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- Spectacular programs for the BBC Microcomputer from

Autumn 1983 Acomsoft Introduction

Acomsoft's spectacular programs open your eyes to the exciting world of personal computing. Specially designed program packs covering games, educational and home and business applications are available for your BBC Micro. You can teach yourself to program. Do your own accounting. Run your home life more efficiently. Design your garden. Play an active part in your children's education. And generally increase the pleasure you get from your computer. If games are your passion, Acornsoft offers a variety of scintillating games for all the 'children' in your family. By looking at our special symbols, you can tell in what form the programs are available. on cassette

on disc via plug-in Read Only Memory IROMI which can be specially fitted by your dealer* suitable for Model A suitable for Model B indicates you can use joysticks *To use ROM software. your computer should be fitted with the 1.0 Machine Operating System, or later versions This will be supplied free of charge if required Acornsoft Education

The Acornsoft educational range based on sound educational been researched and developed includes specially developed techniques. Putting the emphasis in conjunction with specialist programs for children of primary' on making learning more teachers. school and secondary school age, entertaining. each program has Acornsoft Education

The Word Hunt Sentence Sequencing following programsESM have been developed in conjunction with (Educational Software for Microcomputers), and offers a range of exercises for younger students of English language annd elementary mathematics For all age groups Age range 7-9 years

Word Hunt will provide teachers This pack consists of two Word Sequencing with an endless source of programs designed to test the instructive-but-fun teaching student's ability to order material material. Each Word Hunt in a logical sequence program contains a list of nine Each program presents a series Age range 5-8 years words. Select one word from each of jumbled sentences which must group, and then to try to create as This series of programs presents be re-arranged to form a nursery many smaller words as possible exercises which help young rhyme or a logical sequence of from the selected word students develop an awareness sentences Sentences to be of sentence structure. In each WORD HUNT l — words included moved are first located and program the student is asked to are Abroad, Arctic Earth, Europe, selected using the cursor up and put words in the correct order to Foreign. Ocean, Orbit, Travel, cursor down keys, and the make up whole sentences or Water. sentences are then moved to the phrases. correct position WORD HUNT 2 — words included In each program a series of are Flower, Forest, Great, jumbled words must be arranged Hexagon. Island Plough, Primary , to form either a proverb, nursery Think, Weight rhyme title or a sensible WORD HUNT 3 — words included sentence. Words are first located and selected using the cursor are Delight, Direct, Gifted, keys. and can then be moved to Heather, Holiday Insect. the correct position. Machine, Magnify , Teapot. WORD HUNT 4 — words included are Careful, Castle, Fertile, Foreman, Fragile, General, Glacier, Harvest, Orange Acornsoft Education

Number Balance Missing Signs Tree of Knowledge

Age range 5-8 years Age range 5-10 years For all age groups

The two programs in this pack These three programs will serve Tree of Knowledge is an give practice in simple as an introduction to simple interactive program teaching mathematical operations for equations, providing practice in categorisation. It illustrates some numbers 1 to '20. The object of addition, subtraction, of the more practical aspects of the exercise is to make a balance multiplication and division. computing in that the pupil first level by, inputting the correct educates the computer, building PUT IN THE SIGNS presents the missing number into one side of a up a database or 'expert' system pupil with incomplete sums into simple equation. Incorrect by answering the computer's which he or she must insert the answers will tilt the balance in th questions, and the database is sign which will make the e appropriate direction; after three then used to play games of calculation correct. If two incorrect attempts the program deduction and logic. Databases incorrect attempts are made the responds with the correct answer can be saved and loaded from program provides the correct within the program, and two answer sample databases are supplied The two MISSING SIGNS with the pack. programs present equations which have the balancing sign missing. The child must calculate both sides of the equation and decide whether the missing sign is greater than (ie > ) or less than (ie < ) or equal to (ie =). The equations contain one and two digit numbers. Acornsoft Education

