BBC micro high scores, from the magazine Beebug ----------------------------------------------- Scores collected by W.H.Scholten ( http://wouter.bbcmicro.net/ ) Changes: - 2017-12-15: I finished all OCR and incorporated all remaining scores from supplements by "Diminished" - 2019-3-10 : I fixed the score for Missile base of May 1984 which had a 4 before the actual score for some reason. =================================================================================================== See also my list of scores from the internet, and my own scores in a few more text files, and see my website where I analyse some game scores, on whether they are real, or made on e.g. an Acorn Electron: http://wouter.bbcmicro.net/ - To get your hands on scans of the magazines have a look here: + http://www.8bs.com/magazines.htm + https://retropdfs.wordpress.com/ Retropdfs's pdfs are, at least for Acorn user, based on the pdfs on 8bs.com, but the retro pdfs have the advantage of added searchable and selectable/copyable text (not perfect but good enough so you can copy and do some slight editing to correct errors). =================================================================================================== I checked Beebug vol.1-vol.8. High score lists were in 'supplements' with most issues until they were incorporated into the main mag in 1985 or 1986, but loose stuff tends to get lost. Putting any interesting stuff into a loose supplement was a moronic idea from Beebug... vol.1 = April 1982 - March 1983: : No supplements included with the main pdfs on 8bs.com... vol.2 = April/May 1983 - April 1984: : No supplements included with the main pdfs on 8bs.com... vol.3 = May 1984 - April 1985: : No supplements included with the main pdfs on 8bs.com... I had a brief look in e.g. the letters section but saw nothing. vol.4 = May 1985 - April 1986: There are only 2 supplements with v4 (supplement with v0405 and with v406) in the pdfs on 8bs.com. All other supplements from vol.1-vol.4 except July 1985 were checked by "Diminished" (stardot.org.uk), and he made pictures of those that have high scores in them, which I then OCR'd. vol.5: Supplements are incorporated in the magazines. The last issue that contains a high score list is March 1987. vol.6-vol.8: I found no high score lists in the magazines. =================================================================================================== The scores in Beebug are kept separate between BBC/Electron because Beebug was only for the BBC micro so the scores here are more likely 'real' (as in: made with a BBC micro version of a game running on a BBC micro) than those in Acorn user. See more on this topic on my site: http://wouter.bbcmicro.net/bbc/spellen/highscores.html =================================================================================================== ============================================================ Beebug: ============================================================ In case supplements include Electron scores for now I kept those as a reference to know more about which scores in AU migh be for the Electron, but I may remove them from this list at any point in time. ============================================================ Beebug supplement March 1984, p.36: ----------------------------------- GAMES HIGH SCORES UPDATE BEEBUG Supplier Game Score Player ------------------------------------------------------------- AARDVARK Zalaga 132800 A.Webster ACORNSOFT Arcadians 31880 A.Fell ACORNSOFT Hopper 44410 R.Barnes ACORNSOFT Starship command 7200 M.Pritchard BEEBUG MAG Invasion 560 A.Hayden BEEBUG MAG Space city 80000 A.Hayden BEEBUG SOFT Swarmers revenge 74055 I.Darby KANSAS Galactic firebird 23320 M.Pritchard SUPERIOR SOFT Crazy painter 57580 D.Fell SUPERIOR SOFT Hunchback 11270 A.Webster SUPERIOR SOFT Q*Bert 49280 A.Hayden VIRGIN GAMES Noc-a-bloc 147800 A.Webster