Atlantic Balloon Crossing

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.
Contents.
"Atlantic Balloon Crossing" is a game that places the player in control of a gas balloon in an effort to cross the Atlantic Ocean from Canada to Paris in the shortest possible time.
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."