Algebraic Manipulation Peeko-Computer Jars

Age range 15-18 years For all age groups Age range 7-13 years

This set of four programs Peeko-Computer simulates the It is widely recognised by perforrn a wide range of algebraic operation of a simplified educationalists that practice with manipulations and is intended microcomputer in order to teach estimation gives a child a feel for for use in mathematics teaching the fundamentals of machine- mathematical principles, and Jars or research code programming The aims to present what are usually. Peeko-Computer has ten thought of as purely numerical POLYNOM can expand, simplify, easily-learned instructions. and problems in a visual way. differentiate or integrate a the display, gives a visual analogy polynomial expression into the The program is in two parts the of the operation of a real equNalent first of which gives practice in microcomputer Programs can be estimating the volumes of liquids RATIONAL can expand and entered single-stepped or run. in jars The child is asked to simplify. an expression of rational With the memory and register estimate the volume as a simple terms into the equivalent ratio of contents being displayed at every fraction and is then asked to two polynomials, reduced to step. To aid comprehension each estimate the volume in absolute lowest terms instruction mnemonic is terms and also to work out how displayed as it is encountered TRIGONOM can expand simplify much more liquid is needed to fill differentiate or integrate a Peeko-Computer comes the jar trigonometric expression complete with a 16-page The second part of the program is including ratios of trigonometric instruction manual including an exercise in simple arithmetic terms, into the equivalent exercises and examples, and Using the computer keys two jars standard form includes the demonstration can be filled or emptied and Peeko-Computer programs FOURIER can perform liquid poured from one to the trigonometric transformations other until one of the jars into a linear combination of sines contains an amount specified by and cosines of integer multiples the computer Problems are of X divideddifficulty. into two levels of

Exercises can be arranged by teacher or parent to give a progression of problems in order of difficulty. Success partial success or failure is noted by a scoring system and suitable comments Sound effects can be switched off if not required Acornsott Education

Chemical Analysis Chemical Simulations Chemical Structures

Age range 15-18 years Age range 15-18 years Age range 15-18 years

These three programs are These three programs present These two programs encourage designed to provide practice in simulations of standard the student to learn about the identifying chemical elements, experiments in A-level chemistry. formation of chemical inorganic compounds, and compounds. A representation of The programs come complete organic groups. bonding type, or 3-D structures of with a booklet containing molecules are drawn on the The programs come complete instructions, and explanatory screen in response to the with a booklet containing notes for each program. student's choice of elements. instructions, and explanatory IR provides an introduction to notes for each program. The programs come complete infra-red spectroscopy by with a booklet containing ELEMENTS presents a series of presenting the spectra of some instructions, and explanatory mystery elements which the very simple organic compounds. notes for each program. student is asked to identify by The student works out the performing tests selected from a number of atoms of each element In BONDING the student menu. contained in one molecule of chooses two elements from the compound first 18 elements in the periodic INORGANIC presents a series of table, one of which must be a inorganic substances which the PH is a four-part simulation of the non-metal. The computer student can identify by titration of acids against bases decides whether the simplest performing tests selected from a Part 1 gives a basic review compound formed by the two menu of standard tests. together with a graph plotting chosen elements is ionic or facility. Part 2 is a test on ORGANIC deals with organic covalent and then proceeds to elementary theory and Part 3 is a compounds By selecting draw the structure showing the test on the mathematical theory standard tests from a menu the outer shells of electrons. on pH curves Part 4 sets graded student can discover which random problems with model SHAPE explores the three- functional group is present. answers. dimensional structures of molecules. As with BONDING, ORGANAL is a simulation of an the computer draws the organic functional group analysis molecular structure of the By doing tests with selected compound formed by the two reagents, the student can identify elements chosen by the student the compound Functional group reactions are summarised in the Basic Review Acornsoft Education

Business Games

Age range 12-18 years Two designed for economics, business or general studies teaching. In STOKMARK one to eight players compete in buying and selling shares. The first to turn his or her initial capital of E 1200 into £5000 is the winner. The screen displays information about shares such as you would find in the City pages of newspapers: prices, dividends, yields and price/earnings ratios. TELEMARK is a business game based upon making and selling televisions, the objective being to make the largest total profit or to win more than half the total market for televisions. By playing STOKMARK and TELEMARK the participants learn the significance of financial terrms such as purchase or sale of shares, dividends, yield, price to earnings ratio, overheads and depreciation. Acomsoft Languages

Acomsoft languages extend the languages are ideal for the special features of your BBC power of your BBC Micro, allowing applications such as artificial Micro. Programming books which you to take advantage of software intelligence, graphics, and support the Acornsoft languages in other languages or giving you system development. Each explain the special applications. greater speed and flexibility. The Acomsoft language comprises extensions to take advantage of Acornsoft Languages

