Beebdroid

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Beebdroid
Developer(s) Little Fluffy Toys
Initial releaseOctober 2011;11 years ago (2011-10)
Stable release
1.3 / 17 February 2012
Repository
Operating system Android 2.2+
Type Microcomputer emulator
Website github.com/littlefluffytoys/Beebdroid

Beebdroid is a free software [1] [2] emulator for the BBC Micro, based on B-Em for Linux by Tom Walker. [3] It runs under Android and was developed by Reuben Scratton and Kenton Price and released [4] by Little Fluffy Toys in 2011. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Contents

Features

It features a full onscreen keyboard, optimised controls for the Xperia Play smartphone/console, access to games via disk images provided by stairwaytohell.com and caters for saved games. [9]

The Google Analytics service led to publication of a list of popular game titles downloaded by users of the emulator. [10]

14 November 2011 [10]
RankTitle
1 Chuckie Egg
2 Elite
3 Arcadians
4 Frak!
5 Citadel
6 Castle Quest
7 Jet Set Willy
8 Killer Gorilla
9 Manic Miner
10 Thrust
RankTitle
11 Repton
12 Mr.Ee!
13 Snapper
14 Stryker's Run
15 Super Invaders
16 Daredevil Dennis
17 Hopper
18 Hyper Viper
19 The Hobbit
20 Planetoid

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