BBC Master Compact Games

The following is a list of BBC Master Compact Games in the Centre for Computing History collection. It is not an exhaustive list of and other games may have been published. If you have any games or software that you would like to donate to our collection, please view our donations page.

There are 49 BBC Master Compact Games in our collection :
Order By : Title - Release Date - Publisher
Ballistix Date: 1989 Ballistix

Shoot balls at a larger ball, moving it towards the goal

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Acornsoft

Barbarian II The Dungeon Of Drax Date: 1989 Barbarian II The Dungeon Of Drax

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Palace

Brian Clough's Football Fortunes Date: Unknown Brian Clough's Football Fortunes

 

Software House: CDS Software
Author:

Citadel Date: 1985 Citadel

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Superior

Colossus Chess 4 Date: 1st January 1987 Colossus Chess 4

Software House: CDS Software Ltd
Author: Martin Bryant, Carl Cropley

Crazee Rider Date: 1987 Crazee Rider

A motorcycle racing game that allows players to knock their opponents off their bikes to take them out of the race and earn bonus points

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Kevin Edwards

DataWord Date: 1991 DataWord

This unique program has been designed with ease of use as a priority and fufils many of the needs for a database in the National Curriculum

Software House: Triple R Education
Author:

Exile Date: 1988 Exile

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Superior

Fun School 2 - for the over 8s Date: Fun School 2 - for the over 8s

Software House: Database
Author:

Grand Prix Construction Set Date: 1987 Grand Prix Construction Set

Grand Prix Construction Set is a motor-racing game with a difference: it allows you to design your own race circuits, or select one of the many pre-defined race tracks

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Andrew Bradley

Holed Out !! Date: 1989 Holed Out !!

Software House: The Fourth Dimension
Author:

Holed Out !! - Extra Courses Vol 1 Date: 1989 Holed Out !! - Extra Courses Vol 1

Software House: The Fourth Dimension
Author:

Holed Out !! - Extra Courses Vol 2 Date: 1989 Holed Out !! - Extra Courses Vol 2

Software House: The Fourth Dimension
Author:

Karate Combat Date: 1986 Karate Combat

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Superior

Last Ninja 2 Date: 1989 Last Ninja 2

The isometric ninja game popularised on the C64 comes to the BBC Micro

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Superior

Master Break Date: 1991 Master Break

Snooker-style trivia game for 1-4 players

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Walter Mansell

Micro Power Magic Date: 1986 Micro Power Magic

Software House: Micro Power
Author: Various

Mini Office II (ROM) Date: 1986 Mini Office II (ROM)

Software House: Database Software
Author:

Palace of Magic Date: 1987 Palace of Magic

A platformer in which you must escape from the titular Palace of Magic in order to defeat the evil wizard who cursed you

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Acornsoft

Play It Again Sam Date: 1987 Play It Again Sam

Citadel - Thrust - Stryker's Run - Ravenskul

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Jeremy Smith, Chris Roberts, P. Meller, Nicholas Chamberlain, Martin Edmondson and Micheal Jakobson

Play It Again Sam 11 Date: 1989 Play It Again Sam 11

BarbarianPipelineBaronMonster

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Various

Play It Again Sam 12 Date: 1989 Play It Again Sam 12

The Last NinjaBy Fair Means Or FoulSkirmishBlagge

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Various

Play It Again Sam 13 Date: 1990 Play It Again Sam 13

Barbarian IIHyperballPercy PenguinPandemoniu

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Various

Play It Again Sam 14  (Master Compact) Date: 1990 Play It Again Sam 14 (Master Compact)

Predator - Ballistix - Superior Soccer - Star Por

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Tony Oakden, Peter Scott and Martin Edmondson

Play It Again Sam 15 Date: 1991 Play It Again Sam 15

Last Ninja 2 - Cyborg Warriors - Network - Ricoche

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Tony Oakden, Peter Scott, Niel Davidson and David Williams

Play It Again Sam 16 Date: 1991 Play It Again Sam 16

Also contains the disk for Play it Again Sam 17

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Ian Grimstead, Peter Scott, David Lawrence and Ian Collinson

