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Re:BBC Micro at 40: How it inspired a generation of coders [... by stevekemp on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @07:09AM (#26249072)
Fair comment; I was regularly hacking games, programming, and playing on the Spectrum as were most of my friends.

Nobody I knew had a BBC - they were a "school computer", not a "fun computer". Though the games still stuck in my memory, "Granny's Garden" and some kind of economy game (where you raised taxes, and did similar things. You had to get elected again and keep your population happy. I wish I knew what that was called.)

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Re:BBC Micro at 40: How it inspired a generation of coders [... by someperson on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @07:59AM (#26249371)
Almost certainly SimCity: https://www.mobygames.com/game/bbc-micro_/simcity
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Re:BBC Micro at 40: How it inspired a generation of coders [... by stevekemp on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @08:05AM (#26249415)
I hadn't realized that was available for the BBC!

One of the later replies successfully identified it as "Great Britain Ltd".

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Re:BBC Micro at 40: How it inspired a generation of coders [... by crumbshot on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @07:12AM (#26249087)
> some kind of economy game (where you raised taxes, and did similar things. You had to get elected again and keep your population happy. I wish I knew what that was called.)

Yellow River Kingdom?

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Re:BBC Micro at 40: How it inspired a generation of coders [... by stevekemp on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @07:38AM (#26249238)
Thanks for the suggestion, from the video it doesn't match my memories:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSE1NVaUs8s

I remember text-only, and being shown unemployment-rates, and similar. I think it was based on UK political parties, but my memory is so vague I can't remember any significant details.

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Re:BBC Micro at 40: How it inspired a generation of coders [... by crumbshot on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @07:43AM (#26249267)
Could it be Great Britain Ltd?

https://youtu.be/vnojOGjz578

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Re:BBC Micro at 40: How it inspired a generation of coders [... by stevekemp on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @08:02AM (#26249392)
Definitely!

Thank you so much, that game has been lurking at the back of my mind for the better part of 30 years!

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Re:BBC Micro at 40: How it inspired a generation of coders [... by UncleSlacky on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @12:53PM (#26253127)
You can play it here:

http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=1537

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