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	Acornsoft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Acornsoft was the software arm of Acorn Computers Ltd, and was a major publisher of software for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron.
		Acornsoft also published a number of text adventure games by authors such as Peter Killworth, including Philosopher's Quest and Countdown to Doom, that remain highly regarded within the interactive fiction community.
		Acornsoft also published and distributed a range of educational software developed by ASK (Applied Systems Knowledge) that were widely used in schools running BBC Micros.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Acornsoft (993 words)

	8bit Games Software
		Acornsoft Elite is the first in a new generation of 3-D space games featuring interstellar travel in a distant cluster of galaxies in the outer universe.
		The strength of the shot is controlled by varying the length of the cue, and you are given the option of using Backspin and Topspin in addition to ordinary shots.
		Acornsoft Snooker is fully compatible with either keyboard or joysticks.
	www.classicacorn.freeuk.com /asoft_titles/games/games.html (2547 words)

	Information Archive: ARCADIANS, Acornsoft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Once the game is loaded, the first screen shows the keyboard controls, and asks you to select 1 or 2 to start - select 1 for one player and 2 for two players.
		Move the laser-base across the screen to aim at the Arcadians hovering in convoy over you.
		Arcadians in the different rows are worth different amounts and, when killed in mid-flight, are worth double their original number of points.
	www.acornelectron.co.uk /info/acornsoft/i-arca.html (185 words)

	labyrinth acornsoft information -- labyrinth acornsoft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Acornsoft also published a number of text adventure...
		Acornsoft, then the software arm of Acorn Computers Ltd., also based in Cambridge and with strong links to the university, published a conversion of "Acheton" to the BBC Micro, on two 100K floppy...
		Some games were later released by Acornsoft and some later again by Topologika, so that...
	www.monslabyrinth.info /labyrinthacornsoft (564 words)

	The BBC Games Archive - Welcome
		Superior Software eventually came in and bought the whole of Acornsoft's back catalogue in 1986 and from then on some of the games were re-released on the Play It Again Sam, and Acornsoft Hits collections.
		After five years in the ring it was still the unbeaten champion, and you can imagine why, Acorn had all the knowledge about the beeb, everything which it was capable of, and how to do it in the best way possible, which is why most of their games are extremely well programmed.
		Acornsoft offered a prize for anyone who could complete the riddles in the game, the prize being a badge saying "I conquered the Castle of Riddles".
	www.beebgames.com /games.php?company=1 (809 words)

	Only the Best BBC Micro Games / BBC Games from the past - AcornSoft Games
		The second Arcade Conversion by AcornSoft, was a straight clone of Williams Defender - and once again, it was quite excellent.
		One thing in particular stood out on Arcadians: It was the first BBC game I had seen (at the time) which had a demo mode where the computer played the game itself.
		This was the game that at the time, placed AcornSoft at the top of the BBC Software Scene ladder.
	www.bbcmicrogames.com /acornsoft.html (1521 words)

	The Retro Years - Review - Beebs bobble but they don't fall down
		And the very fact that it was "the school micro" meant that it was something of an unfashionable machine.
		Snapper (ie Pacman), Arcadians (Galaxian) and Planetoid (Defender) are among the best 8-bit games ever released, with excellent and colourful graphics, decent sound and above all tremendous gameplay.
		Acornsoft had some very notable other hits as well.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /discussion/the-retro-years/418652 (1661 words)

	Bagshot Row : The Chuckie Egg Professional's Resource Kit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The well-known columnist Hac Man, in the September 1990 edition of The Micro User, went so far as to suggest Acornsoft's venerable Elite could be described as a rich man's Cylon Attack.
		This one is hardly likely to challenge the dominance of the classic IF games from Level 9 and Acornsoft, but may be worth a look if you're a fan of the genre.
		The story is straightfoward with you, as the professor, trying to find the crystals that will return you to normal size, after a dropped potion shrinks you to the height of 1 inch.
	www.bagshot-row.org /chuckie-egg/anfreleases.html (2427 words)

	Wouter's pages: Wanted! Acorn BBC stuff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		I intend to scan all the Acornsoft games packages and instructions in high resolution (I started with this in june 2005, I will add the scans to the website after I've processed them).
		Acornsoft Disk versions: 6502 second processor elite (SNG 45), Others, especially: Meteors, Arcadians, Hopper, Snapper (loose disks and/or instruction leaflets as well, as I have various games with bad disks and missing instruction leaflets).
		Acornsoft Cassette or disk versions (I'm not sure if these were really released): Meteors with the blue/fl box -> Image Star swarm (
	www.xs4all.nl /~swhs/whs/2ndhand/wanted.html (1055 words)

