Giant Book of Games for Your

BBC Micro


Tim Hartnell, who was born in Melbourne, Australia (and now commutes each couple of months between the UK and Australia), first became involved with computers when he bought a ZX80 and founded the National ZX User's Club. Since then, he has had more than forty-five books on various aspects of computing published around the world. He is currently preparing works on artificial intelligence and the Sinclair QL.

Ian Hutt was born in Chiswick in 1964. He was educated at Rectory School, Hampton - where, in the fifth year, he first became interested in computers - and at Kingston College of Further Education. He is now studying for a degree in computer science at the Kingston Polytechnic. He is also a sailing instructor at Thames Young Mariners, Ham, and sails regularly with Sudbrook Sailing Club.



Tim Hartnell
and Ian Hutt


GIANT BOOK
OF GAMES FOR
YOUR BBC MICRO

Fontana Paperbacks


First published by Fontana Paperbacks 1984

Copyright (c) Tim Hartnell and Ian Hutt 1984

Set in Linotron Plantin
Reproduced, printed and bound
in Great Britain by Hazell Watson and Viney Ltd,
member of the BPCC Group, Aylesbury, Bucks

Conditions of Sale
This book is sold subject to the condition
that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise,
be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated
without the publisher's prior consent in any form of
binding or cover other than that in which it is
published and without a similar condition
including this condition being imposed
on the subsequent purchaser


From Ian: to my family -- Mum, Dad, Graham and Tweetipie; and to the pupils and staff of Rectory School, KCFE and Kingston Poly

From Tim: to David, Clive, Scott, Graham and Peter



Contents


Introduction 11

Getting Started

Reading the listings 15
Program Lister 18
Procedure and Function Lister 26

Arcade Games

Cosmic Invaders 31
Cosmos 44
Meteroids 51
Light Cycles 53
Ghost Lane 58
Bomb Raid 62
Zombie 68
Two-Wall Smash 73
Sharp Shooter 78
Racer 84
Ski Run 89

Artificial Intelligence

Eliza 97
Animal 109

Just for Fun

Minefield 119
Saucer Encounter 124
Eliminate 129
Dropout 133
Pursuit 140
Sea Sub 144
V-Wing Attack 149
Woodworm 152
Rat Catch 156
Airshow 180
Letter Chaser 167

Board Games

Nine by Eight 173
Mandala 180
Four Up 191

Adventure

The Bannochburn Legacy 201
3-D Maze/Lodestar 229
Orpheus in the Underground 239
Nuclear Fallout 248

Brain Games

Simple Simon 259
Mastercode 265
Barrage 269
Hangman 276
Solitaire Maze 281

Card Games

Pontoon 289
Play Your Cards Right 298
Graphics

3-D Graphics (REW and House) 309
Draw 40 319

Keyboard Utilities

Keyboard Speaker 329
Auto Repeat 331
Keyboard Sounder 333

General Utilities

Slow Down 337
Graphical VU-Meter 338
Poster 340
Orbit Predictor 342



Introduction


Assembling the games for this collection has been tremendous fun for both of us. After all, not many people are lucky enough to be able to spend their days writing, modifying and playing computer games - and then claim that they've been working. But that's just what we've been able to do when working on this book.
   The 'Giant Book' series already covers a number of computers (including the Dragon, Spectrum, VIC 20 and the Commodore 64). There was no way we could consider the series complete without a collection of games for the computer which many believe to be the best machine that British genius has produced. So here it is, a massive collection of games and utility programs which will prove to you (if proof is needed) just how versatile a companion your BBC Micro can be.
   Special thanks to Andrew Hamper and Neal Cavalier-Smith for introducing us to each other - and thus making this book possible - and to Helen Fraser at Fontana whose continuing enthusiasm for the series, and encouragement, made it possible for this book to exist.

Tim Hartnell
Ian Hutt
April 1984