Cholo - Novella
Cholo was a classic game released initially for the BBC Micro, it had wireframe graphics where you take control of a robot drone, taking over other more powerful robots to complete tasks (similar to that of Paradroid). The back story was set out in a novella which was included in the game's packaging.
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Cholo was a classic game released initially for the BBC Micro, it had wireframe graphics where you take control of a robot drone, taking over other more powerful robots to complete tasks (similar to that of Paradroid). The back story was set out in a novella which was included in the game's packaging.
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Anyone over 30 is sure to feel a nostalgic inner-glow whenever the BBC Micro is mentioned.
The world has changed so much in the last 30 years with regards to computing. Now it is common for households of people who are not even considered geeky to have a couple of computers, a playstation, myspace and facebook pages, mobile phones with internet connections, etc... But for a large chunk of the 1980s the 'Beeb', was one of the main ways people in the UK accessed computer technology.
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