From Dave Edwards 21/01/2026

Hi Chris,

Here is a companion disc for the A&B Collection Volume 1 (published 1985) which contains a collection of games and utilities for the BBC Micro. 

This one belongs in the AAB section of the archive.

The contents are as follows:

Pelmanism
Turn over the cards, hope for a match. Six skill levels against the computer.

Teletext Artist
A screen designer for the BBC's Teletext Mode, allowing the design of information pages.

Rockpool
A game in Basic where you must catch the sea creatures by manoeuvring your fishing net over them.

Mysterious Yeti
A text adventure set in an Indian village. Find and destroy the Yeti.

Character Designer
A utility which allows you to design 8 x 8 CHR$ and rotate, invert, clear and mirror them.

Munching Mouse
Guide the mouse from one side of the screen to the other through the holes in the maze walls.

Maths Launcher
A simple game in which you must enter the product of two numbers.

Number Crossword
Work out the answers to the sums and place the results in a crossword grid.

Sound Library
Stash away the best sounds around. Edit, playback and print out!

House Plant Finder
A database featuring a library of houseplants with tips on how best to grow them.

Sound Searcher
A demonstration of different sound pitches and durations. Electron only.

Transfer Basic To Disc
A utility to copy a protected Basic program from tape to disc.

Transfer M/Code To Disc
A utility to copy a protected machine code program from tape to disc.

Tape Timer
A utility which can be used to 'set' your tape to record the radio, similarly to a VCR timer.

3D Noughts & Crosses
A cubic version of noughts and crosses.

Fred In The Forest
Move Fred around the forest and collect as many mushrooms as possible!

The Orb
A colourful text adventure in Mode 7. Save the universe by finding the precious Orb.

Canasta
Play a game of Canasta against one or two opponents.

Squares
A puzzle game in which you must jump from one square to another, attempting not to have two adjacent colours.

Small Digits
Redefined VDU 23 character definitions for smaller characters.

Score Demo
A VDU 23 routine which produces a small, funky-looking score in the top-right corner.

Zanygrams
A comprehensive collection of anagrams, which you are invited to solve.

Ernie
A simulation of the monthly draw for Premium Bonds using the Ernie machine.

Graph Plotter
A utility showing different types of graphs for data presentation.

Autumn Leaves
A graphics demo which displays a number of leaves in a random fashion.

I have provided both ADFS and DFS disc images for this one.

Best, Dave E