FORTH LISP BCPL

Acornsoft FORTH is a complete LISP is the fundamental language BCPL is one of the most flexible implementation of the FORTH of artificial intelligence research of modern structured languages language to the 1979 standard and offers more flexibility in data and is easy to learn. BCPL is specification for the BBC and control structures than particularly good at handling Microcomputer Model B FORTH traditional languages. Acornsoft input and output, and is thus is a compiled language so LISP includes 5.5K of machine often used to write utility programs run very fast (typically code interpreter, plus 3K of programs. It is also used to five times faster than BASIC) initialised LISP workspace develop games programs and containing utilities and constants. commercial packages, to develop The cassette or disc includes a system software such as screen FORTH dictionary and compiler, The system contains a number of editors, to write control systems, a tape interface/screen editor, a extensions to basic LISP, and to produce programs which macro-assembler and a high- including PEEK, POKE, CALL, and would otherwise need to be resolution graphics VDU, LOOP, WHILE and UNTIL written in assembler. demonstration. functions, and disc input/output control functions. The Acornsoft BCPL system In addition to a comprehensive consists of the BCPL language set of arithmetic and stack ROM and a 40/80 track disc operators control transfer words, containing the BCPL compiler, a and defining words Acornsoft screen editor, a 6502 assembler, FORTH includes full graphics other utilities and program commands and the more development aids, and some advanced features for defining examples of BCPL code A the actions of defining words comprehensive 450-page User themselves This opens the door Guide is included in the package. to meta-FORTH and user- defined FORTH-based The BCPL language ROM can be languages used with either a disc or an Econet filing system, and automatically takes advantage of the second 6502 processor if fitted, claiming all available memory. cornsoft Languages

S-Pascal Microtext 6502 Development System

A compiler for the subset of Developed by the National This package, for use with a 6502 Pascal devised for teaching by Physical Laboratory second processor, is intended for Nicholas Wirth the inventor of the serious programmer Microtext is a programming Pascal developing large programs in package designed to simplify the assembly language. The system The Acornsoft implementation production of a wide range of comprises five programs: supports integer character and man computer dialogues. Using boolean types as well as Microtext's simple commands MASM — a 6502 macro- multi-dimensional arrays Like the user can draw up any number assembler. A full range of macro the full Pascal implementation it of 'frames', each containing text facilities are provided, including is block-structured and and 'or graphics. A series of looping. recursive calls and completely recursive. Error frames builds up to a complete conditional assembly. messages are comprehensive module whose maximum size XREF — a cross-referencer to be aiding in teaching. and depends on available memory. used in conjunction with MASM debugging. It is aimed at the Each Microtext program can educational user particulary, as consist of more than one module View Edit — a full screen editor an introduction to structured and its size is therefore limited based on the VIEW: word programming ianguages where only by the capacity of the processor the power of the full Pascal cassette or disc. TRACE — a 6502 trace package implementation is not required. Using Microtext experts in any for debugging all types of Since S-Pascal compiles to 6502: field can construct their own program machine code it is also eminently complete courses of computer- suitable 'or writing small fast PRINT — a program to produce based instructional material utilities. A comprehensive User formatted assembly' listings Applications include interviewing Guide is included in the pack without using MASM. systems teaching packages sepatately.The User Guide is also available training courses and interactive The package is provided with a demonstrations and simulations. 250-page manual describing all the facilities provided by the The pack contains the Microtext system authoring system plus a comprehensive User Guide Also included are a series of demonstration programs and an easy-reference summary card of commands.all Microtext facilities and Acornsoft Languages

Turtle Graphics

Turtle Graphics is designed as an introductory package for teaching geometry, mathematics and graphics at an elementary level.

