Title: Take Off with the Electron & BBC Micro
Description: Countdown to creative programming!

Here are eleven exciting, amusing and useful programs for the Acorn Electron or the BBC Microcomputer, Model A or B. They have been written especially to help you get ahead fast, learn more and become more versatile!

Programs include:

STUNT CAR - a fast game of skill. Make it faster or even more challenging in many ways.

BIRTHDAY BOOK - a database program which you can easily adapt for many other uses.

MUSIC-MAKER - learn to play a tune, then change the tune and learn to play another, or turn the keyboard into a piano.

ATTACK - an arcade game with easily modified routines in assembler language. Learn how to make your micro work really fast!

How each program works is explained in detail, to help you find your way about it. There are hints and tips about how to use the programs, and how to get the most fun and value from them. You also discover how to get the best from your computer and its BASIC. Most important of all, there are guidelines to help you take off on your own!

The Authors
Audrey and Owen Bishop are well-known writers of popular computing books and have written many books for young people.
Subjects: bbc micro, acorn electron, bbc micro games, computer games, programming
Time periods: BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, 8 Bit Computing