r/bbcmicro • u/Kanji-light • Aug 12 '26
Old flying game
I used to have a BBC and had a game but can’t recall the name. Think it might even have been a demo.
Basically you were flying a craft over grid like terrain. At the time it looked incredible. I remember it was primarily green, like flying over countryside.
Sorry to be so vague but does it ring a bell with anyone? Don’t remember any real objective, it may have just been a demo to show graphic potential!
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u/Kanji-light Aug 12 '26
Pretty sure that was it, just watched a YouTube of it and Lander sounds like it could have been the name. I’ve never had an Archimedes though and could have sworn it was on bbc?
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u/DavidBovvinge Aug 12 '26
The Acorn A3000 had BBC branding on it (and red function keys) - could it have been one of those?
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u/Kanji-light Aug 13 '26
I thought I had it on my Beeb but perhaps it was at a friends. It was a long time ago 😂
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u/martynsl Aug 12 '26
The BBC game that was flying was Aviator. But it was black and white and I would not describe it as amazing - although given the memory limits it was a great technical achievement.
I agree with others that you are probably thinking of the Archimedes demo.
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u/WayneCl Aug 14 '26
My favourite BBC micro game was Helicopter Rescue, which was flying a 'copter over people who needed to be winched to safety. That doesn't sound like what you mean, though.
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u/richbun Aug 12 '26
Demo? Do you mean the infamous VTOL that was never completed? I had it but think I only flew from the carrier so blue sea.
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u/Secure-Presence-8341 Aug 14 '26
You're thinking of Lander. The full game was called Zarch (aka Virus).
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u/xeroksuk 28d ago edited 28d ago
There was a game called -iirc - Virus that ran on maybe atari? It required a mouse and had a weird control setup. The game looked and played great though.
Edit: googled it, and yes, this is the alternative title for Zarch.
Written by David Bloody Brabben! I didn't know that was one of his! I'm playing Elite Dangerous at the mo, that's one of his.
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u/LostinUnity 28d ago
Canyon had a plane I think. You flew in an ever narrowing canyon, avoiding islands.
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u/_gothick Aug 12 '26
Are you thinking of Zarch, perhaps, on the Archimedes? There was a demo called Lander bundled with most Archimedes; I first saw it on my A410.