	VideogameJunkie - BBC Model B Feature
		Although a large number of developers and publishers released games on the BBC the majority of those people remember were published by either Acornsoft or, more often, Superior Software.
		Original popular titles from Acornsoft included Elite as previously mentioned along with Labrynth, Starship Command, and Revs and others.
		Labrynth was a simple but addictive maze game that had you hunting down crystals while avoiding and destroying ghosts (which at the time always reminded me of the Slimer ghost from Ghostbusters).
	www.videogamejunkie.co.uk /hardware/modelb/gaming.php (643 words)

	Xbeeb Screenshots
		Perhaps my memory is failing and there was something else involving water that always ended up killing me off.
		The original Acornsoft conversion of Pacman which, with Defender, caused a bit of a fuss because of their close similarity to the originals.
		Snapper then became four ginger-bread men hunted by a pumpkin wearing a silly hat and Defender had it's name changed to Planetoid.
	www.cloud9.co.uk /james/BBCMicro/Xbeeb/Screenshots.html (366 words)

	Arcadians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Arcadians, a computer game by Acornsoft for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron
		The Arcadians, a British rock and roll band from Norfolk
		For the descendants of the original French settlers in North-Eastern Canada see Acadians.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arcadians (124 words)

	Subject: Re: FRAK! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		He went on to write Wing Commander for the Amiga, not > one of his better efforts (though it was a good effort and quite acceptable > on the A1200).
		There were also a few other titles he wrote for Acornsoft under his real name, Nick Pelling, though I can't remember for the life of me what they were!
		His excellent music was definitely one of his trademarks, as was his habit of doing "never done before" stuff...
	nelsonit.net /~jon/BBCMicro/2000/09/05/093800.html (204 words)

	My first computer: The BBC Micro - Desktops - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
		But of course for all those of us who didn't really desire the BBC for its, ahem, educational properties (although that's what we told our parents) the games were a joy.
		Titles like Rocket Raid, Chuckie Egg, Arcadians and Meteor are still incredibly evocative to anyone who had the pleasure of a BBC in their formative years.
		Strangely it never understood the fact that I had a dead leg from sitting on the floor for too long and a headache from a combination of tape recorder grief and irradiating my brain for six hours in front of a 24-inch TV screen.
	hardware.silicon.com /desktops/0,39024645,39127208,00.htm (1453 words)

	WotR – Fred Haaaaaaris
		After a few years, you could get all the great coin-op games, although they were usually given different names to avoid licensing.
		The big three were Superior Software, Acornsoft and Micro Power.
		The fierce competition saw them churn out plenty of great titles right up to the end, when all three were merged into Superior Software, which soon disappeared itself.
	www.wayoftherodent.com /guests/bob_cdw1.htm (1051 words)

	Games - Acornsoft
		Acornsoft was the software arm of Acorn Computers Ltd, and was a major publisher of games for the BBC Micro
		The Acornsoft name was also used for the ROM-based word processor, Acornsoft View, and spreadsheet, Acornsoft ViewSheet, which Acorn supplied on ROM cartridges for the BBC Micro
		The entire Acornsoft catalogue was eventually sold to Superior Software
	listing-index.ebay.com /games/Acornsoft.html (294 words)

	General Comments... - Review - In memory of Rod Hull...
		Although the Beeb suffered from being very expensive (the Model B was over twice the price of the Spectrum 48K), you did get a good quality machine for your money.
		Acornsoft's "conversions" of then-current arcade games were so good it seemed rather ironic in their latter days that they moaned so much about copyright - Planetoid (Defender), Arcadians (Galaxians) and Snapper (Pac-Man) are pixel-perfect.
		And then there was Acornsoft's greatest achievement: Elite.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /applications/general-comments/361484 (2331 words)

	The BBC Games Archive - Welcome
		Acornsoft then phoned me up, said come to Cambridge and do the same game on the BBC (which turned out to be Arcadians) - I walked out of there with a brand-new BBC under my arm.
		At one stage, I worked from 6pm to 8am so that I wasn't hassled by people phoning up trying to fix clashes between Acornsoft games and Computer Concepts' ROMs, nor by the constant grind of the daisywheel printer the other side of the partition.
		I don't know how many Acornsoft Chess sold, but it wasn't particularly great.
	www.beebgames.com /npinterv.php (982 words)

	Subject: Only 30 games done by Acornsoft? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Hi For my new website I have been compiling a list of Acornsoft games (as well as superior software ones) and I have found that I can only list quite a small number, I have 30 at the moment.
		If there are, can you help me by telling me which ones I don't have?
		Don't take offence at this sig, it is a line from one of my fav songs.
	nelsonit.net /~jon/BBCMicro/1998/03/11/185932.html (99 words)

