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@kevintoms.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 11:46 AM

Did you play any of Acornsoft's games back in the 80s? Which one was your favourite?

#KevinToms #Acornsoft #AcornElectron #BBCMicro #EliteGame #RetroGame #UKGames #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #80sGames #UKComputers #UKRetro

An image gallery from games developed by Acornsoft including Elite, Starship Command, Snapper and others.

@retro-71.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 6:58 AM

Retro Game Review #647

Tempest
(Superior)
BBC

A&B Computing vol 2 no 8: 80%
Home Computing Weekly issue 104: 4/5 Hooked
Your Computer vol 5 no 5: 3/5

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#bbcmicro

@oldtechadverts.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 8:00 AM

BBC Acorn 1988 Jan

#bbcmicro #retrocomputing

@oldtechadverts.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 7:00 AM

BBC Acorn 1988 Jan

#bbcmicro #retrocomputing

@markmoxon.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 6:05 PM

New: Four interactive guides for building 8-bit Elite from Bell and Braben’s original source disks… all in your browser

Covers the #BBCMicro, #Commodore64, #AppleII and 6502 co-pro versions of #Elite

Links in the first section of my deep dives:

elite.bbcelite.com/deep_dives

#retrocomputing #8bit

@mistfunk.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 6:39 PM

Mistigram: this #BBCMicro high resolution graphics screen, "Witching Hour", was drawn by @pixelblip.bsky.social and included in the spooky MIST1020 artpack collection released six years ago this month.

On a foggy but cloudless night, a black cat with piercing bright eyes sits atop a chimney emerging from the mist, a flock of bats passing behind it across the face of the full moon.

@oldtechadverts.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 4:00 PM

BBC Acorn 1988 Jan

#bbcmicro #retrocomputing

@retro-71.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 5:22 AM

Retro Game Review #641

Danger Mower
(Logic)
BBC

Home Computing Weekly issue 29: 2/5

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#bbcmicro

@oldtechadverts.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 8:00 PM

BBC Acorn 1988 Jan

#bbcmicro #retrocomputing

@1anking.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 7:32 PM

Harry Dotter cassette cover #bbcmicro

@retro-71.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 5:56 AM

Retro Game Review #637

Protector
(Quicksilva)
BBC

Home Computing Weekly issue 14: 4/5

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#atarist
#BBCmicro

@frontierastro.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 10:05 AM

Unsurprisingly, #Commodore64 owners were desperate to play #Elite on their machine, having witnessed it on the #BBCMicro and #AcornElectron. In 1985, their prayers were answered and the game was a massive hit everywhere. #AmstradCPC and #Spectrum versions soon followed.

An advert for Elite on the Commodore 64 home computer (Firebird, 1985). The headline read "Out in deep space, these reviewers faced their toughest test."

@oldtechadverts.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 3:00 AM

BBC Acorn 1988 Jan

#bbcmicro #retrocomputing

@alexturcotteqc05.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 3:47 AM

youtu.be/MdPz9dLmOtI?...
#BBCMicro #Exile #PeterIrvin #AndyGeers #RetroComputers

@oldtechadverts.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 3:00 AM

BBC Acorn 1988 Jan

#bbcmicro #retrocomputing

@mistfunk.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 7:29 PM

Mistigram: if you've ever felt a little confused by the mixed weather during the turn of the seasons, @pixelblip.bsky.social has you covered with this #BBCMicro hirez screen of a #rainbow struggling to emerge through the murky moist miasma pervading a park.

In a foggy park green, someone sits on a damp bench while watching another person attracting attention from an airborne flock of birds. Above them, through layers of mist, a rainbow is dimly visible.

@oldtechadverts.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 3:00 PM

BBC Acorn 1988 Jan

#bbcmicro #retrocomputing

@oldtechadverts.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 1:00 AM

BBC Acorn 1988 Jan

#bbcmicro #retrocomputing

@oldtechadverts.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 7:00 AM

BBC Acorn 1988 Jan

#bbcmicro #retrocomputing

@retro-71.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 5:50 AM

Retro Game Review #629

Winged Warlords
(Superior)
BBC

Home Computing Weekly issue 90: 4/5

#randomgamereview
#bbcmicro