Bun Fun is a computer game, released for the BBC Micro

BBC Micro

The BBC Microcomputer System, or BBC Micro, was a series of microcomputers and associated peripherals designed and built by Acorn Computers for the BBC Computer Literacy Project, operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation...

 home computer by Squirrel Software on cassette

Compact Cassette

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 in . It was later ported to the Acorn Electron

Acorn Electron

The Acorn Electron is a budget version of the BBC Micro educational/home computer made by Acorn Computers Ltd. It has 32 kilobytes of RAM, and its ROM includes BBC BASIC along with its operating system....

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Gameplay

In the game, the player manages a production line. A number of buns sit on a conveyor belt and, by rhythmic tapping of two keys on the computer, the player decorates them with icing, sugar and walnuts to produce a 'gudbun'. The more gudbuns the player produces, the more wages that player earns.

The game runs in both BASIC

BASIC

BASIC is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages whose design philosophy emphasizes ease of use - the name is an acronym from Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code....

 and machine code

Machine code

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Release

The game was originally released by mail order only. It was written by A. J. Turner, who appears to have written only this one game.

External links

• Review of Bun Fun by the Electron User Group