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Computing Games published by Acornsoft

The following is a list of Computing Games published by Acornsoft in the Centre for Computing History collection. It is not an exhaustive list of and other games may have been published. If you have any games or software that you would like to donate to our collection, please view our donations page.

There are 126 Computing Games published by Acornsoft in our collection :
Order By : Title - Release Date - Publisher
100 Programs for the BBC Microcomputer Date: 1983 100 Programs for the BBC Microcomputer

 

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

ABC (Disk) Date: 1984 ABC (Disk)

 For the BBC Microcompute

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Acheton Date: 1984 Acheton

With original retail receipt

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Jon Thackray, David Seal, Jonathan Partington
Platform : BBC Micro

Acornsoft Games Pack 1 Date: Unknown Acornsoft Games Pack 1

The Acornsoft Games Pack 1 includes the following games:   ASTEROIDS Written by Steve Furber SUB HUNT BREAKOUT Written by Chris Howell 

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Various
Platform : Acorn Atom

Acornsoft Games Pack 2 Date: Unknown Acornsoft Games Pack 2

The Acornsoft Games Pack 2 includes the following games:   DOGFIGHT Written by Peter Miller MASTERMIND Wriiten By DJD ZOMBIE New and Sealed Very Kindly Donated By Chris Jordan  

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Various, see notes
Platform : Acorn Atom

Acornsoft Games Pack 3 Date: 1980 Acornsoft Games Pack 3

Contains: Rat Trap Lunar Lander Black Box Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehead New and Sealed

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Various
Platform : Acorn Atom

Acornsoft Games Pack 4 Date: 1980 Acornsoft Games Pack 4

Contains: Star Trek Four Row Space Attack Invasion Force Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehea

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Not Known
Platform : Acorn Atom

Acornsoft Games Pack 5 Date: 1980 Acornsoft Games Pack 5

Contains: Invaders (by Hugo Tyson) Wumpus (by Thomas Green) Reversi (by Laurence Hardwick) 

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Hugo Tyson, Thomas Green, Laurence Hardwick
Platform : Acorn Atom

Acornsoft Games Pack 6 Date: 1983 Acornsoft Games Pack 6

The Acornsoft Games Pack 6 includes the following games:   DODGEMS By Neil Raine steer your cars around the lanes, collecting points, but avoid the computer controlled car which is program ...

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Various
Platform : Acorn Atom

Acornsoft Games Pack 7 Date: 1983 Acornsoft Games Pack 7

The Acornsoft Games Pack 7 includes the following games: Green Things Ballistics Snake  

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Various
Platform : Acorn Atom

Acornsoft Games Pack 8 Date: 1983 Acornsoft Games Pack 8

The Acornsoft Games Pack 8 includes the following games:   STARGATE Protect your missile base against the waves of invading aliens who attack by warping through stargates, and aim for the highe ...

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn Atom

Acornsoft Games Pack 9 Date: Unknown Acornsoft Games Pack 9

The Acornsoft Games Pack 9 includes the following games:   Snapper Written by Hugo Tyson   Minotaur Written by David Shepherd   Babies Written by Tim Dobso

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn Atom

Air Date: 1983 Air

Scienc

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Algebraic Manipulation Date: 1982 Algebraic Manipulation

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Atom Chess Date: Unknown Atom Chess

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Not Known
Platform : Acorn Atom

Atom LISP Date: Atom LISP

The Atom Lisp interpreter consists of 5 1/2K of machine code interpreter plus 3k, of initialised LISP workspace containing lisp utilities

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Not Known
Platform : Acorn Atom

Barbarian II The Dungeon of Drax Date: 1989 Barbarian II The Dungeon of Drax

 

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Peter Scott
Platform : BBC Micro

Bouncer (Disk) Date: 1984 Bouncer (Disk)

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Steve John Rew
Platform : BBC Micro

C Date: 1987 C

 

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Carousel Date: 1983 Carousel

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: David Shepherd
Platform : BBC Micro

Castle Of Riddles Date: 1984 Castle Of Riddles

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehead Contains the hint sheet envelope

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Acornsoft
Platform : Acorn Electron

