8-Bit Broadway Boogie (BBC Micro Version)

[@darkstatehk]

Yes, I remember it and I used to have it on an old 5 1/4 floppy, 26 years ago! Few of us loaded it up on all the computers in the computer room (around 12 machines at the time) and hit RUN on all of them at the same time!! Very early surround sound effect!!

[@clivepacker]

I reverse engineered the Econet network protocol in the school lab and was able to remotely load and trigger all 15 machines into playing this simultaneously in perfect sync. Teacher was not all that happy.

[@michaeltsung9741]

GOOD WORK : ¬ ]) I award you a belated honorary A+ with distinction for achievement and effort. It must have sounded epic !!!!

[@marnanel]

So much respect

[@PMeeuws]

In 1985 I used to listen to this music on my BBC Micro B. Amazing that 30 years later the music is still there.

[@michaeltsung9741]

@0:50 finger clickin' time folks, the double bass solo..... I remember at school I was saying to someone that the commodore 64 had good sound, and he said "oh yeah ? well listen to THIS", and played this on the beeb, and I must admit that I did go away fairly impressed.....

[@mattbland2380]

Great memories :-) I had this along with Black & White Rag. I had discs full of music demos. Some where done by kids at school, including Ghostbusters, Axel F and others. Mark Wilson who did C64 and Amiga game music was a year or two above me and did some great tracks.

[@annaking5010]

I used to love this when I was a kid and I've been looking for it for years! Thanks for posting!

[@marnanel]

Thank you! I loved this program as a kid.

[@canis65536]

Remember it well. Had it on a floppy disc, but lost it somewhere along the way. Would love to obtain the sourcecode again, even if just to run it in an emulator.

[@daz7038]

Many an hour at school wasted.

[@ab8jeh]

*boogie indeed! ! Wasn't that Black and White Rag tune the theme to Repton 2?

[@marnanel]

Original Repton, I think. The Repton 2 music was written specially.