New Generation Software was a firm best known for the computer games with innovative graphics it produced for the
Sinclair ZX81
The ZX81 is a home computer that was produced by Sinclair Research and manufactured in Dundee, Scotland, by Timex Corporation. It was launched in the United Kingdom in March 1981 as the successor to Sinclair's ZX80 and designed to be a low-co ...
and
ZX Spectrum
The ZX Spectrum () is an 8-bit home computer that was developed by Sinclair Research. It was released in the United Kingdom on 23 April 1982, and became Britain's best-selling microcomputer.
Referred to during development as the ''ZX81 Colou ...
computers. It was conceived in the spring of 1982 shortly after the lead developer,
Malcolm Evans created ''
3D Monster Maze'' (initially released by
J. K. Greye Software, and later republished by ''New Generation Software'')—one of the first
3D games for a
home computer.
Company history
New Generation was started by the aforementioned
Malcolm Evans, for whom the company was his first professional experience in software or games - he had previously been in computer hardware. The other core members of the team were teenagers Paul Bunn and James Day, sixteen and nineteen years old in 1984.
The company released games from 1982 to 1986. By 2005, copyright to New Generation Software games was held by Titus Games.
Games released
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3D Monster Maze, 1982
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3D Tunnel, 1983
*Amazon Warrior, 1985
*Cliff Hanger, 1984
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Corridors of Genon, 1983
*The Custard Kid, 1985
*Escape, 1982
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Jonah Barrington's Squash, 1985
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Knot in 3D, 1983
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Trashman, 1984
*Travel With Trashman, 1984
Other software
*The Complete Machine Code Tutor, 1984
*Light Magic, 1985
References
External links
NGS World— A tribute homepage of the ''New Generation Software'' titles, created and maintained by Malcolm's daughter Rachel
{{New Generation Software series
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Defunct video game companies of the United Kingdom
British companies established in 1982
Video game companies established in 1982
Video game companies disestablished in 1986