The interpreter supports a subset of the full LOGO implementation featuring only the simpler turtle graphics facilities. The facilities provided are powerful enough to allow development of fairly complex programs, and include multiple parameter procedures, looping primitives, elementary and transcendental functions and keyword abbreviation. A user manual is included in the pack. Acomsoft Graphics

Acornsoft graphics programs are colours and superb high intricate charts, graphs and designed to bring out the artist in resolution graphics facilities on diagrams or create your own you. Powerful graphics software your BBC Micro. Ingenious masterpieces in dazzling colour. makes maximum use of the 16 programs draw animated pictures. You can construct Acornsoft Graphics

Picture Maker Graphs and Charts Creative Graphics

Picture Maker is a complete These programs produce a set of 36 programs producing a graphics system for preparing, on graphics routines which can be spectacular range of pictures and the screen diagrarns designs, or incorporated into programs to patterns in full colour, including simply pictures Applications present data graphically in a wide animated pictures, recursively- include the design of range of applications. The graphs defined curves, and rotating transparencies or overhead include automatic scaling, three-dimensional shapes A full projector slides thus offering labelling of axes and use of discussion of the techniques and scope for the professional as well colours. Routines are included to principles involved plus program as the budding artist draw, two-dimensional graphs, listings are given in the book three-dimensional graphs, stereo Each picture is built out of units Creative Graphics an the BBC pairs, two-dimensional contour available which the user defines, and which Microcomputer, maps, three-dimensional contour separately may be used repeatedly to maps, bar charts and pie charts construct more complex units with optional rescaling. rotation, Complete listings and detailed or colour change. Text of any size explanations of the programs are and orientation may also be given in the book G raphs and used Charts on the BBC Microcomputer although sold separately we Basic drawing functions include recommend the use of the book lines, solid triangles, arcs, circular with this pack sectors and shape fillin.g There is an automatic 'cursor home' position memory and an editing feature Actual and logical colours can be changed easily, and pictures can be drawn in one screen mode and then replayed in another

Pictures may be saved on disc or cassette Acomsoft Business and Home

Acomsoft business and home garden. Take the worry out of good use of our professional text programs allow you to plan to managing money matters. processing system, made so spend your time more profitably Arrange your business and social simple that everyone can use it and enjoyably You can take the diary Get on top of routine backache out of organising your financial administration and business projections And make Acornsoft Business and Home

VIEW

VIEW offers all the facilities of a professional word processor. Important features include the choice between 40 or 80 column modes, insert or over-type editing modes, the flexible search and replace commands, automatic page numbering, and global or selective formatting. VIEW supports bold or underlined type, microspacing, and has a facility for editing files larger than the text area would normally allow.

VIEW has been designed for the convenience of businesses and individuals alike. For the less experienced user, VIEW is straightforward and easy to use; no Prior knowledge of word processing is necessary, and the accompanying manuals assume only that the user is familiar with the operation of a typewriter.

The VIEW package consists of a I 6K ROM, the teaching manual INTO VIEW, and the reference manual, VIEW GUIDE.

Printer You can use any printer that is compatible with the BBC Microcomputer to print out from VIEW.

Some printers offer special Installation facilities such as bold or We recommend that your local underline; to use these facilities dealer should install the VIEW you will need a 'printer driver' ROM in your computer. However, program. See VIEW Printer ROM-fitting instructions are Drivers. included in the pack. Acornsoft Business and Home

VIEW Printer Drivers

There are five printer drivers on cassette designed to make facilities such as bold and underline available through VIEW. The drivers are for the following printers: Diablo and Qume, Ricoh 1600S and NEC Spinwriter, Olivetti JP101, Epson MX80(Mark III), Facit 8105 and 8000 typewriters. Although supplied on cassette, full instructions are provided for making a disc copy of the required printer driver. Acornsoft Business and Home

Operations supported by Functions supported are ABS, ViewSheet ViewSheet are. addition ACS, ASN, SIN, SGN, RAD, ATN, subtraction, multiplication, COS, DEG, EXP, INT, LN, LOG, PI, division exponentiation and SQR, TAN, MIN, AVERAGE, MAX, ViewSheet is an electronic bracketed operations SUM, CHOOS,E LOOKUP worksheet, the numerical equivalent to a word processor on your BBC Microcomputer The ViewSheet is 255 columns wide and 255 rows deep, long, the display showing small sections of the sheet at a time

Figures and formulae can be typed on to the sheet, and in whatever format you please Values can be formatted in pounds and pence, ranged right or left, and with up to nine decimal places

ViewSheet distinguishes between values, labels (usually headings), and formulae. A formula can relate to any other sheet position such that if you change any value, all other values depending on it will also change

