Here's a collection of links that I've found useful or interesting when working on this project.
General
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- Retro Gamer interview - An excellent interview with Geoff Crammond, author of Aviator (and Super Invaders, Revs, The Sentinel, Stunt Car Racer and the highly acclaimed Grand Prix series)
- Acorn Programs, July 1984 - A great period article on the launch of Aviator, including an interview with Geoff Crammond
- The Micro User guide to playing Aviator - Useful tips for those of us still trying to earn our wings
- Supermarine Spitfire - Wikipedia article containing lots of Spitfire specs
- NASA's Beginner's Guide to Aerodynamics - A brilliant introduction to the subject of planes and their physics
- The aerodynamics of the Spitfire - A rather academic paper, but fascinating nonetheless
BBC Micro information and tools
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- The Advanced User Guide for the BBC Micro - My most-thumbed book, which permanently lies by the side of my trusty Beeb, open at the assembly mnemonics section
- Hex and binary converter - Probably the web tool I used the most during this project, especially when converting numbers into binary
- BBC MOS disassembly - I found this particularly useful when trying to decipher undocumented OS calls
Emulators
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- b2 - A Beeb emulator with brilliant debugging capabilities that happily works on the Mac, and which is now my go-to emulator for complex disassembly projects like this
- JSBeeb - An absolute tour-de-force from Matt Godbolt, this browser-based emulator is wonderfully convenient
- beebjit - The best BBC emulator for playing with disc protection on the original discs
- Electroiniq - A beautifully written Electron emulator that works in your browser, from the Electron legend that is 0xC0DE
Assemblers and disassemblers
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- BeebAsm - The wonderful 6502 assembler that powers the source code that is documented on this site
- BeebDis - I found this super-useful for disassembling the original game binaries
- A BeebDis thread on Stardot - Some handy information for users of BeebDis