What is BBC Bridge Companion?
{{Refimprove|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox information appliance | name = BBC Bridge Companion | image = BBC-bridge-companion.png | caption = BBC Bridge Companion with a Bridge Builder cartridge inserted | developer = [[BBC Enterprises Ltd]], Unicard Ltd | manufacturer = [[Heber (company)|Heber]] | type = [[Home video game console]] | generation = [[History of video game consoles (third generation)|Third generation]] | release date = {{Start date and age|1985}} | price = {{GBP|199.99|1985}} | media = [[ROM cartridge]] | power = 240V AC | CPU = [[Zilog Z80A]] @ 3.579 MHz | memory = 2kB SRAM, 16kB VRAM, 16kB ROM | display = 280×216, 8 colours | graphics = [[Texas Instruments TMS9918|Texas Instruments TMS9129NL]] | input = Keypad }} The '''BBC Bridge Companion''' is an [[8-bit]] [[video game console]] made to teach [[Contract bridge|bridge]]. It was made by [[BBC]] Enterprises Ltd and came out in 1985 in the [[United Kingdom]] for [[GBP|£]]199.99.<ref>{{cite book |last=Frank |first=Ian |authorlink=Ian Frank |title=Search & Planning Under Incomplete Information: A Study Using Bridge Card Play |year=1998 |publisher=Springer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-540-76257-7|pages=294}}</ref> == History == Maths teacher Andrew Kambites wanted to make money from bridge, which he loved. He had programmed computers, so he made it into the BBC Bridge Companion.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kambites |first=Andrew |title=Andrew Kambites |work=English Bridge Union |date= |url=https://www.ebu.co.uk/biographies/andrew-kambites |access-date=24 September 2021}}</ref> == List of cartridges == All programs for the system teach different parts of bridge. * Advanced Bidding * Advanced Defence * Bridge Builder * Club Play 1 * Club Play 2 * Club Play 3 * Conventions 1 * Duplicate 1 * Master Play 1 == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.eb