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[[File:Bbc-micro.jpg|thumb|A Standard BBC Micro Model A]]
 
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'''The BBC Micro''', also known as the '''BBC Microcomputer System''' or affectionately nicknamed the '''Beeb''', was a series of microcomputers created by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Computers Acorn Electronics] for the BBC's computer literacy project. They were designed to be rugged, stable, and easy to use.
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The '''[[wikipedia:BBC Micro|BBC Micro]]''', also known as the '''BBC Microcomputer System''' or the '''Beeb''' as it was affectionately called, was a series of microcomputers created by [[wikipedia:Acorn_Computers|Acorn Electronics]] for the BBC's computer literacy project. They were designed to be rugged, stable, and easy to use.
  
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Nine models were produced with the BBC brand, the phrase "BBC Micro" is usually used to refer to the first six ('''Model A, B, B+64, B+128, Master 128''', and '''Master Compact'''), the latter three being referred to under the name Acorn Archimedes. The system was primarily used in schools across the United Kingdom, but also found success in the home computer markets in the UK, the US, and West Germany.
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Nine models were produced with the BBC brand, the phrase "BBC Micro" usually referring to the first six ('''Model A''', '''B''', '''B+64''', '''B+128''', '''Master 128''', and '''Master Compact'''), the latter three being referred to under the name Acorn Archimedes. Some of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Master other model variants] that followed after include '''Master Turbo''' and '''Master 512'''. The system was primarily used in schools across the United Kingdom, but also found success in the home computer markets in the UK, the US, and West Germany.
  
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'''The Acorn Electron''' is a budget version of the BBC Micro.
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The '''Acorn Electron''' is a budget version of the BBC Micro; it uses the same processor and is software compatible (albeit slower) for programs that use the hardware abstractions and video modes provided by Acorn's OS, but uses incompatible hardware. As a result, it has a largely distinct set of emulators.
  
 
==Emulators==
 
==Emulators==
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While the BBC Micro had fewer games than its contemporary systems like the [[ZX Spectrum emulators|ZX Spectrum]], [[Amstrad CPC emulators|Amstrad CPC]], or [[Commodore 64 emulators|Commodore 64]], it was a powerful machine and several notable titles were created for it, including Elite and Starship Command.
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While the BBC Micro had fewer games than its contemporary systems like the [[ZX Spectrum|ZX Spectrum]], [[Amstrad CPC|Amstrad CPC]], or [[Commodore 64 emulators|Commodore 64]], it was a powerful machine and several notable titles were created for it, including Elite and Starship Command.
 
  
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{| class="wikitable"
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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|+PC
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|+ BBC Micro
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
 
! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
 
! scope="col"|Latest Version
 
! scope="col"|Latest Version
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! scope="col"|Atom
 
