Air Traffic Controller (video game)

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{{About|the 1978 video game|the unrelated 1998 video game|Air Traffic Controller (series)#Air Traffic Controller}}

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| title = Air Traffic Controller

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| publisher = Creative Computing

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| platforms = TRS-80, Apple II, Exidy Sorcerer, MS-DOS, Sol-20

| released = TRS-80, Sol-20{{Video game release|WW|1978}}Apple II, Sorcerer{{Video game release|WW|1979}}MS-DOS{{Video game release|WW|1983}}

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| designer = David Mannering

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Air Traffic Controller is a video game written by air traffic controller David Mannering.{{cite news |last=Hillkirk |first=John |date=15 August 1981 |title=Controller Game |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24555727/controller_game_by_john_hillkirk/ |newspaper=The Times |publisher=The Times Publishing Company |location=Shreveport, LA |volume=110 |issue=262 |page=14–F |via=Newspapers.com}} It was released by Creative Computing for the TRS-80 Model I and Exidy Sorcerer in 1978, and for the Apple II and Sol-20 in 1979. It was rewritten by Will Fastie and Bill Appelbaum for Data General AOS in 1980 and ported to MS-DOS for release by PC Disk Magazine in 1983.{{cite web |url=http://atc.fastie.com/about/atc-history.php |last=Fastie |first=Will |year=2009 |title=The History of ATC |website=Air Traffic Controller |access-date=11 October 2018}}

An enhanced version, Advanced Air Traffic Controller, was published by Creative Computing in 1981 for the TRS-80, Apple II, Commodore PET, and Atari 8-bit computers.{{cite magazine |last1=Levitan |first1=Martin |last2=Alexander |first2=Michael |date=October 1982 |title=Advanced Air Traffic Controller |magazine=Videogaming Illustrated |publisher=Ion International Inc. |department=Computereyes |page=48}}{{cite magazine |editor-last=Rovin |editor-first=Jeff |date=December 1982 |title=You Can't Please Anyone |magazine=Videogaming Illustrated |publisher=Ion International Inc. |department=Eyes On |page=8}}