	BBC Micro - information, downloads, news and links about the BBC micro computer
		Virtually all of the hundreds of games written for the BBC are available for download on the internet.
		The main three publishers were Acornsoft, Superior Software and Micro Power.
		I have taken some screen shots of some of the best games (see below).
	www.btinternet.com /~lawrence.edwards/bbccomp/bbc.htm (548 words)

	Acorn Gaming: Features - BBC compatibility
		In general, if you're having problems with the palette - sometimes the reason for you getting a completely blank screen - try disabling the 'Palette' option, and pushing f10 during the game to get the current settings.
		If the game uses Caps Lock and Ctrl for left and right remember to select the 'Arcadians' keymap which will duplicate these keys on 'A' and 'S', making the game far easier to control.
		The 'exact speed' option doesn't always work, and although Warm Silence Software claim that Snapper runs at the correct speed I'm afraid it doesn't on my machine, and I know of at least one other person with the same problem.
	www.acorn-gaming.org.uk /Features/BBC/index.html (360 words)

	Acorn Gaming: Features - BBC compatibility (2)
		Aqua Attack Acornsoft Acornsoft Y SHOOT 'EM UP Arcadians Acornsoft Acornsoft Y DIVING INVADERS CLONE.
		Meteor Mission Acornsoft Acornsoft Y DODGE METEORS TO LAND ON PLANET Monsters Acornsoft Acornsoft Y DIG HOLES, TRAP MONSTERS Planetoid Acornsoft Acornsoft Y VERY JERKY UNDER EMULATION, TRY GUARDIAN Rocket Raid Acornsoft Acornsoft Y SLIGHTLY JERKY, TRY MOON RAIDER.
		Volcano Acornsoft Acornsoft Y RESCUE PEOPLE FROM LAVA, NEAR IMPOSSIBLE Starship Command Acornsoft Acornsoft Y SHOOT 'EM UP IN SPACE Revs Acornsoft Acornsoft Y USE PATCH TO RUN THIS GREAT RACING GAME.
	www.acorn-gaming.org.uk /index.php3?p=Features/BBC/BBC2 (2302 words)

	Arcadians, Acornsoft
		Category: Software Retro Computer: Acorn Electron software: Arcadians
		Other Software Retro Computer: Acorn Electron software from Acornsoft
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	www.clive.nl /detail/23969 (74 words)

	32-bit Acorn Gaming: Features - 6502Em Games Compatibility
		Chuckie Egg y, although it jerks and runs a bit slowly Cylon Attack y Painter y
		Arcadians y Arthur y Boxer y Carousel y Castle of Riddles y Countdown to Doom y Cube Master y Defender y, although scrolling flickers (don't enable scroll hack) Elite y (all versions) Firebug y Hopper y JCB Digger y Labyrinth y Meteors y Monsters ?
		Philosopher's Quest y Planetoid y Reversi y Revs y, although enable patch and disable palette changes Rocket Raid y R*Ther y Snapper y, although runs far too quickly (unplayable) Snooker y Sphinx Adventure y Starship Command y Star Striker y Super Defender y Super Invaders y Tetrapods y Volcano y
	www.doggysoft.co.uk /gaming/Features/BBC.html (576 words)

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		* Arcadians: v?, german version * Missile base: v?, german version Aliases * super defender: modified defender (slightly different basic loaders) * Star Swarm (acornsoft): tetrapod, actually starswarm is a bit different; the bullets don't bounce off the walls.
		* Zany kong jr (1984): Killer Gorilla 2 (1988) (Superior soft.) * Danger UXB = Blockman (Micro Power) * Carnival = Carousel (Acornsoft) * Centipede = Bug Blaster (Alligata) * Deathstar (Superior) = Sinistar (Atari) * Skirmish = Joust --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.
		Reading and writing 5 1/4 BBC disks on a PC: You can use anadisk (simtel: msdos/diskutil/anad207.zip) to read disks and FDC (an improved version of FDCDEMO) to read and write disks.
	www.mdfsnet.f9.co.uk /Docs/Comp/6502Emuls/Hints1 (841 words)

	Acorn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		SPORT SPECTACULAR (ALTERNATIVE) COMPILATION INCLUDES SOCCER BOSS, KARATE WARRIOR, GRAND PRIX, INDOOR SOCCER, GOLF, FISHING, HOWZAT, MICROBALL, PARACHUTE, DAY AT THE RACES
		THE ACORNSOFT HITS VOL 1 TAPE ONLY INCLUDES MAGIC MUSHROOMS, MAZE,ROCKET RAID, PLANETOID
		THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (TAPE ONLY NO BOX)
	www.highstreetmicro.co.uk /pagedocs/acorncassette.htm (361 words)

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