Rescue Mission
A BBC Micro rescue game that demonstrated the Twins' sprite routines, published through BEEBUG as an early programming example.
Image credits and source
Gameplay screenshot
Credit: BEEBUG — artwork belongs to its respective rights holders
Source: The Oliver Twins archive
Game at a glance
- Status
- Classic
- Released
- 1985
- Platforms
- BBC Micro
- Genres
- Arcade
- Developer
- The Oliver Twins (original development)
- Publisher
- BEEBUG
Development and publication
Development: The Oliver Twins (original development). Publication: BEEBUG.
The named development credit refers to the original or specifically identified version. Other ports and later re-releases may have different development teams.
Making the game
This game may seem out of order, but isn’t, since we wrote Easy Art and Sprites Plus on the BBC Micro before this, but sadly they weren’t published.
We developed Sprites Plus for Firebird, but sadly they dropped support for the BBC Micro before it was published.
Rescue Mission was a test case for Sprites Plus showing it was possible for a hobby game developer to make a game in BASIC using our Sprite package.
It’s really hard and we challenge you to rescue 3 guys! It’s possible, but we clearly needed to learn to make games more player friendly.