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1979 video game by Dean Powell
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1979 video game
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.

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.

Reception

Joseph Suchar reviewed Atlantic Balloon Crossing in The Space Gamer No. 37. 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."

References

  1. Powell, Dean (June 1979). "Atlantic Balloon Crossing". SoftSide (9): 8.
  2. ^ Suchar, Joseph (March 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (37). Steve Jackson Games: 27.
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