Chemical Simulations Date: 1983 Chemical Simulations

For the BBC Micro Model B   Our copy new and sealed    

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Chemical Simulations Date: 1983 Chemical Simulations

This pack contains 3 A level Chemistry programs on cassette and a booklet

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Chess Date: 1983 Chess

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Color Date: 1983 Color

Early Childhood Educatio

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Crazee Rider (Disk) Date: 1987 Crazee Rider (Disk)

 

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Superior Software
Platform : BBC Micro

Crazy Tracer Date: 1984 Crazy Tracer

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehea

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: W Mansell
Platform : Acorn Electron

Creative Assembler: How to Write Arcade Games for the BBC and Acorn electron Date: 1987 Creative Assembler: How to Write Arcade Games for the BBC and Acorn electron

 Companion cassette for the book of the same name that is in Location BK58

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Jonathan Griffiths
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Cube Master Date: 1982 Cube Master

Our copy of this software is as new and sealed

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Defender Date: 1982 Defender

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Density Date: 1983 Density

Scienc

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Draughts & Reversi Date: 1984 Draughts & Reversi

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehead Sealed

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Nick Reeves
Platform : Acorn Electron

Draughts and Reversi Date: 1983 Draughts and Reversi

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Nick Reeves
Platform : BBC Micro

Drogna Date: 1983 Drogna

For the BBC Microcomputer Model B   Our copy New and Seale

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Elite Date: 1984 Elite

Ian Bell and David Braben converted the seminal Space Trading and combat game from the BBC themselves, finding that compromises would have to be made

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Ian Bell / David Braben
Platform : Acorn Electron

Elite (BBC Master 128, 6502 Second Processor) Date: 1985 Elite (BBC Master 128, 6502 Second Processor)

Written in Cambridge by Ian Bell and David Braben, it was published by Acorn's publishing arm Acornsoft, this was a space trading, space combat gamethat really pushed the technology of the time to t ...

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Ian Bell / David Braben
Platform : BBC Micro

Elite (Disk Version) Date: 1986 Elite (Disk Version)

Written in Cambridge by Ian Bell and David Braben, it was published by Acorn's publishing arm Acornsoft, this was a space trading, space combat gamethat really pushed the technology of the time to the ...

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Elite (Sealed) Date: 1984 Elite (Sealed)

Written in Cambridge by Ian Bell and David Braben, it was published by Acorn's publishing arm Acornsoft, this was a space trading, space combat gamethat really pushed the technology of the time to t ...

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Ian Bell / David Braben
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Elite (Signed) Date: 1984 Elite (Signed)

Written in Cambridge by Ian Bell and David Braben, it was published by Acorn's publishing arm Acornsoft, this was a space trading, space combat gamethat really pushed the technology of the time to the ...

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Ian Bell / David Braben
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Elixir Date: 1987 Elixir

 

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Firebug Date: 1984 Firebug

For the BBC Microcomputer Model B  

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Forth Date: 1984 Forth

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehea

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Richard De Grandis-Harrison
Platform : Acorn Electron

Free Fall Date: 1983 Free Fall

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehea

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Ian Bell
Platform : Acorn Electron

Free Fall Date: 1983 Free Fall

You control the survivor of a space accident and you must free fall down towards a planet while bear handed killing aliens defending important documents and hoping you don't run out of oxygen

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform :

Galaforce Date: 1986 Galaforce

 

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Gateway to Karos Date: 1983 Gateway to Karos

Adventure game for the BBC Micro Model B Our copy of this software is as new and sealed

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Go Date: 1984 Go

For the BBC Microcomputer Model

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Bruno Pryzbyla
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Go Date: 1984 Go

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehea

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Bruno Pryzbyla
Platform : Acorn Electron

Grand Prix Construction Set Date: 1987 Grand Prix Construction Set

 

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Graphics on the BBC Microcomputer Date: 1983 Graphics on the BBC Microcomputer

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Happy Numbers Date: 1983 Happy Numbers

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Hooked on Numbers Date: 1983 Hooked on Numbers

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Hopper Date: 1984 Hopper

Cassette based 'frogger' style game

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn Electron

Hopper Date: 1983 Hopper

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

JCB Digger Date: 1983 JCB Digger

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Jonathan Griffiths
Platform : BBC Micro

