The 20 Greatest BBC Micro Games of All-Time

In this video I countdown the 20 greatest BBC Micro games of all-time as voted for by you, the retro gaming community!

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[thelairdslair]

Given how popular this video has been I thought I'd add the full Top 50 for you in a pinned post:

50 - Bonecruncher
49 - E-Type
48 - Arkanoid
47 - Sabre Wulf
46 - Dunjunz
45 - Commando
44 - Sphinx Adventure
43 - The Hobbit
42 - Boffin
41 - Jetpac
40 - Codename Droid
39 - The Last Ninja
38 - Wizardore
37 - Castle of Magic
36 - Jet Boot Jack
35 - Football Manager
34 - Hopper
33 - Snowball
32 - Knightlore
31 - Stunt Car Racer
30 - Aviator
29 - Rocket Raid
28 - Manic Miner
27 - Firetrack
26 - Arcadians
25 - Daredevil Dennis
24 - XOR
23 - The Sentinel
22 - Twin Kingdom Valley
21 - Jet Set Willy
20 - Starship Command
19 - Killer Gorilla
18 - Ravenskull
17 - Stryker's Run
16 - Granny's Garden
15 - Zalaga
14 - Thrust
13 - Imogen
12 - Mr. Ee!
11 - Planetoid
10 - Snapper
9 - Castle Quest
8 - Frak!
7 - Repton 3
6 - Citadel
5 - Revs
4 - Exile
3 - Repton
2 - Chuckie Egg
1 - Elite

PHEW!

[derekmcallister]

Genuinely surprised that Codename Droid didn't make it onto the list. Lot of nostalgia looking back through those - though I now have a temptation to see if I can find a Twin Kingdom Valley emulator out there somewhere - I never did beat that game.

[doughnutdoney]

I had an Acorn Electron at home and used a BBC Micro B at school so plenty of memories here. My all time favourite game was Chuckie Egg but did play Elite, Repton 1-3 and especially Ravernskull plenty of fond memories.

[timonsolus]

One of my favourite games on the BBC was a UK government simulator, in which you would pick a party (Conservative, Labour or Liberals), choose policies, and produce a Budget. If you chose wisely, you would win the general election. Got me interested in politics.

[mattmecham]

This was my childhood. It got me hooked on programming which became my career. I recently bought a BBC Micro for the nostalgia.

[jakatta]

Brilliant. I played loads of those games. Brought back so many memories.

[papalaz]

"Defender" was superb on BBC Micro. Really authentic.

[paulmitchell]

I was lucky enough to get a BBC model B in 1983 and still have it to this day along with the 5.25" floppy drive and tape drive. I keep meaning to try and get it running again :)

[NickDDDD]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Am 53 yo & ad a BeeB in 1984. Great to find this channel!

[sahhull]

I still have my original BBC B and assorted kit still works.
Burned a huge amount of hours on Starship command and the side scroller Scramble.

I still get my Atari 2600 console out of the box every year for the tank battle game.
Horrendously fun when adult beverages have been consumed

[Cragsidebaz]

Gosh, this takes me back a bit. I was writing software and teaching computing during those golden years and the Acorn computers were just amazing. The coding would have been pretty simple for all these games bar one - Zalaga. I never saw this and can’t believe they managed it on a Beeb! Hats off to whoever did the coding! 🎉

[Jacz]

One of my favourites was Codename: Droid - Strykers run part 2. Great game

[jaysmith]

Even if you weren't a big fan of Elite, you have to admit that its impact on gaming and how ahead of its time it was is undeniable.

Elite is only one of three 8bit games to get a retrospective 10/10 from Edge magazine. The other two games were Exile (another original BBC Micro title) and Super Mario Bros.

[nathanbutcher]

Can't believe Geoff Crammond's "Sentinel" didn't get a mention. It's #2 to Elite in my personal list, but I guess a lot of people didn't "get it" at the time.

[GreatAwakeningE]

Born in '67 its great to see the games I used to play as a child, thankyou. Remember some of them well. Did my A'Level Computer Science at School with one of these; wrote a BASIC version of Space Invaders for my O'level project. LOL

[Hologhoul]

There was excitement in the school playground among gamers when it transpired the BBC had some wicked arcade clones. The machine's higher price added to the allure of it all. It's great to see some of the modes/colours now and still get that evocative feeling.

[Mucus]

Elite, Revs and Chuckie Egg were my favourites. Me and my brother also enjoyed Sabre Wolf, for its ace maze and Knightlore, which was 3D isometric fantastic.I preferred Arcadians as a shooting aliens game. I’m 52 now, and race iRacing in VR, my journey started with Revs, through the F1GP Crammond games.

[thepenultimateninja]

We had a BBC Model B when I was a kid.
We were by no means well off, but my dad was an engineer, and he recognized the importance of the new microcomputers.
I was only little at the time, but I remember him agonizing over the decision to buy one. It was almost like an illness, I guess he must have been losing sleep over the decision. Eventually, my Mom talked him into just going for it, and he brought it home one evening after work.
Many years later, my parents were watching Cash in the Attic, which was a TV show in which people would gather together all the junk in their house, and sell it to finance a vacation or something.
In one episode, the family had a BBC Micro, and the 'expert' on the show told them it wasn't worth anything, and to not even bother trying to sell it.
My parents happened to be having a clear-out at around the same time, and hearing this advice, they threw the mint condition Beeb and the 5.25" floppy drive in a skip.
I was absolutely gutted, and I am still sore about it to this day lol.

[ceejay]

Frak!....Such a beautiful game. So difficult to play, but so so beautiful.

[shanetheundertaker]

10 print " my teacher is a prat ! "
20 goto 10
😂
Aghhhh. . .
The good old days of innocence