One man's flight to save his home town!
Written on November 23rd , 2025 by Tech Ads
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ACORNSSFT PRESENTS
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This new and sensational production will leave you
breathless as you master the art of flying a Spitfire. You'll have
to think fast as you battle with the controls. And the suspense will
be unnerving as you try out your new-found skills on increasingly
difficult manoeuvres.
Aviator is an exciting flight simulator which puts you in the pilot’s seat. Earn® te
your wings as you explore a 3-D graphical world and score points by successfully flying
under a bridge and between skyscrapers. Then meet your ultimate c hallenge- you ane
must save Acornsville from the advancing enemy. £14.95 cassette. £17.65 disc.
Aus full SuppornnGg programs
Starship Command:
JCB Digger:
Are your reactions quick enough to fight off invad- Get the Meanies before they get you! Dig holes for
ing enemy spaceships? Will your performance report [Reena them to fall in, then fill them. Or scoop them up in
to the Star Fleet Admirals be good enough for them to
your shovel and dump them in the sea.
The Meanies will become meaner and harder to
destroy as your skill develops, testing you even further.
£9.95 cassette. £11.50 disc.
warrant you another craft?
As Captain of a battle starship, only you and your
skill can answer those questions. £9.95 cassette.
£11.50 dise.
Disc versions are available in the new dual 40/80 track
Free Fall:
format. These and many more Acornsoft BBC Model B programs
You've been attacked in outer space. All your crew are available from your local Acorn stockist.
members are dead after the Alphoids injected the air Alternatively, you can order programs by sending acheque or
supply to the space station with cyanide. credit card details to Acornsoft at the address below. Credit card
You managed to get your space suit on in time, now holders can also order by telephoning “& 0933-79300. Ring the
defend the vital computer tapes from the Alphoids. | same number fora free Acornsoft catalogue and Aviator poster.
But, be quick, you've only a limited amount of air. Acornsoflt, c/o Vector Marketing, London Road.
£9.95 cassette. £11.50 disc. Wellingborough, Northants NN8 2RL.
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‘One man’s flight to save his home town!’
The Aviator was an early wireframed flight simulator written by Geoff Crammond. Set in a simple 3D world, the user earned points by flying a simulated Spitfire around various buildings and under bridges. The Aviator was available on disk for 17.65GBP or on cassette 14.95GBP.
Footage from The Aviator can be viewed below.
The Aviator can be played at bbcmicro.co.uk.
Starship Command was a 2D scrolling shooter where the user acted as the commander of a spaceship defending against various enemy aliens. Starship Command was available on disk for 11.50GBP or on cassette 9.95GBP.
Footage from Starship Command can be viewed below.
Starship Command can be played at bbcmicro.co.uk.
Free Fall was a shoot ‘em up survival game where the user controlled an astronaut falling back to earth after his space station was attacked. Set during the astronauts’s free fall, the user aimed to survive as long as possible whilst under attack from various enemies who were also in free fall via the use of punches, kicks, impacts, and bombs. Free Fall was available on disk for 11.50GBP or on cassette 9.95GBP.
Footage from Free Fall can be viewed below.
Free Fall can be played at bbcmicro.co.uk.
JCB Digger by Jonathon Griffiths required the user to dig various holes to catch ‘meanies’ before filling the holes in to kill the ‘meanies’.
JCB Digger was available on disk for 11.50GBP or on cassette 9.95GBP.
Footage from JCB Digger can be viewed below.
JCB Digger can be played at bbcmicro.co.uk.
Taken from: Personal Computer World - Volume 8, Issue 1 (January 1985)