Play It Again Sam 2 Date: 1988 Play It Again Sam 2

Repton 3 - Crazee Rider - Galaforce - Codename: Droi

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Matthew Atkinson, Kevin Edwards, Martin Galway, Kevin Edwards, Nicholas Chamberlain and Martin Edmondson

Play It Again Sam 3 Date: 1989 Play It Again Sam 3

CommandoPalace Of MagicKiller GorillaKiller Gorilla

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Various

Play It Again Sam 4 Date: 1989 Play It Again Sam 4

Frak!SpellbindersCosmic CamourflageGrand Prix Construction Se

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Various

Play It Again Sam 5 (Master Compact) Date: 1988 Play It Again Sam 5 (Master Compact)

Software House: Superior Software
Author:

Play It Again Sam 6 Date: 1989 Play It Again Sam 6

Galaforce 2 Hunchback Hopper The Sentinel Video's Revenge Kindly donated by Chris Whytehead

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Various

Play It Again Sam 7 Date: 1989 Play It Again Sam 7

Firetracker - Bonecruncher - Snapper - Ghoul

Software House: Superior Software
Author: David J. Hoskins, Nick Pelling, Jonathan Griffiths, Andreas Kemnitz and Martyn Howard

Play It Again Sam 8 Date: 1989 Play It Again Sam 8

 Contains: Winter Olympiad 88 Quest Around the World in 80 Screens Mr

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Various

Repton 2 Date: 1985 Repton 2

Control Repton and collect all the diamonds in this Boulder Dash "inspired" game

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Acornsoft

Repton 3 Date: 1985 Repton 3

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Superior Software

Repton Infinity Date: 1988 Repton Infinity

Repton Infinity is the ultimate Repton program

Software House: Superior Software
Author: David Lawrence and David Acton

Revs Date: 1985 Revs

Plus Revs 4 Tracks   Silverstone - Snetterton - Oulton Park - Brands Hatch - Donnington Par

Software House: Superior Software,Acornsoft
Author:

Speech! Date: 1985 Speech!

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Acornsoft

Spycat Date: 1988 Spycat

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Superior

Stryker's Run Date: 1986 Stryker's Run

Software House: Superior Software
Author:

The Acornsoft Hits - Volume 2 Date: 1982 The Acornsoft Hits - Volume 2

Starship Command - Arcadians - Labyrinth - Meteor

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Michael Mathison, Peter Irvin, Nick Pelling, and Neil Raine

The French Mistress Date: 1986 The French Mistress

For connoisseurs of modern language learning, for beginners, GCSE and beyond, this sophisticated program provides a unique and highly successful aid to modern language learning

Software House: Kosmos
Author:

The Italian Tutor Date: 1986 The Italian Tutor

For connoisseurs of modern language learning, for beginners, O-level, CSC, GCSE and beyond, this sophisticated program provides a unique and highly successful aid to modern language learning

Software House: Kosmos
Author:

The Krystal Connection Date: Unknown The Krystal Connection

Software House: Retro Software
Author:

The Life of Repton (Master Compact) Date: 1987 The Life of Repton (Master Compact)

As we first see Repton as a baby: a muling infant surrounded by teddy-bears, Humpty-Dumpties, and aggressive clockwork toy-soldiers

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Matthew Atkinson

The Superior Collection - Volume 1 Date: 1987 The Superior Collection - Volume 1

The Superior Collection Volume One features one brand new game, Syncron, together with 7 of Superior Software's classic hits for the BBC Micro

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Gary Partis, Martin Sykes, Timothy Tyler, Jim Daniels, Peter Johnson, Ian Robinson, David Lovekin, Walter Mansell

The Superior Collection - Volume 2 Date: 1987 The Superior Collection - Volume 2

Kix - Repton 2 - Deathstar - Space Pilot - Missile Strike - Battle Tank - Crazy Painter - Overdrive 

Software House: Superior Software
Author: Alwin Adolf, Tim Tyler, Peter Johnson, David Lovekin, Charles Robertson, Mark Silver and Adrian Stephens

U I M - Ultra Intelligent Machine Date: 1989 U I M - Ultra Intelligent Machine

Software House: The Fourth Dimension
Author:

Zap! Date: 31st May 2009 Zap!

New release for the BBC Master Compact, one of many computers that is still supported with new software from the retro community

Software House: Retro Software
Author: Retro Software

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