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| Atlantic Balloon Crossing | |
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| Publisher(s) | The Software Exchange |
| Designer(s) | Dean Powell |
| Platform(s) | TRS-80 |
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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]
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]
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]
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