Sections of the sheet, described as 'windows' can be printed out, or moved from one part of the sheet to another

The ViewSheet can be used with any printer that works with the BBC Microcomputer, and can also be used with any of the printer drivers in the VIEW Printer Driver package to give bold and underlined printing

ViewSheet files can also be converted into VIEW files, and data may be transferred between BASIC (and other languages) and ViewSheet Acornsoft Business and Home

Database Desk Diary Forecast

An easy-to-use database system This pack consists of two These programs can be used at which displays records in programs plus instructions for an home or in the office to predict filing-card format. address book and diary/planner the likely outcome of any on the BBC Microcomputer intended financial project. The database has a capacity for Models A and B. up to 800 records per file, FORECAST provides you with allowing 240 characters per field ADDRESS BOOK can hold a file instant financial predictions and 32 fields per record. of several hundred names, which allow you to make addresses, and telephone informed decisions at a Alphabetical or numerical sorting numbers which can be retrieved moment's notice. The program can be performed on up to 32 by name, or by matching with calculates trends by applying fields, and a comprehensive other information specified in the sophisticated statistical search facility is included which entry. Applications include techniques to the data you allows an arbitrary number of mailing lists, and customer supply. The results can be fields to be searched either records. printed out for circulation. numerically or by pattern matching. The facility to search PLANNER works just like a CAPITAL allows you to evaluate the subset produced is also written diary but with a real-time an investment proposal by included. alarm and many automatic calculating its likely returns, features. There is space for 300 these are based on assumptions The program also caters for entries, which may be of three which you can vary as you please. statistical analysis. the mean and kinds: appointments at a You are given a swift and standard deviation of any specified time of day; regular automatic analysis of the current numerical fields in the total file or events, such as birthdays and bill value of such proposals, where a subset can be obtained payments which automatically the costs arise in the present and Separate programs are included get carried forward; and exclusive the profits accrue in the future. which allow you to change the entries, for trips and holidays, An instruction booklet is included format of records and to convert which prevent appointments in the pack files into VIEW format from being made over a specified period Acornsoft Business and Home

Personal Money Management Shirley Conran's Magic Garden

Personal Money Management is designed to help you control your Based on Shirley Conran's personal finances more successful book, this is a effectively. problem-solving program which provides the complete beginner Entries can be recorded in up to with instant answers to the nine expense categories. questions of what to plant, and Headings are provided, but can where. be changed to headings of your choice, The program allows you to Simply tell the computer whether set budgets for each category you prefer a shrub or a flower, the and to compare your projections type of soil, light and shade against actual expenditure. conditions and required flowering time and the computer With the information you record will come up with a selection of in these categories Personal possible plants. Money Management can: • help you set budgets for regular The program comes complete expenditure with two ready-made databases • automatically record standing containing full information on 55 order payments flowers and 47 shrubs. You can • compare actual versus add to these and save them on budgeted savings cassette to build up your own • give information about library of garden and household expenditure in each category for plants. particular months over a whole An instruction booklet is included year in the pack. • calculate banking requirements each month to help you keep ahead of your bills • record your banking transactions The pack contains a 24-page instruction booklet. Acomsoft Games

Help is now at hand for Micro. The wide variety of games intellect with chess and the compulsive games players. test your skill, reaction speed and dreaded Rubik Cube. Acornsoft Acornsoft games take full resourcefulness. Pit your wits games bring new excitement to advantage of the colour graphics against the Monsters and leisure time. Make sure life's not and sound features on your BBC Meteors. Enjoy the fiendish all work and no play. adventure games. Challenge your Acornsoft Games

Philosopher's Quest Castle of Riddles Sphinx Adventure

An advanced adventure in which A magical adventure with A full-sized classic adventure you tell the computer what you wizardry and hocus pocus of all game in which you move through want to do, and it describes in kinds. Booby traps and fiendish caves, fight with trolls, collect plain English your progress riddles are the least of your treasure, and finally make your through a fascinating world full of worries as you follow the tortuous way to the sphinx to collect your fiendish puzzles to be solved. To route to the Magic Ring of Power. reward. complete your quest you need to Your reward is to keep the think hard about everything you treasure that you find on the way do! Kingdom of Hamill

