make it work. fn-shift-right cmd-f12... on MBP non touchbar

Re: JSBeeb – JavaScript BBC Micro Emulator

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Post by FearNotDaniel » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 1:21 PM UTC

  10 PRINT "HELLO ";
  20 GOTO 10
  RUN

Ah, the memories. But I forgot how to break out of such a loop. Lucky there's a hard/soft reset option in the website menu...

Re: JSBeeb – JavaScript BBC Micro Emulator

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Post by delibes » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 1:27 PM UTC

thorin wrote: post #4

Frak worked first time, haven't seen that in a while. Very nice. There are loads of good text adventures on BBC and of course Elite but has anyone else got any good recommends?

I used to love the puzzle adventure things like Repton.

edit - and Castle Quest and Ravenskull.

Re: JSBeeb – JavaScript BBC Micro Emulator

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Post by rayui » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 1:27 PM UTC

without a working "*" key, makes it pretty unusable!

Re: JSBeeb – JavaScript BBC Micro Emulator

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Post by dave-f » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 1:52 PM UTC

thorin wrote: post #4

Frak worked first time, haven't seen that in a while. Very nice. There are loads of good text adventures on BBC and of course Elite but has anyone else got any good recommends?

A few to try:

Citadel (Arcade adventure) Imogen (Cute Puzzler) Chuckie Egg (Ladders 'n levels romp) Skirmish (Joust) 3D Pool (Lovely 3D Pool simulation) Thrust (Space Physics fun) Firetrack (Shooter)

Re: JSBeeb – JavaScript BBC Micro Emulator

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Post by thorin » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 1:56 PM UTC

dave-f wrote: post #9

thorin wrote: post #4

Frak worked first time, haven't seen that in a while. Very nice. There are loads of good text adventures on BBC and of course Elite but has anyone else got any good recommends?

A few to try: Citadel (Arcade adventure) Imogen (Cute Puzzler) Chuckie Egg (Ladders 'n levels romp) Skirmish (Joust) 3D Pool (Lovely 3D Pool simulation) Thrust (Space Physics fun) Firetrack (Shooter)

Don't worry, I already know about Chuckie Egg. I've lapped it a few times, BBC possible the best version? I never really got into Thrust but will give it another go.

Thanks