ELBUG Supplier Game Score Player ------------------------------------------------------------- ACORNSOFT Meteors 18860 D.Fell ACORNSOFT Starship command 139 D.Fell ELBUG MAG Space city 93856 M.Diamond ============================================================ Beebug supplement April 1984, p.36: ----------------------------------- BBC MICRO HIGH SCORES UPDATE BEEBUG Supplier Game Score Player ------------------------------------------------------------- AARDVARK Zalaga 258,800 W.Hicks A&F Chuckie egg 218,930 M.Beasley ACORNSOFT Missile base 45,310 R.Phillips ACORNSOFT Snake 898 H.Brown-Smith ALLIGATA Eagle empire 22,820 M.Beasley BEEBUG MAG Aliens 896 R.Phillips BEEBUG MAG Breakout 3,850 Douglas COMP.CONCEPTS Android attack 128,950 A.Maini KANSAS Galactic firebird 29,650 A.Maini PROGRAM POWER Asteroid storm 22,880 R.Phillips PROGRAM POWER Bumble Bee 25,000 A.Maini PROGRAM POWER Cybertron mission 17,780 A.Maini PROGRAM POWER Felix in the factory 13,880 R.Phillips R H Soft Slalom 5,770 A.Webster SUPERIOR SOFT Centipede 23,800 R.Phillips SUPERIOR SOFT Q*Bert 88,170 D.Richardson VISIONS Dare devil dennis 5,800 H.Brown-Smith ELECTRON HIGH SCORES ELBUG Supplier Game Score Player ------------------------------------------------------------- A&F Kamikaze 3,525 R.Tacagni ACORNSOFT Dodgems 1,009 R.Tacagni ACORNSOFT Meteors 18,860 D.Fell ACORNSOFT Starship command 531 R.Tacagni ELBUG MAG Hedgehog 13,495 R.Tacagni ELBUG MAG Robot attack 1,390 R.Tacagni ORBIT CASSETTE Racer 17,559 R.Tacagni ORBIT CASSETTE Space city 93,856 M.Diamond PROGRAM POWER Cybertron mission 48,140 R.Tacagni ============================================================ Beebug supplement May 1984, p.46: --------------------------------- BBC MICRO HIGH SCORES Supplier Game Score Player ------------------------------------------------------------- AARDVARK Zalaga 1110890 N.Clifton A&F Chuckie egg 4087040 M.Lacey ACORNSOFT Missile base 64160 G.James ACORNSOFT Planetoid 596425 P.O'Malley ACORNSOFT Snapper 520090 D.Stringer ALLIGATA Bug blaster 539348 K.A11en BEEBUG MAG Detonator dan 56320 A.Webster BEEBUGSOFT Snorter 32622 K.Allen GEMINI Missile control 22260 H.Brown-Smith KANSAS Galactic firebird 32025 W.Hicks MICRO-BYTE 3D space ranger 209000 D.Fell PROGRAM POWER Felix and monsters 39560 D.Philpot PROGRAM POWER Mine 42880 A.Webster ELECTRON HIGH SCORES Supplier Game Score Player ------------------------------------------------------------- A&F Chuckie egg 236800 B.Wempe A&F Cylon attack 56300 B.wempe A&F Kamikaze 3525 R.Tacagni ACORNSOFT Dodgems 1009 R.Tacagni ACORNSOFT Meteors 23040 J.Uphill ACORNSOFT Monsters 111230 A.Leach ACORNSOFT Starship command 531 R.Tacagni BEEBUGSOFT Snake 2802 A.Webster ELBUG MAG Divebomber 13000 S.Harding ELBUG MAG Hedgehog 13495 R.Tacagni ELBUG MAG Mars lander 4849 S.Harding ELBUG MAG Robot attack 1400 S.Harding ELBUG CASSETTE Racer 17877 S.Harding ELBUG CASSETTE Space city 93856 M.Diamond PROGRAM POWER Cybertron mission 146770 P.Wempe PROGRAM POWER Felix in the factory 8250 S.Harding PROGRAM PONER Felix and monsters 13480 S.Harding PROGRAM POWER Killer Gorilla 46900 S.Harding PROGRAM POWER Missile Control 2460 M.Gallagher PROGRAM POWER Moonraider 1890 S.Harding ============================================================ Beebug supplement June 1984, p.14: ---------------------------------- HIGH SCORES BBC MICRO HIGH SCORES Supplier Game Score Player ------------------------------------------------------------- AARDVARK Zalaga 1883520 W.Hicks A&F Cylon attack 66640 M.Dougan ACORNSOFT Starship Command 11112 A.Bailey ASP Software Froglet 71050 G.Deas BEEBUG MAG Block blitz 9620 G.Deas BEEBUG MAG Detonator dan 105010 M.Williams (Our editor!) DR.SOFT Pengo 98000 C.Chamberlain MRM 3D munchy 65610 M.Colson PACE Fortress 30900 H.Douglas-Smith PROGRAM POWER Cybertron mission 39690 P.Johnston PROGRAM POWER Martian attack 24000 S.Harling R H Soft