Acornsoft was the software arm of Acorn Computers Ltd, and was a major publisher of games for the BBC Micro. Acorn Computers Ltd. ... The BBC Micro, affectionately known as the Beeb, was an early home 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. Frogger is a 1981 arcade game produced by Sega, developed by Konami. ... Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution by Midway Games in 1979. ... Arcadians in a shoot-em-up for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron programmed by Orlando and released by Acornsoft. ... Galaxian is an arcade game by Namco released in 1979. ... Elite is a seminal space trading-game, originally published by Acornsoft in 1984 for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers and subsequently ported to many others. ...

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. Zork, an early work of interactive fiction, running on a modern interpreter Interactive fiction, often abbreviated as IF, is a simulated environment in which players use text commands to control characters. ... Zork, an early work of interactive fiction, running on a modern interpreter Interactive fiction, often abbreviated as IF, describes software containing simulated environments in which players use text commands to control characters. ...

The entire Acornsoft catalogue was eventually sold to Superior Software and rereleased by them, often in budget form. Superior Software is a software house founded in 1982 by Richard Hanson and John Dyson, two graduates of the University of Leeds. ...

Select titles

• Acheton - A text adventure, floppy disc based.
• Arcadians
• Aviator
• Bouncer
• Carousel
• Castle of Riddles - A text adventure
• Countdown to Doom - A text adventure
• 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
• 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
• Philosopher's Quest - A text adventure
• Planetoid - A Defender clone
• Revs - A racing car simulation
• Rocket Raid - A sideways scrolling shoot-em-up
• Snapper - A Pacman clone
• Sphinx Adventure - A text adventure
• Starship Command - A 2d space battle game
• Super Invaders - A Space Invaders game
• Volcano

Arcadians in a shoot-em-up for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron programmed by Orlando and released by Acornsoft. ... Elite is a seminal space trading-game, originally published by Acornsoft in 1984 for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers and subsequently ported to many others. ...

External links

• A list of some Acornsoft titles