Syncron (video game)

Syncron is a vertically scrolling shooter written by Gary Partis for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron and published by Superior Software in 1987.

The player must collect a number of orbs by first blasting off their covers, then flying over them to pick them up before depositing them by landing on a runway.

The landscape loops with the player being able to reach the bottom by travelling up far enough, and vice versa.

It was eventually given its own release as part of the Superior Software / Blue Ribbon budget series in 1989.

This version uses cover-art also used on the similar Blue Ribbon game Syntax (for Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum).

Acorn Electron screenshot. The player is heading down the screen and has just passed a tall building.