Slalom 6330 P.Johnston SOFTWARE INV 3D bomb alley 14190 G.Deas VIRGIN GAMES Noc-a-bloc 175980 W.Hicks ELECTRON HIGH SCORES Supplier Game Score Player ------------------------------------------------------------- A&F Chuckie egg 236800 B.Wempe A&F Cylon attack 56300 B.Wempe A&F Kamikaze 3525 R.Tacagni ACORNSOFT Dodgems 1009 R.Tacagni ACORNSOFT Meteors 23040 J.Uphill ACORNSOFT Monsters 111230 A.Leach ACORNSOFT Starship command 531 R.Tacagni ALLIGATA Bug blaster 75814 A.Webster BEEBUGSOFT Snake 2802 A.Webster ELBUG MAG Divebomber 13000 S.Harding ELBUG MAG Hedgehog 13495 R.Tacagni ELBUG MAG Mars lander 4849 S.Harding ELBUG MAG Robot attack 1400 S.Harding ELBUG CASSETTE Racer 19154 B.Wells ELBUG CASSETTE Space city 93856 M.Diamond PROGRAM POWER Cybertron mission 146770 P.Wempe PROGRAM POWER Felix in the factory 8250 S.Harding PROGRAM PONER Felix and monsters 13480 S.Harding PROGRAM POWER Killer Gorilla 46900 S.Harding PROGRAM POWER Missile Control 2460 M.Gallagher PROGRAM POWER Moonraider 1890 S.Harding ============================================================ Beebug supplement November 1984, p.30: -------------------------------------- BBC MICRO HIGH SCORES UPDATE Supplier Game Score Player ------------------------------------------------------------- AARDVARK Frak! 289300 J.Buttons ACORNSOFT Aviator 2880 Joe ACORNSOFT JCB 16390 C.Davis ACORNSOFT Missile base 173590 M.Aggarwal ACORNSOFT Snake 898 H.Brown-Smith ALLIGATA Blagger 12710 I.Mooney ATARISOFT Pole position 109850 Angus COMP.CONCEPTS Android attack 1132985 J.Button GEMINI Caterpillar 52880 B.E.Atthat MICRO POWER Dune rider 8790 J.Button MICRO POWER Felix and monsters 95540 Joe MICRO POWER Mine 106540 Joe PACE Fortress 113560 R.Phillps SOFT SPOT Transistor's revenge 60000 G.Jefferies SOFTWARE INV Eagle's wing 215900 A.Uppal SOFTWARE INV Super pool 5900 Angus SOFTWARE INV Vortex 111467 I.Williams SUPERIOR SOFT Battle tank 17830 C.Bunch SUPERIOR SOFT Overdrive 145700 I.Mooney SUPERIOR SOFT Road runner 155300 J.Button ELECTRON HIGH SCORES UPDATE Supplier Game Score Player ------------------------------------------------------------- A&F Chuckie egg 657360 M.Yearing ACORNSOFT Snapper 123890 C.Williams ACORNSOFT Starship command 1075 M.Hall ELBUG MAG Galactic invasion 81100 N.Morland ELBUG MAG Robot attack 6330 C.Williams PROGRAM POWER Danger UXB 320720 I.McMillan PROGRAM POWER Invaders 7900 I.McMillan ============================================================ Beebug supplement April 1985, p.22: ----------------------------------- High Scores Supplier Game Score Player ------------------------------------------------------------- ACORNSOFT Boxer 14850 A.Green ACORNSOFT Freefall 1287 A.Hayden ACORNSOFT Labyrinth 194510 B.E.Atthat ALLIGATA Eagle empire 99300 A.Hayden ATARISOFT Pole position 112800 A.Hayden ATARISOFT Robotron 2084 167500 S.Menges BEEBUG MAG Brickie nickie 66202 Angus BEEBUG MAG Dive bomber 24000 M.Yorke H SOFT Penguin 98360 M.Stewart MICRO POWER Castle Quest 60 A.Malik MICRO POWER Danger! UXB 1083600 J.Taylor MICRO PONER Ghouls 6100 D.Garvie MICRO POWER Jet power jack 1460 A.Green MICRO POWER Mr.Ee 238650 S.Menges MRM Castle of gems 31990 P.Orton OCEAN Hunchback 1770 A.Green OCEAN Mr.Wimpy 23480 K.Foley PACE Skyhawk 12800 S.Williams SOFTWARE INV Blitzkrieg 36300 A.Green SOFTWARE INV Eagle's wing 406650 P.Orton SOFTWARE INV Gunsmoke 900 P.Orton SOFTWARE INV Spooks and spiders 25900 P.Orton SUPERIOR SOFT Crazy Painter 70330 P.Orton SUPERIOR SOFT Space Pilot 109100 J.Taylor SUPERIOR SOFT Space Warp 69000 J.Taylor SUPERIOR SOFT Star Striker 77110 A.Hayden SUPERIOR SOFT Zany Kong jnr. 19100 P.Orton ULTIMATE Sabre Wulf 35% S.Menges Last month's high score table was incorrectly labelled for the BBC micro instead of the Electron as should have been the case. Our apologies to all those who were inadvertently mislead and thought their high score had made it. [ Note: