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| Abersoft Limited were a small software house which only produced two programs for the Sinclair QL. | Abersoft were a small software house based in Dyfed, which produced versions of Colossal Cave for the Sinclair ZX81, Sinclair ZX Spectrum ("Adventure 1") and Commodore C64 ("Classic Adventure"); as well as publishing some arcade games for the ZX81 and Spectrum. |
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| The two programs were both implementations of text adventures and were both published by [[qlwiki:Sinclair Research Ltd]]: | |
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| | Abersoft also produced two programs for the Sinclair QL and later appear to have become an incorporated company (Abersoft Limited). The two programs were both implementations of text adventures and were both published by [[qlwiki:Sinclair Research Ltd]]: Both programs were written in C using the [[qlwiki:MetaComCo]] package. Interesting to see, there is no protection of the BOOT program, as is seen in other packages released by [[qlwiki:Sinclair Research Ltd]]. |
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| [[qlwiki:The Adventure]] - based on the Crowther and Woods Original\\ | [[qlwiki:The Adventure]] - based on the Crowther and Woods Original\\ |
| [[qlwiki:Mordons Quest]] - a sequel to The Adventure | [[qlwiki:Mordons Quest]] - a sequel to The Adventure |
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| The Adventure was also released by Abersoft as Adventure 1 for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and ZX81 computers and as Classical Adventure for the Commodore 64. | |
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| Interestingly, there was an Abersoft Limited still trading from Aberystwyth as recently as 2009/10 - however, that company was only set up in 1991, so it is unknown whether there is any link between these two companies (there are no entries on Companies House for any other Abersoft Limited). | Interestingly, there was an Abersoft Limited still trading from Aberystwyth as recently as 2009/10 - however, that company was only set up in 1991, so it is unknown whether there is any link between these two companies (there are no entries on Companies House for any other Abersoft Limited). |