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	''Release Date:'' ''Galaxias'' - 01 November 2011, ''Project-X: The Micro Man'' - 15 November 2011<br>		''Release Date:'' ''Galaxias'' - 01 November 2011, ''Project-X: The Micro Man'' - 15 November 2011<br>
	''Developed in:'' ''[[wikipedia:The Quill|The Quill]]''<br>		''Developed in:'' ''[[wikipedia:The Quill|The Quill]]''<br>

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Contents 1 Retro Software Releases 1.1 Commercial - White Label 1.1.1 Repton: The Lost Realms by Paras Sidapara and Tom Walker 1.2 Commercial - Blue Label 1.2.1 The Krystal Connection by Stephen Smith 1.2.2 Zap by Jamie Woodhouse 1.3 Freeware 1.3.1 The Arcade Adventure Design Kit by Christopher Dewhurst 1.3.2 Hard Hat Harry by Tom Walker 1.3.3 Hard Hat Harry 2 by Tom Walker 1.3.4 Hyper Viper by Kenton Price 1.3.5 Jet Set Miner by Tom Walker 1.3.6 Jungle Journey by David Boddie 1.3.7 Sparse Invaders by Neil Beresford 1.3.8 System-Generated Adventures and Ports by Andy Ford 1.3.9 Farmyard Fun by Mark W 1.4 Hardware 1.4.1 BeebSID by Martin Barr and Tom Walker 2 Non-Retro Software Post-Millennium 8-bit Acorn Computer Releases 2.1 Dominion by Andrew Weston 2.2 OddJob by Mike Wyatt 2.3 You're Alan Partridge by Dave Edwards 2.4 Ball Game by Dominic Beesley 2.5 Bob and Trev: Resurrection by Jeffrey Lee

Retro Software Releases

Read about the Pricing Structure for all commercial releases from Retro Software and for information on how to order Retro Software releases.

Commercial - White Label

Repton: The Lost Realms by Paras Sidapara and Tom Walker

http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/repton
Target Systems: BBC Microcomputer
Licence: Non-Profit Commercial
Release Date: 6 November 2010
Developed in: 6502 assembler
Number of Players: 1
Joystick Support?: Yes (1 player, digital)
Revealed at Retro Fusion 08, a long-lost BBC Micro sequel to Repton 3 that was shelved after the launch of Repton Infinity. After discovering some unfixable bugs due to a lack of source code, Tom Walker has reimplemented the core engine, creating arguably the best Repton engine for the BBC Micro. An Electron port including a Plus 3 enhanced version is also in development. Four levelsets of six screens have been completed by a host of talented Repton famous faces - contributors include the author of Repton 3, Matthew Atkinson, Superior Software head honcho Richard Hanson, PC Repton level designers, Michael S and Jonathan P as well as other RS team members. In addition, Retro Software's graphical supremo Dave Jeffery has given the new game a complete, but traditional, graphical overhaul. The game was finally completed and launched on November 6th/7th at the huge R3PLAY gaming show in Blackpool. See the forum below for the latest information.
N.B. The REPTON name is used with the kind permission of Superior Interactive.
Discuss Repton: The Lost Realms

Commercial - Blue Label

The Krystal Connection by Stephen Smith

http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/krystal
Target Systems: BBC Microcomputer
Licence: Non-Profit Commercial
Release Date: 12 September 2009
Developed in: 6502 assembler
Number of Players: 1
Joystick Support?: No
A classic single-screen platformer, originally scheduled to be published by Melbourne House in 1985/86. The Krystal Connection was released at Acorn World 2009 on September 12th 2009 in Huddersfield.
Discuss The Krystal Connection

Zap by Jamie Woodhouse

http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/zap
Target Systems: BBC Microcomputer
Licence: Non-Profit Commercial
Release Date: 31 May 2009
Developed in: 6502 assembler
Number of Players: 1
Joystick Support?: No
From the author of Qwak, comes a classic shoot 'em up in the style of Namco's classic arcade game, Galaga. Zap was launched at the Retro Computer Museum Open Day on May 31st 2009.
Discuss Zap

Freeware

The Arcade Adventure Design Kit by Christopher Dewhurst

http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/aadk
Target Systems: BBC Microcomputer, Electron, Archimedes, Risc PC, Iyonix
Licence: Games created with this product may be freely distributed but you must not make copies of the product itself, other than for personal use.
Release Date: 14 September 2011
Developed in: BBC BASIC
Number of Players: 1
Joystick Support?: No

The Arcade Adventure Design Kit is a comprehensive games designer for creating Acorn graphical arcade adventures and comes complete with a full example adventure: Castle Blacknight.

