Academy is an action/simulation video game for the Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum,[1] Amstrad CPC, and Amiga[2] It was released in 1986 by the CRL Group.

In addition, the player may design their own skimmers;[3] customising engine and weapon strengths, equipment payloads, and arranging the on-screen control panel.

From the game's instructions:[4] After an incident on 61 Cygnus in 2197 when a rookie pilot selected the wrong gear when docking with the main central reactor and reduced half the planet to molten lava, Gal-Corp decided that a special training facility was needed to provide an elite corps of pilots for the advanced military skimmers used in colonisation and reconnaissance work.

With an intake of over a hundred would be skimmer pilots a year, only a few meet the exacting requirement of flying and combat skills.

CRASH awarded the game 92%,[8] praising its slick presentation, mission structure and 3D graphics rendering.