 
! scope="col"|BBC Micro
 
! scope="col"|BBC Micro
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! scope="col"|Electron
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! scope="col"|BBC Master
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
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! scope="col"|Active
 +
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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|-
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|[http://www.mkw.me.uk/beebem/index.html BeebEM]
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|Multi-platform
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|[https://github.com/stardot/beebem-windows/releases 4.15b4]
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|B, B+, M128
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|-
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|[https://github.com/stardot/b-em B-em]
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|Multi-platform
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|[http://b-em.bbcmicro.com/ 2.2], [https://github.com/stardot/b-em Git]
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|A, B, B+, M128, MC
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|MT, M512
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
|Model B
 +
|Windows
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|[http://modelb.bbcmicro.com/ 10-04-04]
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|B, B+
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|-
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|[https://xania.org/Emulation jsbeeb]
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|Internet browsers
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|[https://bbc.godbolt.org/ Web], [https://github.com/mattgodbolt/jsbeeb Git]
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|B, M128
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|MT
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|-
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|[https://web.archive.org/web/20181130010333/homepages.paradise.net.nz/mjfoot/bbc.htm BeebIt]
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|RiscOS
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|[https://web.archive.org/web/20181130010333/homepages.paradise.net.nz/mjfoot/bbc.htm 0.65]
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|B, B+, M128
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|style="text-align:center;"|[https://github.com/AndyA/beebem BeebEM]
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|[https://web.archive.org/web/20181130010333/homepages.paradise.net.nz/mjfoot/bbc.htm BeebItJ]
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|style="text-align:center;"|Multi-platform
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|RiscOS
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.mkw.me.uk/beebem/index.html 4.14]
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|[https://web.archive.org/web/20181130010333/homepages.paradise.net.nz/mjfoot/bbc.htm 1.03]
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
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|Unknown
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|style="text-align:center;"|B, B+, M128
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|{{✗}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
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|{{✗}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
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|{{~}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|style="text-align:center;"|[https://github.com/stardot/b-em B-em]
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|[https://www.bannister.org/software/horizon.htm Horizon]
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|style="text-align:center;"|DOS, Windows
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|macOS
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://b-em.bbcmicro.com/ 2.2]
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|[http://www.stairwaytohell.com/emulators/homepage.html 1.4.0]
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
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|B
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|style="text-align:center;"|A, B, B+, M128, MC
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|{{✗}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
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|{{✓}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
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|{{~}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[MAME]]
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|[https://github.com/tom-seddon/b2 B2]
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|style="text-align:center;"|Multi-platform
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|Multi-platform
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
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|[https://github.com/tom-seddon/b2/releases/tag/b2-20190804-012555-9198f33 b2-20190804]
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
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|B, B+, M128
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|style="text-align:center;"|A, B, B+, M128
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|{{✗}}
−
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
+
|{{✓}}
−
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
+
|{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|style="text-align:center;"|Model B
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!colspan="7"|Mobile
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|style="text-align:center;"|Windows
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://modelb.bbcmicro.com/ 10-04-04]
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|B, B+
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|style="text-align:center;"|Pantheon
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|[https://github.com/littlefluffytoys/Beebdroid Beebdroid]<br/><small>(B-em based)</small>
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|style="text-align:center;"|Windows
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|[[Android emulators|Android]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/News.htm 5.594]
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|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.littlefluffytoys.beebdroid&hl=en 2.0]
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
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|A, B, B+, M128, MC
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
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|MT, M512
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
+
|{{✗}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
+
|{{✓}}
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|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 +
|+ Acorn Electron
 +
! scope="col"|Name
 +
! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
 +
! scope="col"|Latest Version
 +
! scope="col"|Active
 +
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
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|style="text-align:center;"|[https://github.com/tom-seddon/b2 B2]
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|[[MAME]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|Multi-platform
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|Multi-platform
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|style="text-align:center;"|[https://github.com/tom-seddon/b2/releases 0.0.4 (alpha)]
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|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
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|{{✓}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|B, B+, M128
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|{{✓}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|style="text-align:center;"|[https://github.com/bpeel/eek eek]
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|[[Clock Signal|CLK]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|Multi-platform
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|macOS and UNIXalikes
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|style="text-align:center;"|[https://github.com/bpeel/eek GitHub]
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|[https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases {{clkver}}]
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
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|{{✓}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
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|{{✗}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|style="text-align:center;"|[https://github.com/TomHarte/ElectrEm ElectrEm]
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|eek
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|style="text-align:center;"|Multi-platform
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|Multi-platform
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://electrem.emuunlim.com/Downloads.html 0.6]
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|[https://github.com/bpeel/eek Git]
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
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|{{✗}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
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|{{✗}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
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|-
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
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|[http://electrem.emuunlim.com/ ElectrEm]
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|Multi-platform
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|[http://electrem.emuunlim.com/Downloads.html 0.6c]
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|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✗}}
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|-
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|ElkJS
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|Multi-platform
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|[https://github.com/dmcoles/elkjs Git]
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|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|-
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|[http://elkulator.acornelectron.co.uk/ Elkulator]
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|Multi-platform
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|[https://github.com/rcook/elkulator 1.1]
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 +
|+ Multi
 +
! scope="col"|Name
 +
! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
 +
! scope="col"|Latest Version
 +
! scope="col"|Atom
 +
! scope="col"|BBC Micro
 +
! scope="col"|BBC Master
 +
! scope="col"|Electron
 +
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
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|style="text-align:center;"|[https://github.com/dmcoles/elkjs ElkJS]
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|[[MAME]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|Multi-platform
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|Multi-platform
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|style="text-align:center;"|
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|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
+
|{{✓}} ||A, B, B+, M128 ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
−
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
−
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
−
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|style="text-align:center;"|[https://github.com/rcook/elkulator Elkulator]
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|[[Pantheon]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|Multi-platform
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|Windows
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://elkulator.acornelectron.co.uk/ 1.0]
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|[http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/News.htm {{PantheonVer}}]
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
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|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||?||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
−
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
−
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
−
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
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{| class="wikitable"
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
|+Console
 
