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Acornsoft

1980 / 1982 1981 / 1982 1982 / 1982 tot 20 1983 / 1982 tot 46 1984 / 1982 tot 67 1985 / 1982 tot 73 1987 / 1982 tot 78 1988 / 1982 tot 82 1989 / 1982 tot 86 1990 / 1982 tot 89 1991 / 1982 tot 93
Founded in 1982 closed in 1986
Status: dead
Country: U.K.

146
games
10
active years
9.3
per year

brands sold to Superior Software

It is known for Elite

Releases per year

19807
198117
198220
198326
198421
19856
19875
19884
19894
19903
19914

117 video games with valid date were considered (80.1%)

Overall rankings

2
8
2
2
0

Common gametypes

action/reflex20%shooter16%adventure13%platformer6%board game6%other36%

Top platforms

BBC 59
Electron 51
Atom 32
Archimedes 3
TRS-80 1
Elite (BBC Micro)
Elite
BBC 1984
Codename: Droid - Stryker's Run Part 2 (Acorn Electron)
Codename: Droid - Stryker's Run Part 2
ELEC 1987
Hyperball (Acorn Electron)
Hyperball
ELEC 1990
Revs (BBC Micro)
Revs
BBC 1984
Arcadians (Acorn Electron)
Arcadians
ELEC 1984
Star Trek (Atom)
Star Trek
ATOM 198?
Exile (Acorn Electron)
Exile
ELEC 1988? *
Acheton (BBC Micro)
Acheton
BBC 1984
Elite (Acorn Electron)
Elite
ELEC 1984
Air Supremacy (Archimedes)
Air Supremacy
ARCH 1991
Aviator (BBC Micro)
Aviator
BBC 1983
Boxer (Acorn Electron)
Boxer
ELEC 1984

Acornsoft best rated games

Planetoid1982bbc
Elite1984bbc
Monsters1983elec
Aviator1983bbc
Arcadians1984elec
Revs1984bbc
Magic Mushrooms1985bbc
JCB Digger1984bbc

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