Juggle Puzzle Date: 1983 Juggle Puzzle

 A puzzle gam

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Kingdom Of Hamil (cassette) Date: 1983 Kingdom Of Hamil (cassette)

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Linkword German Date: 1983 Linkword German

For the BBC Micro Model B Our copy is New & Sealed

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Linkword Italian Date: Unknown Linkword Italian

For the BBC Micro Model B Our copy is New & Sealed

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Locomotion Date: 1985 Locomotion

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Magic Mushrooms Date: 1985 Magic Mushrooms

For the BBC Microcomputer Model B

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Richard Clay, Tim Dobson, Neil Raine
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Magic Mushrooms Date: 1985 Magic Mushrooms

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Neil Rayne, Tim Dobson, Tim Raine
Platform : Acorn Electron

Map Rally Date: 1983 Map Rally

 

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Maze Date: 1984 Maze

For the BBC Microcomputer Model

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Maze Date: 1984 Maze

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehea

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Tim Dobson
Platform : Acorn Electron

Membership Manager Date: 1983 Membership Manager

For the BBC Micro Model B

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: ICL
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Meteor Mission Date: 1984 Meteor Mission

New & Seale

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Monsters Date: 1984 Monsters

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehea

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Tim Dobson
Platform : Acorn Electron

Number Gulper Date: 1983 Number Gulper

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Don Walton
Platform : BBC Micro

One To Nine Date: 1983 One To Nine

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: ICL
Platform : BBC Micro

Palace of Magic Date: 1987 Palace of Magic

 

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Paul Daniels Magic Show Date: 1984 Paul Daniels Magic Show

From the marketing text: The pack contains ten magic tricks and some simple props for you, the conjurer, to use

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Paul Daniels's Magic Show Date: 1984 Paul Daniels's Magic Show

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehead Contains the playing card set

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Peter Killworth
Platform : Acorn Electron

Peeko-Computer (Sealed) Date: 1982 Peeko-Computer (Sealed)

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Philosopher's Quest Date: 1984 Philosopher's Quest

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehead Contains hint shee

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Peter Killworth
Platform : Acorn Electron

Planetoid Date: 1984 Planetoid

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehea

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Neil Rayne
Platform : Acorn Electron

Play It Again Sam Date: 1987 Play It Again Sam

Two cassettes Containing : Citadel Thrust Stryker's Run Ravenskull

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Various
Platform : Acorn Electron

Play it Again Sam Date: 1987 Play it Again Sam

Citadel Thrust Stryker's Run Ravenskull  

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Play it Again Sam 10 Date: 1989 Play it Again Sam 10

Zalaga Qwak 3D Dotty Repton Thru Tim

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Play it Again Sam 14 Date: 1989 Play it Again Sam 14

Predator Ballistix Superior Soccer Star Port Kindly donated by Chris Whytehead

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Various
Platform : BBC Micro

Play it Again Sam 6 Date: 1989 Play it Again Sam 6

Galaforce 2 Hunchback 2 Hopper The Sentinel Video's Revenge Kindly donated by Chris Whytehead

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Various
Platform : BBC Micro

Play it Again Sam 9 Date: 1989 Play it Again Sam 9

Camelot Steve Davies Snooker Spycat The Life of Repton  

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Plus Three Games Date: 1986 Plus Three Games

Contains: Firebug Maze Planetoid

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Various
Platform : Acorn Electron

Podd Date: 1983 Podd

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Podd (Disk) Date: 1983 Podd (Disk)

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Quest Date: 1988 Quest

 

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Quondam Date: 1984 Quondam

For the BBC Microcomputer Model B  

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Repton Around the World in 40 Screens Date: 1987 Repton Around the World in 40 Screens

 

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Repton Thru Time Date: 1988 Repton Thru Time

 

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Revs Date: 1985 Revs

Revs is simply the most advanced race simulator yet

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Revs Date: 1985 Revs

 Wriiten by Geoff Crammond, who would also be responsible for other great games on the BBC, both technically and in gameplay, such as Super Invaders, Aviator and The Sentinel

