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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.

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Acheton - A text adventure, floppy disc based.
Arcadians
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