Library

Sections

1. Media
   1. Professional Releases (UK)
      

      Features the largest archives of the site. Showcases every professional release that could be purchased on the high street (or via mail order) in the Electron's heyday (1982-1991)

   2. Professional Releases (Other Countries)
      

      Features versions of Electron software designed for Speakers of Other Languages. Dutch, German and Welsh software is available in this library

   3. Public Domain Releases
      

      Features all of that software written by home-coders and originally available from the PD libraries circa 1988-1995. All of this software is exclusively disc-based

   4. Companion Discs
      

      Features the code to accompany books and programs in the Books and Magazines archives - so that if you want to play a game originally supplied as a type-in, you don't need to type it in again. All of this software is exclusively disc-based

   5. Electron User Group (EUG) Discs
      

      Features the entire library of EUG discs, the User Group founded by Will Watts in 1991 which continues to produce and review new demos, games and other programs to this day. All of this software is exclusively disc-based

   6. Unfinished Games
      

      Features a selection of games that never made it to publication and exist in half-finished versions. All of this software is exclusively disc-based

   7. Unreleased Games
      

      Features a selection of games originally designed to be Professional Releases, but which did not ultimately make it to publication. All of this software is exclusively disc-based

   8. Search By Screenshot
      

      The section of the site that allows you to search by your own "recognition" if you don't remember the name of the program you are actually looking for.

2. Books
   

   Features all of the third party books supplied for the Electron, most of which are available as PDF files for download. Most books are in English only, with some available in Dutch

3. Game Help
   

   Features a library of assistance with games released for the Electron, compiled from Electron User magazine, EUG's Elk Entertainment columns and the hintsheets supplied by The Impact Games Club

4. Hardware
   

   Features information, photographs and downloadable User Guides for the Acorn Electron itself, plus all of the expansions produced for it over the years. User Guides are in Microsoft Word format

5. Magazines
   

   Features individually scanned pages of all of the magazines in which the Electron has been featured, or which published programs for it

6. ROMs
   

   Features information, photographs and downloadable User Guides for the ROM chips produced for the Electron. User Guides are in Microsoft Word format

7. ROM Cartridges
   

   Features an archive of information on Acornsoft's ROM Cartridges for the Electron

8. Videos
   

   Features an archive of programming tutorials and one Flash tribute to the 8Bit era

9. Useful Links
   

   Links to emulation sites, our favourite sites plus a library of software programs that can be installed on your PC to enable you to turn it into an Electron, read from/write to original media and play around with files

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