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''Bandersnatch'' was a Home Computer "mega- Game " written by Imagine Software intended for release on the ZX Spectrum . The game was eagerly anticipated by teaser Advert s placed in the computer press (see right) throughout 1984 . The game would have set a new price point for computer games (£30 vs. the standard rates of the time of between £5.95 and £11.95) and would have required a Dongle , presumably to carry extra ROM for data. Imagine Software went bust owing to financial mismanagement, the spectacular demise being shown in a BBC Documentary . During the documentary it was revealed that the game '' Psyclapse '' was little more than a paper sketch, making it true Vaporware . A new company called Finchspeed was formed from the remnants of Imagine which sold the rights to the ''Bandersnatch'' game to Sinclair Research Ltd . Before Finchspeed folded, a complete, working version was developed for the Sinclair QL . The directors Dave Lawson and Ian Heatherington then formed Psygnosis and ''Bandersnatch'' was given a release on the Atari ST , Amiga and Macintosh , renamed as '' Brataccas ''. ''Bandersnatch'' itself was never released. EXTERNAL LINKS
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