You are the rightful heir to the A mind-boggling adventure in Kingdom of Hamil. but, stolen which your ship has crashed on from your royal parents as a child the treasure-laden but you have only just discovered inhospitable planet Doom. your birthright. Unfortunately, Grounded on Doom, your ship is many other evil people have tried both damaged and threatened to prevent you from making your with total disintegration due to rightful claim, and usually by the corrosive effects of the Doom force. Pursued by hostile beings, atmosphere. Repairs to the ship you have fought your way to a must be made before you can sanctuary. safe for the moment escape, and there's also a from the terrors outside. You tempting array of treasure to be seem to be trapped but there collected, but the clock is ticking may, be more to this place than away all the while, and it's only a meets the eye ... You must prove matter of time before the ship your identity and gather all your will disappear in a cloud of treasure to win — but many dust problems. puzzles and dangers lie in your path! Monsters Pla netoid Rocket Raid

Pursued by monsters your man is An amazing fast-action graphics Your mission is to raid a heavily- chased up and down ladders and game. Save the life-forms from guarded Martian fuel depot, fly along walls; the only hope of their attackers and return them your rocket over mountains and survival is to dig holes in the walls safely to their planetoid while through caverns avoiding enemy and trap the monsters by filling trying to fend off five kinds of missiles and dodging convoys of them in. Score more by dropping hostile space-beings. Complete deadly phizzers You have to the monsters through several with sound effects, table of high bomb fuel tanks to replenish your levels, but watch your oxygen scores and hyperspace jump fuel level. With sound effects and Includes full sound effects and table of high scores. Arcade Action table of high scores

Snapper

Four games in one pack for a variety of entertainment This colourful game is a superb INVADERS — fight off the waves example of the best in games of advancing aliens while dodging entertainment. Guide the behind four shelters to avoid Snapper through the maze eating being hit by their missiles dots and fruit and avoiding the creatures that chase you. The BREAKOUT — an all-time game gets progressively' faster, favourite where you knock bricks and with higher scores as the fruit out of a multicoloured wall. There increase in value. Complete with are seven variations on the full sound effects, score and a standard game table of high scores. DODGEMS — your racing car has to outwit the computerised car which is programmed to crash into you

SNAKE — guide the hungry snake towards its prey and watch it grow as it consumes different kinds of food Score as many points as possible while preventing the snake from bumping into itself or the walls Acornsoft Games

Meteors Sliding-Block Puzzles Draughts and Reversi

Manoeuvre your laser-ship The Sliding-Block Puzzle is based Try your hand against the through a hail of meteors on the '14-15 Puzzle' invented by computer with these two popular smashing them with your laser Sam Lloyd in the last century, games: bolts as they hurtle towards you when it was the popular DRAUGHTS — the traditional on all sides. Avoid being hit by equivalent of today's Rubik Cube. game has been faithfully the missiles from hostile flying On this cassette are six Sliding- reproduced on screen for you to saucers which fire at you as they Block Puzzles Alphabet, try. your hand at playing the pass. Your ship is equipped with Numbers, Sunscape, Logo, computer. The computer will as many laser bolts as you can fire Pattern and Swans. You can make sure you follow the rules, and as a last resort you can choose how many shuffling insisting that you make all escape through hyperspace. moves are made before possible jumps or suffer the Complete with sound effects and attempting to solve the puzzle consequences — the computer table of high scores. The computer will tell you how has the option of 'huffing' the many moves you make, and will offending piece. Arcadians actually solve it for you if you get absolutely stuck. REVERSI — in this board game each player tries to capture their Snooker opponent's pieces, the objective A fast-moving arcade-style space being to gain as many pieces as game, your task being to possible by the end of the game. demolish an onslaught of warring (Reversi is also known as Othello) aliens. Your laser-base moves This is a game for two players and along the surface of the planet is suitable for both experienced In both games you challenge the while above you the arcadians fly players and learners Full computer, with a choice of in formation. Without warning instructions and the rules of the difficulty levels, and at the higher some of them suddenly swoop game are contained in the pack levels the machine play s an down towards you dropping accomplished game. You play and score as in the real bombs. game The strength of the shot is Both programs take advantage of You are awarded a flag for each controlled by varying the length all available memory , and so on screen cleared. and the game of the cue, and you are given the the Model A the board is gets harder as you progress. option of using backspin and displayed in teletext mode, and Arcadians is a challenging game, topspin in addition to ordinary on the Model B it is displayed in even for the expert player! shots screen mode 1 . Complete with music. full sound Note Acornsoft Snooker is effects and table of high scores. unsuitable for black and white televisions Acornsoft Games

