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The ZX Spectrum Next is an 8-bit home computer, initially released in 2017, which is compatible with software and hardware for the 1982 ZX Spectrum. It also has enhanced capabilities. [1] [2] It is intended to appeal to retrocomputing enthusiasts and to "encourage a new generation of bedroom coders", according to project member Jim Bagley. [3]
Under the name Richard Wilcox Software, only one title was published: Blue Thunder for the ZX Spectrum, Atari 8-bit computers, and Commodore 64.In August 1984, the group was relaunched as Elite Systems, [3] expanding the team to include graphic designers Rory Green and Jon Harrison; programmers Neil A. Bate, Chris Harvey, Andy Williams and Stephen Lockley; administrators Paul Smith and Pat ...
It was released by Rainbow Arts in 1989 for the Commodore 64, and in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC. A sequel, Z-Out, was released in 1990. On January 13, 2022, Ziggurat Interactive announced that they had acquired the rights to the game. [1] A remake, titled X-Out: Resurfaced, was announced in August 2024. It is ...
Graphic Adventure Creator (often shortened to GAC) is a game creation system/programming language for adventure games published by Incentive Software, originally written on the Amstrad CPC by Sean Ellis, [1] and then ported to other platforms by, amongst others, Brendan Kelly (Spectrum), [2] Dave Kirby (BBC, Electron) [3] and "The Kid" (Malcolm Hellon) (C64). [4]
Vortex Software was a video game developer founded by Costa Panayi and Paul Canter in the early 1980s to sell the game Cosmos which Panayi had developed for the Sinclair ZX81. [1] They converted the game to the ZX Spectrum , but due to the low sales of the ZX81 version they licensed the game to Abbex.
Quazatron was a Spectrum version of Paradroid, which was written by Graftgold partner Andrew Braybrook in 1985.Although a direct conversion was considered, it was felt that the Spectrum could not handle screen-scrolling as smoothly as the Commodore 64.
The Quill is a game creation system for text adventures. [1] Written by Graeme Yeandle, it was published on the ZX Spectrum by Gilsoft in December 1983. [2] Although available to the general public, it was used by several games companies to create best-selling titles; over 450 commercially published titles for the ZX Spectrum were written using The Quill.
Fantasy Software, which started out as Quest Microsoftware, was one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers, mainly the ZX Spectrum during the early 1980s. The company was founded in early 1983 by Bob Hamilton and Paul Dyer. [ 1 ]