Initial cover art for Adventure A

In the 1980s, Artic Software, also known as Artic Computing was a software development company based in Leaven near Hull, responsible for various ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC computer games. The company was set up by Richard Turner and the name ARTIC is an accronym for 'A Richard Turner Investment In Computing'. Developer Jon Ritman produced many of their games. Image File history File links Adventure_a_planet_of_death_1. ... Image File history File links Adventure_a_planet_of_death_1. ... Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ... The Sinclair ZX Spectrum was a home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research. ... Amstrad CPC 464, with CTM644 colour monitor The Amstrad CPC was an 8-bit home computer produced by Amstrad in the 1980s. ... Bear Bovver screenshot Jon Ritman was a software developer in the 1980s, working primarily on games for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC home computer range. ...

Initially packaging and distributing games themselves, some titles were picked up by Sinclair, who repackaged them with the Sinclair brand. Sinclair can refer to the following companies: Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBG), the operator of the largest number of local television stations in the United States Sinclair Research, a computer company founded by Clive Sinclair Sinclair Oil, an American petroleum company There are several people named Sinclair: Upton Sinclair, author of...

Adventures A thru D were written for the ZX81 but were quickly ported to the ZX Spectrum platform on its release. By comparison to other Spectrum adventure games (eg. The Hobbit), they are rather basic and were clearly an attempt to cash-in on the lack of software for the new platform. The Sinclair ZX81 home computer, released by Sinclair Research in 1981, was the followup to the companys ZX80. ... The Hobbit is a computer game released in 1982 and based on the book The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien. ...

Revised cover art for Adventure A

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Games

• Adventure A: Planet of Death (1981)
• Adventure B: Inca Curse (1981)
• Adventure C: Ship of Doom (1982)
• Adventure D: Espionage Island (1982)
• Bear Bovver (?)
• Paws (?)

Adventure A: Planet of Death was a 1981 adventure game from Artic Computing for the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum computers. ...

Trivia

• Most Artic adventure games featured a maze of some sort. The way out followed directions which would return the player to the same place (North, South, East, West in Planet of Death / South, East, West, North in Espionage Island)
• The parser in their adventures was of a basic 2-word design. Other developers later produced multiple word parsers, as featured in games by Infocom and Magnetic Scrolls.