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Malcolm Evans (b. April 1944 ) is a British Computer Game Programmer , best known for his games '' 3D Monster Maze '' for the Sinclair ZX81 and '' Trashman '' for the ZX Spectrum , released in 1982 and 1984 respectively. He and his twin brother, Rod, were born in Romford , but his family soon moved to Portsmouth . He has a B.Sc. in Electronics from Portsmouth Polytechnic and joined Marconi , where he worked on high-powered projects, such as satellite technology. Then in the mid-70s he moved to work for Smiths Aviation , where he designed hardware to implement computer control systems for Jet Engine s. In 1979 he moved again, to Sperry Gyroscope in Bristol , where he joined its micro-processor applications group. There he found himself using Zilog Z80 and Intel 8088 Machine Code language for small applications of a classified nature for the Ministry Of Defence . The Bristol factory was closed in 1981 but by then Malcolm had received a ZX-81 from his wife, Linda, for his thirty-seventh birthday in April 1981. Malcolm developed ''3D Monster Maze'' to test what the computer was capable of, and completed it by November. At a classical guitar club in Bristol in 1981 Evans met John K. Greye and together they set up J.K. Greye Software . They produced several computer games for the Sinclair ZX81 Home Computer . In the spring of 1982, Greye and Evans split up and Evans founded his own company, New Generation Software , which continued to produce games for the ZX Spectrum and pioneer the 3D gaming industry. REFERENCES | ||
| Title | Hit Squad &mdash Not just a load of old rubbish |
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| Journal | Sinclair User |
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| Year | 1984-09 |
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| Author | Chris Bourne |
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| Issue | 30 |
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