Software:Air Traffic Controller (1978 video game)
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| Publisher(s) | Creative Computing |
| Designer(s) | David Mannering |
| Platform(s) | TRS-80, Apple II, Exidy Sorcerer, DOS, Sol-20 |
| Release | TRS-80, Sol-20
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Air Traffic Controller is a 1978 video game written by air traffic controller David Mannering,[1] and released by Creative Computing for the TRS-80 Model I and Exidy Sorcerer in 1978, and for the Apple II, Apple II Plus and Sol-20 in 1979. It was later rewritten by Will Fastie and Bill Appelbaum for Data General AOS in 1980, and ported to DOS for release by PC Disk Magazine in 1983.[2]
An enhanced version titled Advanced Air Traffic Controller was released by Creative Computing in 1981 for the TRS-80, Apple II, Commodore PET, and Atari 800.[3][4]
Gameplay
Air Traffic Controller is a game in which the player directs local air traffic.[5]
Reception
Alan Isabelle reviewed Air Traffic Controller in The Space Gamer, commenting that it was "Unquestionably worth [the price]. I highly recommend this to anyone with the computer to run it.".[5]
Reviews
- Moves #56, p24-25[6]
See also
- Kennedy Approach
References
- ↑ Hillkirk, John (15 August 1981). "Controller Game". The Times (Shreveport, LA: The Times Publishing Company) 110 (262): p. 14–F. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24555727/controller_game_by_john_hillkirk/.
- ↑ Fastie, Will (2009). "The History of ATC". http://atc.fastie.com/about/atc-history.php.
- ↑ Levitan, Martin; Alexander, Michael (October 1982). "Advanced Air Traffic Controller". Videogaming Illustrated (Ion International Inc.): 48.
- ↑ Rovin, Jeff, ed (December 1982). "You Can't Please Anyone". Videogaming Illustrated (Ion International Inc.): 8.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Isabelle, Alan (December 1980). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (Steve Jackson Games) (34): 35.
- ↑ https://strategyandtacticspress.com/library-files/Moves%20Issue56.pdf
External links
- Air Traffic Controller at the Internet Archive
- Air Traffic Controller for Windows
- Advanced Air Traffic Controller at Atari Mania
- Review in 80-US
- Book of Atari Software 1983
- Article in ANALOG Computing
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