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Atlantic Balloon Crossing
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]

Contents

Atlantic Balloon Crossing is a game that places the player in control of a gas balloon in an effort to cross the Atlantic Ocean from Canada to Paris in the shortest possible time.[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.
  2. ^ a b c Suchar, Joseph (March 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (37). Steve Jackson Games: 27.