Horizon emulating the BBC Micro running Arcadians
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Features include...
Download
Apple Mac users click here to download the Mac Classic versions (PowerPC and 680x0) of Horizon 1.1
This SIT file is ~156K in size and needs to be uncompressed with Stuffit Expander.
Apple MacOS X users click here to download Richard Bannister's native Mac OS X port of Horizon.
Windows users click here to download the Horizon 1.2
Horizon 1.2 runs under Windows 95/98/NT4/2000/XP with Direct X installed. This ZIP file is about ~103K in size.
Other useful software...
Here's a neat little utility HexEdit for Apple Mac users to edit any files with (~81K).
Play ELITE on Horizon
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Want to play ELITE on the Horizon emulator? Then visit Ian Bell's ELITE page where you can download a special version which works without fuss on Horizon. |
Some links
Some recent BBC articles on the Beeb.
- Looking back at a computing icon
- BBC Micro ignites memories of revolution
Visit the BBC Games Archive for a massive selection of downloadable Beeb games.
Try searching on Google for 8-bit software and other resources.
Big fans of the Beeb simply must visit Robert Schmidt's superb web site The BBC Lives! where you can find more than you expected.
Telcontar has written a Mac app to help create Horizon files from disk images more easily, rather than using the command line Beeb Disk Splitter program. Click here for more.