The Blog of Scott

I recently used my previous post on building disc images for the JavaScript based jsBeeb emulator to create an image for a game I played a very long time ago, called Goldbank . Here's a screengrab of the game, while this link will take you to the new disc image I've made , for playing on jsBeeb. As you can see, the graphics are very basic, but extremely bold, bright and colourful. The game was published on a disc based magazine called Fast Access in the late 1980s and early 1990s. You were sent six issues a year, on two floppy discs, with some printed cards you put in a special ring binder. I believe two volumes were made, while the third dispensed with the printed cards completely, was spread to three discs, and only got three issues, before it went out with a whimper. Goldbank came on the second issue of volume 1, about early 1989, so it's pretty vintage. However, the game is a great challenge. Do have a play of it. Getting to build this disc image using my artic