Discuss The Arcade Adventure Design Kit

Hard Hat Harry by Tom Walker

Ports: Kees van Oss (Atom)

http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/hardhatharry
http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/hardhatharry#Atom
Target Systems: BBC Microcomputer, Electron, Atom
Licence: TBC (BBC Micro, Electron), GNU GPLv3 license (Atom)
Release Date: 22 January 2011 (BBC Microcomputer), 23 January 2011 (Electron), 2 February 2012 (Atom)
Developed in: 6502 assembler
Number of Players: 1
Joystick Support?: Yes (1 player, digital) (BBC Micro, Electron), No (Atom)

An 8-bit platform game specifically designed to be started and finished within the month or so of the holiday period over Christmas and New Year 2010/2011, whilst university is out. The design is therefore purposely modest in scope - the game is intended to resemble a release from 1983, including graphics by the programmer that he himself describes as "terrible". As Hard Hat Harry, the player must collect all the workmens' stolen mugs of tea from the animals which have taken over the building site of RS Tower.

Update: Now ported to the Acorn Atom by Kees van Oss.
Discuss Hard Hat Harry

Hard Hat Harry 2 by Tom Walker

http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/hardhatharry2
Target Systems: BBC Microcomputer
Licence: Freeware
Release Date: 30 January 2012
Developed in: 6502 assembler
Number of Players: 1
Joystick Support?: Yes (1 player, digital)

A full 62 screen arcade adventure sequel to the original 1983-inspired platformer, released a year ago. Set 28 years after the previous game, Hard Hat Harry Jr. follows in his famous father's footsteps and enters the caverns beneath a new arts centre as another work experience kid, but things go awry when a stray spanner flies towards our unwitting hero.

Discuss Hard Hat Harry 2

Hyper Viper by Kenton Price

Ports: Kees van Oss (Atom)

http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/hyperviper
http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/hyperviper#Atom
Target Systems: BBC Microcomputer/Electron, Atom
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
Release Date: 29 January 2011 (BBC Micro/Electron), 2 February 2012 (Atom)
Developed in: BBC Micro/Electron: BBC BASIC assembler originally, converted to BeebAsm assembler, Atom: 2500AD cross compiler 6502 version assembler
Number of Players: 1
Joystick Support?: BBC Micro/Electron: Yes (1 player, digital), Atom: No

A challenging and previously unreleased port of the classic snake game - a descendant of the first arcade game in the genre, UPL's Blockade (1976). The author can't remember writing it, but based on a friend's recollection it was probably written in a couple of days in 1986 between two of his other games, Ripton and Starquake. The name is a homage to Barcrest's Hyper Viper (1983), Kenton's favourite fruit machine. For its official release, Paul Davis has tweaked the sound to work on the Electron, added a high score table and reduced the chance of a random re-spawning rock killing you instantly without warning.

Update: Pitfall Jones has added joystick support for new release v1.1, which also includes a Plus 1 compatibility fix from Paul Davis.
Update: Now ported to the Acorn Atom by Kees van Oss.
Discuss Hyper Viper

Jet Set Miner by Tom Walker

Ports: Kees van Oss (Atom)

http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/jetsetminer
http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/jetsetminer#BBC_Micro_.2F_Electron
http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/jetsetminer#Atom
Target Systems: Commodore 64, BBC Microcomputer/Electron, Atom
Licence: GNU GPLv3 license
Release Date: 21 June 2009 (Commodore 64, BBC Microcomputer, Electron), 16 August 2011 (Atom)
Developed in: C64: c64asm assembler, BBC Micro/Electron: P65 assembler, Atom: 2500AD cross compiler 6502 version assembler
Number of Players: 1
Joystick Support?: C64: Yes (1 player, digital), BBC Micro/Electron: No, Atom: No

A 'highly original' platform game originally coded for the C64 for the 2003 Minigame competition (entered under the name of Plat 3064) and subsequently ported to the BBC Micro and Electron. Due to the size limitations of the competition, the game is a bit 'lightweight' but can very easily be expanded should anyone wish to build on it.

