Software:Atlantic Balloon Crossing

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Short description: 1979 video game by Dean Powell
Atlantic Balloon Crossing
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Publisher(s)The Software Exchange
Designer(s)Dean Powell
Platform(s)TRS-80
Release
  • WW: 1979

Atlantic Balloon Crossing is a video game written by Dean Powell for the TRS-80 and published by The Software Exchange in 1979. It was originally printed as a type-in BASIC listing in the June 1979 issue of SoftSide magazine.[1]

Gameplay

Atlantic Balloon Crossing is a game in which players control gas balloons to try to cross the Atlantic Ocean starting in Canada to reach Paris in the shortest time possible.[2]

Reception

Joseph Suchar reviewed Atlantic Balloon Crossing in The Space Gamer No. 37.[2] Suchar commented that "I feel that this game is well worth the money. It provides a challenging multi-player or solitaire game which is difficult to optimize."[2]

References

  1. Powell, Dean (June 1979). "Atlantic Balloon Crossing". SoftSide (9): 8. https://archive.org/details/softside-magazine-09/page/n7. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Suchar, Joseph (March 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (Steve Jackson Games) (37): 27.