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System: BBC Master Manufacturer: Acorn Launch Date: 1986 CPU: 2 MHz Rockwell R65SC12 Original RRP: £499 Rarity: Medium
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PiTube installed.

Opinion

Forced to chose between a BBC Master and BBC model B, I would likely choose the Master. Only because there are a few (very few) Master only games, From a integuing point of view, you could also consider upgrading it to a BBC Master Dooms Day project system. Which would be pretty cool
MasterSD does away with wrestling with Floppy Disks, which can only be a good thing. Unless you want to wrestle with FDD’s.
It must be said, the BBC Master is something of a classy machine.
Interesting Games For the BBC Model B and Master
A pretty solid version of Pac Man
How to start an argument and/or induce an immediate rage quit: Your open move must be a decapitation.
Not in my opinion the best version of Commando, especially when compared with the NES version, but if it’s all you had, you probably enjoyed it.
Zenon, a scrolling space shooter.
Thrust seems like a tribute to Atari Lunar Lander.
Nightshade, Alien8 and Knight Lore all made it to the Acorn BBC.
An, erm, tribute to Donkey Kong. Killer Gorilla…
Joe Blade 2. Looks suspiciously like the ZX Spectrum version, but that would be weird given the different architectures, so I’m settling for ‘Looks like’.
There are two versions of Defender for the Beeb. This is the better of the two, entitled “Super Defender”. The graphics are better, most notably the explosions.
E-Type. For my money, this is one my favourite games. It also enjoyed a sequel on the Acorn Archimedes, and that’s good too.
Strykers Run, a run ‘n gun game, and probably one of the prettiest BBC games made.
The Acorn BBC range had the ability to be upgraded in a variety of ways. One way was to add a co- processor. Back in the day, there were a range of co-processors available ranging from the Z80, to Intel 80186 to an ARM Evaluation system, which according Wikipedia cost the princely sum of £4,500. Getting your grubby mitts on one, is likely to be something of a challenge. Thankfully, some very clever people, have developed a RaspberryPI adapter, that will emulate Z80, 80x86 and ARM2. Allowing Beeb owners to add a Co-Processor running at 1200 Mhz. Quite the bump in performance for the humble Beeb clocked originally at 2(ish) Mhz
Bruce Forsyths Play Your Cards Right. I actually really enjoyed this.
“I've giv'n her all she's got captain, an' I canna give her no more.”
“She sure as hell can…”
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Commando
Strykers Run
Thrust
Killer Gorilla
Spy Hunter
Last Ninja II
Last Ninja
Barbarian
Pac Man
Joe Blade 2
Super Defender
E-Type
Bruce Forsyths: Play Your Cards Right