JSBeeb – JavaScript BBC Micro Emulator(bbc.godbolt.org)
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JSBeeb – JavaScript BBC Micro Emulator
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Press ESC or f12 is probably the BBC micro break button, though you may need OLD to get your program back.
Its the ESCAPE key.
10 PRINT "LOOK AROUND YOU ";
20 GOTO 10
RUN
And that, of course, in homage to The Adventure Game: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/adventuregame/trivia.shtml
Oh the feels.
I had a ZX Spectrum at home so that made me one of the 'techie' kids in my school who could use the class BBC better than the teachers. It was my second experience with BASIC, and BBC BASIC was a little different to ZX Basic so I had to learn to adapt the syntax of my kiddie code.
And the games! Anyone else play Podd? I still remember the first time I figured out you could make him explode.
I had a ZX Spectrum at home so that made me one of the 'techie' kids in my school who could use the class BBC better than the teachers. It was my second experience with BASIC, and BBC BASIC was a little different to ZX Basic so I had to learn to adapt the syntax of my kiddie code.
And the games! Anyone else play Podd? I still remember the first time I figured out you could make him explode.
Pod can pop
Was always funny / sad.
Was always funny / sad.
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.
edit - and Castle Quest and Ravenskull.
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)
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
Thanks
Frak! I don't think I ever got past the second level as a kid, wonder how I'd fare after ~32years of platforming practice.
want to see if i can complete twin kingdom valley now! never did get the last lousy point.
Never got a chance to use a BBC, but I did read Peter Killworth's “How to write Adventure Games” at one point: http://www.mocagh.org/softguide/writeadventuregames.pdf
Have the hard copy, fantastic book.
I did a couple weeks of ‘work experience’ about 15 years ago at school and I spent some time playing with one. They gave it to me at the end of the last day, I still have it in my attic... it’s probably the reason I work in software.
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
edit: Ah got it, shift-break on BBC, fn-shift-right_command-F12 on macbook pro touchbar
Default keyboard symbol mapping is surprising:
= -> ↑
' -> :
: -> +
and so on. Why?
Tried the entries on the Keyboard menu, which didn't seem to change much.
= -> ↑
' -> :
: -> +
and so on. Why?
Tried the entries on the Keyboard menu, which didn't seem to change much.
That's where the keys are, physically, on the real BBC Micro. Good shot of the keyboard on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Micro#/media/File:BBC_Micr...
It's only surprising to those who do not know ASCII codes off by heart, from using the VDU statement. (-:
The BBC Micro had what is called a "bit-paired" keyboard.
It also had copy cursor keys and a reset key.
The BBC Micro had what is called a "bit-paired" keyboard.
It also had copy cursor keys and a reset key.
I think the up arrow here is the poster's rendering of the Mode 7 representation of ^.
Pick up the subject of old 8 bit computers, games and browsers.
Get ready for the 20 KB JS shooter competition.
https://gynvael.coldwind.pl/?id=686
Get ready for the 20 KB JS shooter competition.
https://gynvael.coldwind.pl/?id=686
Nice that
*.
*RUN"ELITE3"
This is the first computer at school that I got my hands on
without a working "*" key, makes it pretty unusable!
The top menu has a drop down menu where you can choose between:
Natural is just shift + 8 (where the asterisk is normally located).
Physical: '*' is next to Enter/Return
Natural: '*' is shift-8
Natural is just shift + 8 (where the asterisk is normally located).
On my UK laptop keyboard, Shift @ works.
Look at the keyboard options...
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...