Update: Now ported to the Acorn Atom by Kees van Oss, including a brand-new level editor.
Discuss Jet Set Miner

Jungle Journey by David Boddie

http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/junglejourney
Target Systems: Electron
Licence: GNU GPLv3 license
Release Date: 8 October 2011
Developed in: 6502 assembler
Number of Players: 1
Joystick Support?: Yes (1 player, digital)

An attempt to bring a Sabre Wulf-type jungle exploration and escape game to the Electron inspired by games like Bug-Byte's Dunjunz and Ultimate Play The Game titles such as Sabre Wulf and Atic Atac.

Discuss Jungle Journey

Sparse Invaders by Neil Beresford

http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/sparseinvaders
Target Systems: BBC Microcomputer
Licence: GNU GPLv3 license
Release Date: 7 November 2009
Developed in: 6502 assembler, using SWIFT with P65
Number of Players: 1
Joystick Support?: No

For a time known as Pants Invaders, this work is described by the author as a naff version of Taito's Space Invaders. Includes fully commented GPL source code for this simple P65 assembler arcade clone, which is designed for use with the SWIFT IDE as an extensible base for further projects.

Discuss Sparse Invaders

System-Generated Adventures and Ports by Andy Ford

http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/SGAP
Target Systems: BBC Micro
Licence: Freeware (game database sources included)
Release Date: Galaxias - 01 November 2011, Project-X: The Micro Man - 15 November 2011
Developed in: The Quill
Number of Players: 1
Joystick Support?: No

An on-going project to bring a selection of new adventures to the BBC Micro, including some conversions of games originally released for the Spectrum. Each title will either be ported directly, or re-implemented using a suitable adventure creation system, such as The Quill or Graphic Adventure Creator, as appropriate.

Discuss System-Generated Adventures and Ports

Farmyard Fun by Mark W

http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/farmyardfun
Target Systems: BBC Microcomputer
Licence: GNU GPLv3 license
Release Date: 3 May 2008
Developed in: BBC BASIC
Number of Players: 1
Joystick Support?: N/A

MODE 7 text adventure, originally written in 1989. You start in your farmhouse with a Filofax, a box of matches and a choice of wellington boots. What will you do today?

Play Farmyard Fun Online
Discuss Farmyard Fun

Hardware

BeebSID by Martin Barr and Tom Walker

http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/beebsid
Target Systems: BBC Microcomputer
Licence: Non-Profit Commercial
Release Date: 8 Dec 2009
Developed in: (Software) BBC BASIC / Assembler
A 1 MHz bus add-on for the BBC Micro that exposes a Commodore 64 SID chip.
Discuss BeebSID

Non-Retro Software Post-Millennium 8-bit Acorn Computer Releases

Dominion by Andrew Weston

Target Systems: BBC Microcomputer and Risc OS
Original Release Date: 2004
MODE 7 text adventure. Take the role of Squire Knightson, the Lord of Rhodas manor in Midshire, the central region of the land of Dominion which is under threat from a powerful Emperor.

OddJob by Mike Wyatt

Target Systems: BBC Microcomputer
Original Release Date: 2004
Multi-screen platformer, originally written in 1986 but only released over the web 18 years later. Avoid the giblets et al to progress. If you manage to get through all eight levels including the monster level seven, a cool animated finale awaits.

You're Alan Partridge by Dave Edwards

Target Systems: Acorn Electron
Original Release Date: January 2006
Quiz show game, based on "Anglian Lives" - a DVD extra from Series 2 of I'm Alan Partridge, created for use with the Millsgrade VOXBOX speech synthesis system and intended to be unveiled at the unfortunately non-existent CGE UK 2006 show.

Ball Game by Dominic Beesley

Target Systems: BBC Microcomputer
Original Release Date: 11th November, 2006
A puzzle game written for the BBC Micro in assembler as a Christmas present for the BBC-Micro mailing list admins, contributors and "leeches" alike!

Bob and Trev: Resurrection by Jeffrey Lee

Target Systems: BBC Microcomputer Model B and above
Original Release Date: 17th March 2007
A new, complete, playable, rogue-like BASIC game created for the 2007 7-day roguelike contest in the scary span of just 168 hours. Based on an idea from the fictional letters written by Bob to his friend Trev, published in The Micro User (later Acorn Computing) magazine.