Beebdroid (BBC Micro emulator) Apk
Latest version 2.0
07 Sep 2015
Apk Infos
| Version | 2.0 |
| Rating | 3.9/5, based on 694 votes |
| Size | 567.7 KB |
| Requires Android | Android 2.3+ (Gingerbread) |
| Author's Notes | Relive the glory days of 1980s 8-bit computing with this epic BBC Micro emulator |
About Beebdroid (BBC Micro emulator) APK
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Description
We grew up with the BBC Micro and we loved it, so we're bringing it back to the world!See that Android phone in your hand? That's not Intel inside - it's powered by an ARM processor. The 'A' in 'ARM' stood for Acorn, a visionary British company that produced the seminal BBC Micro, and thirty years later - coming full circle - your phone hosts its venerable ancestor today.
Have fun reliving classic games from the 1980s, hosted by BBC Micro preservation website stairwaytohell.com - any questions, please email support@littlefluffytoys.mobi
Works at the full 50 frames per second on most recent powerful Android phones and tablets. This means anything significantly better than an HTC Desire or Nexus One (except, annoyingly, the brand new Galaxy Nexus, because it has the archaic GPU from 2010's Galaxy S pushing 240% of the pixels), or any Android 3.x or 4.x tablet. If you try to run this thing on something like a Wildfire or a ZTE Blade, please don't whinge to us that it runs like a dog - just go and buy a Galaxy S II already ;) It's an extremely faithful emulation, way moreso than other machines' emulators, but if you think you can make it quicker, get involved - it's open-source - code it!
Works with the specialised controls of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play (but doesn't run at 50 frames per second).
This FREE and OPEN SOURCE application - the source code is published on Github at https://github.com/littlefluffytoys/Beebdroid - is based on B-Em for Linux by Tom Walker and licensed under GNU General Public License v2.0 as detailed at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html - we encourage others to assist us in developing Beebdroid further. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the license for more details.
Beebdroid does not ship with any third party programs such as games - these are accessed via third party websites which have hosted such programs for years. Should any licence holders object to third party websites providing such programs, please contact the third party websites in question. We are furthermore also happy on a best-effort basis to block the visibility of specific programs within Beebdroid upon written request from verified product licence holders. We are also able to offer an in-app payment solution for your programs in such circumstances - please contact us for details.
The rights to the BBC Micro ROMs are believed by the emulator community to have effectively fallen into the public domain, having lain unclaimed for many years - Acorn itself is of course long bankrupt, and the documentation for the rights is rumoured to have gone down in the World Trade Center on 9/11. If you believe that you have a claim to the ROMs that has never been disclosed to the emulator community, or indeed has never been proven under law, remember that this is a labour of love, a free and open source preservation effort, and so please talk to us in the first instance, cheers!
Latest updates
What's new in version 2.0
Sound now working on Android 5.0 and later. Added x86 support. Removed adverts. And we're working on some enhancements over the next few weeks - if you have any requests, email support@littlefluffytoys.mobi cheers!How to install Beebdroid (BBC Micro emulator) APK on Android phone or tablet?
Download Beebdroid (BBC Micro emulator) APK file from ApkClean, then follow these steps:
Update Phone Settings
- Go to your phone Settings page
- Tap Security or Applications (varies with device)
- Check the Unknown Sources box
- Confirm with OK
Go to Downloads
- Open Downloads on your device by going to My Files or Files
- Tap the APK file you downloaded (com.littlefluffytoys.beebdroid-v2.0-ApkClean.apk)
- Tap Install when prompted, the APK file you downloaded will be installed on your device.
Older Versions
| 2.0 (17) | 567.7 KB |
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User's Reivew
5 ★Citadel needs to have another key added to the joypad screen, to fire your energy beam. Without this the game is sadly unplayable. But in general this is a really nice emulator with good touch-screen UI adaptation for a small list of classic games.
5 ★Thought I'd try this to play Imogen again, and it works great. One slight problem though is that it doesn't notice the cursor keys on my Sumvision bluetooth keyboard. That would be really handy...
4 ★Great emulator but it does look a bit abandoned. Was looking forward to loading own roms, fixed touch controls and game pad support. Will there be any more work on it? Thanks for everything so far.
5 ★Great thanks for fixing the sound issue! How about adding support for the BBC Master range of machines? The other thing that would be helpful for gaming is the ability to remap the keyboard so that I can use it with a Bluetooth controller.
3 ★Any chance of working on the joystick control. It's not very good and inaccurate. Fix that and you've got 5 stars!
4 ★Hi, could you please allow this emulator to be moved and installed on SD card, It was previously moved to SD but for some strange reason it now won't allow it and could you please make some more games available as roms and why do my games disappear after a while?
2 ★Being a BBC Micro whiz back in the day i was excited to try this, sure you can play games and write code,BUT for the millions of us that have real keyboard attached ou cannot type using the keyboard so given there are way better emus on PC, this is nothing more than a trp down memory lane on Android, Ihave reported this logng time ago and no response, it's worse on a phone too
5 ★BBC micro B was my first true home computer. What fun to be able to play chuckie egg and frak again. There are many text adventure games I'd like to ply again but no option to add files. Will this be a new feature ? Please please. I'd gladly pay for this feature to be developed. Many thanks
4 ★Works fine but I would like to be able to add my own games. Though actually it's not that important because all the famous BBC Micro games are present, Twin Kingdom Valley too.
5 ★The assembler works well. When load and save are operational it'll be fun to import programs written 3 decades ago sitting on tape and floppy (should be fun to make a MATLAB reader for the cassettes that writes out files for "loading")
5 ★To the developer, thank you so much, I can now enjoy the arcadians tune again.. I really appreciate your work to rectify that issue. Has returned to the top spot for emulation. Thank You.
2 ★Check out fiskur's derivative version, it has features missing in this rarely updated saga like GDrive support. LFT encouraged others to contribute to this project; and when they did (fiskur's update), the beebdroid author Reuben Scratton gave him a load of grief for releasing a new (superior) app despite BeebDroid itself being a derivative of B-Em! Scratton had planned to cynically monetize this emu and make you pay £9.99 for each game but Fiskur's update killed that idea by making all games free. LOL
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