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 :

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Date: 1983 100 Programs for the BBC Microcomputer

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1984 ABC (Disk)

For the BBC Microcompute

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1984 Acheton

With original retail receipt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Date: 1983 Air

Scienc

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1982 Algebraic Manipulation

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: Unknown Atom Chess

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

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

Date: 1989 Barbarian II The Dungeon of Drax

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

Date: 1984 Bouncer (Disk)

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

Date: 1987 C

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Date: 1983 Carousel

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

Date: 1984 Castle Of Riddles

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehead Contains the hint sheet envelope

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Acornsoft
Platform : Acorn Electron

Date: 1983 Chemical Simulations

For the BBC Micro Model B Our copy new and sealed

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Date: 1983 Chemical Simulations

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

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1983 Chess

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1983 Color

Early Childhood Educatio

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1987 Crazee Rider (Disk)

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

Date: 1984 Crazy Tracer

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehea

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: W Mansell
Platform : 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

Date: 1982 Cube Master

Our copy of this software is as new and sealed

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1982 Defender

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1983 Density

Scienc

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1984 Draughts & Reversi

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehead Sealed

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

Date: 1983 Draughts and Reversi

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

Date: 1983 Drogna

For the BBC Microcomputer Model B Our copy New and Seale

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

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

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

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 game that really pushed the technology of the time to th ...

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1984 Elite (Sealed)

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

Date: 1984 Elite (Signed)

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

Date: 1987 Elixir

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1984 Firebug

For the BBC Microcomputer Model B

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Date: 1984 Forth

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehea

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

Date: 1983 Free Fall

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehea

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

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 :

Date: 1986 Galaforce

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

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

Date: 1984 Go

For the BBC Microcomputer Model

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

Date: 1984 Go

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehea

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

Date: 1987 Grand Prix Construction Set

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1983 Graphics on the BBC Microcomputer

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1983 Happy Numbers

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1983 Hooked on Numbers

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1984 Hopper

Cassette based 'frogger' style game

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn Electron

Date: 1983 Hopper

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1983 JCB Digger

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

Date: 1983 Juggle Puzzle

A puzzle gam

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1983 Kingdom Of Hamil (cassette)

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1983 Linkword German

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

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Date: Unknown Linkword Italian

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

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Date: 1985 Locomotion

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1985 Magic Mushrooms

For the BBC Microcomputer Model B

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

Date: 1985 Magic Mushrooms

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

Date: 1983 Map Rally

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1984 Maze

For the BBC Microcomputer Model

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Date: 1984 Maze

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehea

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

Date: 1983 Membership Manager

For the BBC Micro Model B

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

Date: 1984 Meteor Mission

New & Seale

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1984 Monsters

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehea

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

Date: 1983 Number Gulper

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

Date: 1983 One To Nine

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: ICL
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1987 Palace of Magic

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

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

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

Date: 1982 Peeko-Computer (Sealed)

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1984 Philosopher's Quest

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehead Contains hint shee

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

Date: 1984 Planetoid

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehea

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

Date: 1987 Play It Again Sam

Two cassettes Containing : Citadel Thrust Stryker's Run Ravenskull

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Various
Platform : Acorn Electron

Date: 1987 Play it Again Sam

Citadel Thrust Stryker's Run Ravenskull

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1989 Play it Again Sam 10

Zalaga Qwak 3D Dotty Repton Thru Tim

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

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

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

Date: 1989 Play it Again Sam 9

Camelot Steve Davies Snooker Spycat The Life of Repton

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1986 Plus Three Games

Contains: Firebug Maze Planetoid

Software House: Acornsoft
Author: Various
Platform : Acorn Electron

Date: 1983 Podd

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1983 Podd (Disk)

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1988 Quest

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1984 Quondam

For the BBC Microcomputer Model B

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : Acorn BBC Micro

Date: 1987 Repton Around the World in 40 Screens

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1988 Repton Thru Time

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

Date: 1985 Revs

Revs is simply the most advanced race simulator yet

Software House: Acornsoft
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

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