Acorn Arcade is acomputing resourcewebsite with a focus on theRISC OSoperating system and its gaming scene. It has been recognised byAcorn User magazine and was an award winner at the Wakefield Acorn Computer Show.
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| Available in | English |
|---|---|
| Created by | Alasdair Bailey, Graham Crockford |
| URL | acornarcade |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 1997; 28 years ago (1997)[1] |
| Current status | Online |
History
editAcorn Arcade was founded in 1997 by Alasdair Bailey and Graham Crockford. It was awarded the 1998 Wakefield Acorn Spring Show'Best Acorn enthusiast website'[2] and was listed inAcorn User as "the leading website for information on current RISC OS game developments".[3]
Its contents were incorporated intoThe Icon Bar in 2006.[4] It has been selected for inclusion by editors in at least oneweb directory,[5]
Main features
editThe original site featuredRISC OS articles, news, game reviews and other media.[6][7] Since its merger withThe Icon Bar, the site showcases that news content under its ownskin, while retaining its own separate game-related areas.
References
edit- ^"Acorn Arcade". Archived fromthe original on 1998-12-05. Retrieved2011-05-17.
All material on this site is © 1997/8 Alasdair Bailey and Graham Crockford unless otherwise stated.
- ^Wilson, Mike (1998-05-16)."WACG/Acorn User Website Competition".Newsgroup: comp.sys.acorn.announce.Usenet: as.1BCD19B853.a9EF9Cd.s.mars@argonet.co.uk. Retrieved2025-05-06.
- ^"Internet portal launched".Acorn User. No. 215. December 1999. p. 58. Retrieved16 August 2013.
- ^Johnson, Trevor (April 2011), "Meet Jeffrey Lee",Archive: The Subscription Magazine for RISC OS Users, Glastonbury: Abbey Press, pp. 14–18,OCLC 222434223,
The Icon Bar [...] sometime in 2006, when the Acorn Arcade content was merged in.
- ^"What's New - All Sites Added 12/30/2006".Best of the Web.Best of the Web Directory. 2006-12-30. Retrieved2011-09-03.
Icon Bar - RISC OS portal featuring news, discussions, polls, reviews, tutorials, and downloads.
- ^Williams, Chris (2004-02-26)."AcornArcade to re-release Cooper classics".Drobe. RetrievedSeptember 3, 2011.
AcornArcade have announced today that they've been given permission to re-release, for free online, classic RISC OS games developed by Tom "Berty" Cooper.
- ^Williams, Chris (2005-11-06)."BigBang and Revolver classic games set free".Drobe. RetrievedSeptember 3, 2011.
[...]Acorn Arcade have netted two classic games and released them for free online.
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