The theme of the game is to guide Murphy through the screens collecting his mushrooms. The mushrooms appear in each room in random positions each time you play the game, so you have to be adept at going around the screen in a number of different ways. Points are scored for picking the mushrooms and for completing a screen within the time limit.
Legion is a text-adventure.
You are a gladiator of Caesar and you want to become a warrior of Caesar, so you have to solve various riddles and overcome obstacles.
Ledge Man can jump, move left and right, and climb up and down ladders. He must jump between platforms, trying to collect all the flashing gems on each stage. Conveyor belts and moving platforms add to the difficulty. The umbrella can help him safely fall long distances. The player has limited time to complete each level, and starts with three lives. There are a total of eight stages, and three difficulty levels.
Karls Kavern is a platformer in the style of Manic Miner. It consists of thirty single screen levels where the objective in each is to simply collect all the boxes that lies scattered around. To make it the player has to jump between platforms (including moving ones) and avoid getting touched by any of the dangers that exist in the underground. Any contact will lead to a loss of life and so will a long fall. Part of the levels are also collapsing platforms and conveyor belts. The player has five lives and when they are all used up the game ends.
The player controls a spaceship that travels in the cardinal directions. The ship can fire directly forwards, and must explore a large maze in search of the 12 crystals needed to escape.
One day, while studying ancient Egyptian ruins, the player discovers an unknown pyramid buried in the sands of the Sahara. Once inside, the player must try to collect all the treasures, including: statues, old jars, papyrus, and masks. On each level the goal is to gather all the keys and reach the exit door to the next level, while avoiding dangerous snakes, fireballs, and ghosts. The player moves in the cardinal directions, and can fire their gun forwards. Dangers appear in their chamber, and then roam the halls.
Spaceman Sid is a variant of Moon Patrol. The game is a side scrolling game in which you travel left to right. The object is to drive over the surface of Mars, avoiding obstacles and shooting aliens,
You are Wendy and you are trapped inside the mazes of Traag. To escape you have to collect all the foot boxes and get to the exit. There are four robots and a bird that will kill you if you touch them. The robots roam freely around the maze while the bird is flying up and down.
In Bridge to the East you have to collect crystals and protect something (e.g. a hut) from birds, bugs, stones and other things so it doesn't get destroyed as it contains a valuable gem. After each level (4 in general) comes a riddle you have to solve.
Explore Chichen-Itza and collect various treasures while avoiding enemies that become invisible and be sure to light torches before the light goes out completely and kills you.
Ten of the best: Educational Programs is another compendium of games for BBC Micro. This compilation contains a bunch of educational games. The collection was released as both a tape and a disk with a copy of the Eletctron User magazine.