|+Console
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Console
 
! scope="col"|Console
 
! scope="col"|Latest Version
 
! scope="col"|Latest Version
−
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
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|style="text-align:center;"|PSPBEEB
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|PSPBEEB
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|style="text-align:center;"|PSP
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|[[PlayStation Portable emulators|PSP]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.qj.net/psp/homebrew-emulators/pspbeeb-v110-bbc-micro-emulator-for-psp.html 1.10]
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|[http://www.qj.net/psp/homebrew-emulators/pspbeeb-v110-bbc-micro-emulator-for-psp.html 1.10]
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
+
|{{✓}}
 
|}
 
|}
  

Revision as of 03:45, 15 September 2019

A Standard BBC Micro Model A

The BBC Micro, also known as the BBC Microcomputer System or the Beeb as it was affectionately called, was a series of microcomputers created by Acorn Electronics for the BBC's computer literacy project. They were designed to be rugged, stable, and easy to use.

Nine models were produced with the BBC brand, the phrase "BBC Micro" usually referring to the first six (Model A, B, B+64, B+128, Master 128, and Master Compact), the latter three being referred to under the name Acorn Archimedes. Some of the other model variants that followed after include Master Turbo and Master 512. The system was primarily used in schools across the United Kingdom, but also found success in the home computer markets in the UK, the US, and West Germany.

The Acorn Electron is a budget version of the BBC Micro; it uses the same processor and is software compatible (albeit slower) for programs that use the hardware abstractions and video modes provided by Acorn's OS, but uses incompatible hardware. As a result, it has a largely distinct set of emulators.

Emulators

While the BBC Micro had fewer games than its contemporary systems like the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, or Commodore 64, it was a powerful machine and several notable titles were created for it, including Elite and Starship Command.

BBC Micro
Name Operating System(s) Latest Version BBC Micro BBC Master Active Recommended
BeebEM Multi-platform 4.15b4 B, B+, M128 ✓ ✓ ✓
B-em Multi-platform 2.2, Git A, B, B+, M128, MC MT, M512 ✓ ✓
Model B Windows 10-04-04 B, B+ ✗ ✗ ✓
jsbeeb Internet browsers Web, Git B, M128 MT ✓ ✓
BeebIt RiscOS 0.65 B, B+, M128 ✗ ✗ ✓
BeebItJ RiscOS 1.03 Unknown ✗ ✗ ~
Horizon macOS 1.4.0 B ✗ ✓ ~
B2 Multi-platform b2-20190804 B, B+, M128 ✗ ✓ ✗
Mobile
Beebdroid
(B-em based) 		Android 2.0 A, B, B+, M128, MC MT, M512 ✗ ✓
Acorn Electron
Name Operating System(s) Latest Version Active Recommended
MAME Multi-platform 0.264 ✓ ✓
CLK macOS and UNIXalikes Template:Clkver ✓ ✗
eek Multi-platform Git ✗ ✗
ElectrEm Multi-platform 0.6c ✗ ✗
ElkJS Multi-platform Git ✗ ✗
Elkulator Multi-platform 1.1 ✗ ✗
Multi
Name Operating System(s) Latest Version Atom BBC Micro BBC Master Electron Recommended
MAME Multi-platform 0.264 ✓ A, B, B+, M128 ? ✓ ✓
Pantheon Windows 13.640 ✓ ✓ ? ✓ ✓
Console
Name Console Latest Version Recommended
PSPBEEB PSP 1.10 ✓

Ressources

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