Acornsoft was the software arm of Acorn Computers Ltd, and was a major publisher of games for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron. 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/Acorn Electron and included as standard in the BBC Master and Acorn Business Computer.

While many of their games were clones or remakes of popular arcade games (Hopper = Frogger, Snapper = Pac-Man, Arcadians = Galaxian), they also published a number of original, innovative titles (such as Revs and Elite) that went on to spawn entire genres that live on to this day.

Acornsoft also published a number of text adventure games by Peter Killworth, including Philosopher's Quest and Countdown to Doom, that remain highly regarded within the interactive fiction community.

The entire Acornsoft catalogue was eventually sold to Superior Software and rereleased by them, often in budget form.

Select titles

• Acheton - A text adventure, floppy disc based.
• Arcadians - A Galaxian clone
• Aviator - A Spitfire flight simulator. With aliens...
• Bouncer
• Carousel - clone of the arcade game Carnival, a cross between a fairground game and Space Invaders
• Castle of Riddles - A text adventure
• Countdown to Doom - A text adventure; first in a series
• Drogna
• Elite - A 3d space battle and trading game
• Freefall
• Gateway to Karos - A text adventure
• Hopper - A Frogger clone
• JCB Digger - A 2d dig-em-up
• Kingdom of Hamil - A text adventure
• Labyrinth - A 2d maze shoot-em-up
• Last Days of Doom - A text adventure; third in the series
• Magic Mushrooms - A platform and ladders game with built in level editor
• Meteors - An Asteroids clone
• Missile Base - A Missile Command clone
• Monsters - Platform and Ladders game, similar to Lode Runner
• Philosopher's Quest - A text adventure
• Planetoid - A Defender clone
• Return to Doom - A text adventure; second in the series
• Revs - A racing car simulation
• Rocket Raid - A Scramble clone
• Snapper - A Pacman clone
• Sphinx Adventure - A text adventure
• Starship Command - A 2d space battle game
• Super Invaders - A Space Invaders game
• Volcano - A game in which you rescue people from the other side of an active volcano with a helicopter

External links

• Acornsoft information and list of games – At The BBC Games Archive

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