Cube Master Missile Base JCB Digger

A must for Rubik Cube As moon base commander, you One of a range of dynamic, new enthusiasts. You can choose the must ward off the salvos of arcade-style games for the BBC number of shuffling moves made deadly neutron missiles falling Micro from Acornsoft. You are put to a completed cube and then try from space onto your base in charge of a JCB to solve it. The computer will tell Excavator-Loader. You can move, the JCB Sitting at your control console vou how many moves you make. digger in four directions, or dig with command of three defence Cube Master is special because it holes and fill them in, so you can stations at your fingertips you will also solve the cube of your dig traps for the Meanies who must knock out as many hostile choice you colour in a cube on chase you. Fill the holes in quickly missiles as possible the screen to match the cube you to kill the Meanies, or pick them are trying to solve and then let Beware the multiple war-head up in your shovel and dump them the program take you through the missiles, as these fragment on in the sea! The action takes place solution at your chosen speed. reaching a certain height, and on an island, with the screen Illegal configurations will be then devastate your bases with acting as a window which scrolls spotted and dealt with. missile fire to accommodate the movement of the JCB. As the game progresses, Hopper intelligent missiles arrive on the Developed in conjunction with scene These avoid your fire, and C Bamford Excavators Ltd, this must be destroyed with cunning game is a must for the games connoisseur Hop the frog across the busy Complete with satellites, planes motorway trying to avoid four and table of high scores lanes of fast-moving traffic. To get across the river to the safety of the frog's lair you must leap on to logs and turtles backs but beware of the diving turtles the crocodiles and the snake Command a starship against the attacking alien ships in this Complete with music and full demanding high-resolution sound effects dragonfly timer graphics game. You control the and table of high scores forward drive and rotational thrust on your ship which is equipped with shields long and short range scanners and a sector display of the stars and alien ships

This game includes a table of high scores and comes complete with an instruction booklet Acornsoft Games,

Carousel Chess Super Invaders

A musical shooting range in which A chess-playing program with a You are being bombarded by you fire at the ducks, rabbits and high-resolution graphics display waves of invading aliens. The only owls which move across the of the board, and the following way: to resist invasion and avoid screen. features: subsequent annihilation is to • Play white or black against the destroy the aliens before they Watch out for the diving ducks — computer, or play against another land. if they are allowed to land you player, or in auto-mode the lose ten bullets. Score more when You have three defenders, whose computer plays against itself you hit caged ducks and polar hyper-velocity missiles will • Ten levels of play, giving novice bears. instantly vaporise their target on to professional standards impact. The defenders can Complete with full sound effects • Computer moves in ten shelter from the onslaught and table of high scores. seconds at lowest level behind four bastions although • Board display with joystick, even these cannot survive cursor, or co-ordinate entry of indefinitely. moves, and rejection of illegal moves The alien attacks can vary in their • Plays according to current ferocity. Sometimes, you may FIDE-ratified rules (for example. only have a MILD ENCOUNTER; 50-move rule etc), and displays alternatively, you may find moves as standard FIDE notation yourself in an UNCOMFORTABLE • Continuous clock display for SITUATION. where a faster tournament chess moving enemy releases a • Allows any position to be set deadlier barrage of bombs. The up, and 'mate in n' problems to worst is yet to come with the be solved TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE, • Whole games or single board where. in addition to all the other positions can be saved to hazards, the bombs have a cassette or disc. homing capacity and steer themselves towards your defender Acornsoft Books

A specially commissioned range you to program effortlessly You programs given And get more of books is available to help you can produce stunning graphics from your micro by experimenting explore the capabilities of your and complex charts and graphs with other Acornsoft languages BBC Micro. The books will teach with the help of example Acornsoft Books

BBC Microcomputer It includes Creative Graphics on the LISP on the BBC chapters on jumps, branches and BBC Microcomputer Microcomputer loops, logical operations shifts John Cownie, A5, 110pp plus 12 Arthur Norman and Gillian and rotates, addressing modes colour plates Cattell A5, 192pp and registers

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