But according to "Diminished" (stardot.org.uk), the previous month's supplement didn't contain a high score table, so what is going on? ] ============================================================ BeebUG vol.4 no.5 (Oct 1985), supplement, p.7: ---------------------------------------------- ---------- New High Scores BEEBUG Supplier Game Score Player ------------------------------------------------------- BEEBUG MAG Cosmonaut 4040 R.Koten BEEBUG MAG Truffle Hunt 6189 R.Koten FIREBIRD Duck 55200 E.Denning H SOFT Penguin 163730 J.Dowling MICRO POWER Castle quest 2210 S.Rawnsley PSION Saloon Sally 56380 R.Koten SUPERIOR SOFT Jack & Beanstalk 11430 R.Koten ---------- ============================================================ BeebUG vol.4 no.6 (Nov 1985), supplement, p.18: ----------------------------------------------- ---------- New High Scores BEEBUG Supplier Game Score Player ----------------------------------------------------------- A&F Planes 53160 R.Bunnett A&F Plank Walk 5630 R.Bunnett ACORNSOFT Carousel 27300 R.Bunnett ACORNSOFT Invaders 26260 P.Orton ACORNSOFT Labyrinth 336240 P.Orton ACORNSOFT Planetoid 875185 J.De Saram ACORNSOFT Revs 1:29.0 N.E.Cromane ACORNSOFT Tetrapod 5900 M.Orten ATARISOFT Pole Position 113100 J.De Saram BEEBUG MAG Space City 110362 R.Bunnett BUG-BYTE Oblivion 5010 Cthulhu BUG-BYTE Sealord 4020 M.Orton DURRELL Combat Lynx 400 P.Orton DYNABYTE Space Ranger 25450 P.Orton DYNABYTE Demolator 12600 P.Orton FIREBIRD Acid Drops 10440 P.Orton FIREBIRD Bird Strike 20910 P.Orton FIREBIRD Gold Digger 24964 P.Orton FIREBIRD Hacker 7138 P.Orton ICON Caveman Capers 17000 P.Orton ICON Contraption 2440 Cthulhu ICON Drain Mania 40750 Cthulhu MXCRO-BYTE 3D Space Ranger 334500 R.Bunnett MICRO POWER Jet Power Jack 18275 Cthulhu MICRO POWER Martian Attack 32300 Cthulhu MICRO POWER Mine 224640 Cthulhu MICRO POWER Mr.Ee 344000 C.Rogers SOFT SPOT Fruity Freddy 13800 P.Orton SOFT SPOT Transistors Revenge 540200 R.Bunnett SOFTWARE INV Jet Boat 12900 Cthulhu SOFTWARE PROJ Karl's Kavern 8603 P.Orton SOFTWARE PROJ Manic Miner 20758 P.Orton SUPERIOR SOFT Mr.Wiz 13360 P.Orton SUPERIOR SOFT Repton 81531 P.Orton SUPERIOR SOFT Smash and Grab 22440 P.Orton SUPERIOR SOFT Spitire command 10700 R.Bunnett SUPERIOR SOFT Zany Kong jr. 38300 P.Orton W.E.soft Crawler 36913 P.Orton ---------- ============================================================ Beebug vol.5 no.7 (Dec. 1986), p.34: ------------------------------------ ---------- High Scores Supplier Game Score Player ------------------------------------------------------- ACORNSOFT Revs (Silverstone) 1:24.2 B.Hughes ACORNSOFT Revs (Brands Hatch) 1:25.5 B.Hughes ACORNSOFT Revs (Doningtun) 1:13.5 B.Hughes ACORNSOFT Revs (Oulton) 1:16.9 B.Hughes ACORNSOFT Revs (Snetterton) 1:01.8 B.Hughes BEEBUG MAG Manhole 264 R.Koten BEEBUG MAG Scrumpy 45925 K.Rosser BEEBUG MAG Wee shuggy 7643 R.Koten MICRO POWER Alien Swirl 84750 C.Dunford SOFTWARE INV Blitzkrieg 168100 M.Reardon SUPERIOR SOFT Karate Combat 42333 M.Reardon SUPERIOR SOFT Mr.Wiz 28690 R.Koten SUPERIOR SOFT Stryker's Run 14000 M.Williams TYNESOFT Jet set willy 26 R.Koten ULTIMATE Atic Atac 98% R.Koten ULTIMATE Atic Atac 14956 R.Koten ULTIMATE Atic Atac 13.55 mins R.Koten ULTIMATE Nightshade 12% R.Koten ULTIMATE Nightshade 42000 R.Koten ---------- ============================================================ Beebug vol.5 no.9 (Mar. 1987), p.36: ------------------------------------ ---------- New High Scores Supplier Game Score Player ------------------------------------------------------- ACORNSOFT Carousel 99020 S.Clark ALLIGATA Blagger 23280 S.Clark MELBOURNE Exploding fist 7th Dan K.Brown 41700 K.Brown SUPERIOR SOFT Repton 2 20468 I.Simmons SUPERIOR SOFT Space Pilot 112300 J.Benger SUPERIOR SOFT Stryker's Run 19200 K.Brown US GOLD Commando 436000 K.Brown ---------- ============================================================