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Geoff Crammond
Platform : BBC Micro

Revs 4 Tracks Date: 1985 Revs 4 Tracks

Donington Park - Snetterton - Oulton Park - Brands Hatc

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Revs 4 Tracks Cassette Date: 1985 Revs 4 Tracks Cassette

4 Addition tracks for the Acornsoft game Revs

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Revs 4 Tracks Disk Date: 1985 Revs 4 Tracks Disk

4 Addition tracks for te Acornsoft game Revs

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Revs Cassette Date: 1985 Revs Cassette

 

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Rocket Raid (Disk) Date: 1984 Rocket Raid (Disk)

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Jonathan Griffiths
Platform : BBC Micro

Rocket Raid (French) Date: 1984 Rocket Raid (French)

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Jonathan Griffiths
Platform : BBC Micro

Sense Date: 1983 Sense

Scienc

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Sentence Squencing Date: 1983 Sentence Squencing

Reading/Language Arts

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Sliding-Block Puzzles (Sealed) Date: 1982 Sliding-Block Puzzles (Sealed)

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Mike Bisko-Taylor
Platform : BBC Micro

Snapper Date: 1982 Snapper

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Jonathan Griffiths
Platform : BBC Micro

Snapper (French Version) Date: 1984 Snapper (French Version)

French version of the Pac Man clone

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Jonathan Griffiths
Platform : BBC Micro

Snooker Date: 1984 Snooker

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehea

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Kevin Reid
Platform : Acorn Electron

Sphinx Adventure (disk) Date: 1983 Sphinx Adventure (disk)

 

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Spooky Manor (sealed) Date: 1984 Spooky Manor (sealed)

Seale

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Spycat Date: 1988 Spycat

 

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Starship Command Date: 1983 Starship Command

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Acornsoft
Platform : Acorn Electron

Starship Command (disk) Date: 1983 Starship Command (disk)

 New & Seale

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Super Invaders Date: 1982 Super Invaders

For the BBC Micro Model B Our copy of this software is as new and sealed

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Geoff Crammond
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Table Adventures Date: 1983 Table Adventures

Table Adventures is an exciting way of helping young children with their tables

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Talkback Date: 1983 Talkback

For the BBC Micro Model B      

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

The Acornsoft Hits Volume 1 Date: 1983 The Acornsoft Hits Volume 1

Magic Mushrooms Maze Planetoid Monsters Kindly donated by Chris Whytehea

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Various
Platform : Acorn Electron

The Acornsoft Hits Volume 1 Date: 1984 The Acornsoft Hits Volume 1

Magic Mushrooms Maze Planetoid Rocket Raid

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

The Acornsoft Hits Volume 2 Date: 1983 The Acornsoft Hits Volume 2

Starship Command Arcadians Meteors Snooker Kindly donated by Chris Whytehea

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Various
Platform : Acorn Electron

The Acornsoft Hits Volume 2 Date: 1984 The Acornsoft Hits Volume 2

Starship Command Arcadians Labyrinth Meteor

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

The Complete Cocktail Maker Date: 1984 The Complete Cocktail Maker

For the BBC Micro Model B

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Geoffrey Hindley
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

The Life of Repton Date: 1987 The Life of Repton

 

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

The Superior Collection Volume 2 Date: 1987 The Superior Collection Volume 2

Kix Repton 2 Deathstar Space Pilot Missle Strike Battle Tank Crazy Painter Overdrive  

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Timeman One Date: 1983 Timeman One

 

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Timeman Two Date: 1983 Timeman Two

 

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Tree of Knowledge Sealed Date: 1982 Tree of Knowledge Sealed

The TREE OF KNOWLEDGE is an interactive program which teaches categorisation

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Word Hunt Date: 1984 Word Hunt

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehea

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Ann and Russel Wills
Platform : Acorn Electron

Word Sequencing Date: 1983 Word Sequencing

Reading/Language Arts

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Words Words Words Date: 1983 Words Words Words

 

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Tom Stonier
Platform : BBC Micro

Workshop Date: 1984 Workshop

for the BBC Microcomputer

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Workshop (Disk) Date: 1984 Workshop (Disk)

for the BBC Microcomputer

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

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