» ARCADIANS

■ PUBLISHER: ACORNSOFT ■ YEAR: 1982

Arcadians, a version of Galaxians, was Orlando’s first BBC Micro game and is an exercise in precision shooting. If you want some more frenetic firing, try his next game, Zalaga (a version of Galaga, if you couldn’t guess), but in Arcadians timing is critical if you want to succeed in striking the swooping aliens. For fans of the genre, Acornsoft’s Super Invaders (by Geoff Crammond, legendary author of Aviator, Revs, Sentinel and Stunt Car Racer) is similarly precise.