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| ====== Talent Computer Systems ====== | ====== Talent Computer Systems ====== |
| Talent Computer Systems published a wide range of games and adventures for the Sinclair QL and Atari computers. They originally used a Wicat, an up market 68000 based machine, running under Unix for software development. All of their early software was written in Stab, a language developed at Strathclyde University, which is related to C and BCPL. | Talent Computer Systems was set up by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Colin|Professor Andrew Colin]] and Jon Malone (another lecturer at the Strathclyde University) and published a wide range of games and adventures for the Sinclair QL and Atari computers. They originally used a Wicat, an up market 68000 based machine, running under Unix for software development. All of their early software was written in Stab, a language developed at Strathclyde University, which is related to C and BCPL. |
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| Their catalogue of software, together with the Sinclair QL titles published by [[qlwiki:Microdeal]], [[qlwiki:Shadow Games]] and [[qlwiki:Chisoft]] were purchased by Tom Dolezal who used to run TK Computerware and still trades as Talent+. Much of their software is still available from [[qlwiki:RWAP Software]]. | Their catalogue of software, together with the Sinclair QL titles published by [[qlwiki:Microdeal]], [[qlwiki:Shadow Games]] and [[qlwiki:Chisoft]] were purchased by Tom Dolezal who used to run TK Computerware and still trades as Talent+. Much of their software is still available from [[qlwiki:RWAP Software]]. |
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| The original Talent changed its name to Colin Ross Malone Ltd. and is still in business. They now concentrate on educational products and documentation for large organisations such as HP and the National Health Service. | The original Talent changed its name to [[https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/physics/research/groups/qtg/people/andrewcolin/|Colin Ross Malone Ltd.]] which concentrated on educational products and documentation for large organisations such as HP and the National Health Service. Colin Ross Malone Limited ceased trading in 2010. |
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| Software Published by Talent includes: | Software Published by Talent includes: |
| *[[qlwiki:Deathstrike]] - good quality arcade game based on scramble\\ | *[[qlwiki:Deathstrike]] - good quality arcade game based on scramble\\ |
| *[[qlwiki:Dennis the Dwarf at the Funfear]] - text adventure featuring the same characters as Horrorday (never released by Talent) \\ | *[[qlwiki:Dennis the Dwarf at the Funfear]] - text adventure featuring the same characters as Horrorday (never released by Talent) \\ |
| | *[[qlwiki:Farmer]] - arcade game where you need to collect in the crops\\ |
| *[[qlwiki:GraphiQL]] - bitmap screen drawing package - also released as [[qlwiki:QL Paint]]\\ | *[[qlwiki:GraphiQL]] - bitmap screen drawing package - also released as [[qlwiki:QL Paint]]\\ |
| *[[qlwiki:Horrorday]] - good humourous text only adventure\\ | *[[qlwiki:Horrorday]] - good humourous text only adventure\\ |
| Talent also wrote the **Talent Graphics Toolkit**, a fractal drawing program for the [[https://ia800306.us.archive.org/1/items/sinclair-user-magazine-annual-1986/SinclairUser-Annual1986.pdf|Sinclair User Annual in 1986]] | Talent also wrote the **Talent Graphics Toolkit**, a fractal drawing program for the [[https://ia800306.us.archive.org/1/items/sinclair-user-magazine-annual-1986/SinclairUser-Annual1986.pdf|Sinclair User Annual in 1986]] |
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| {{qlwiki:talent.png?direct|Logo for Talent Computer Systems of Glasgow}} | {{qlwiki:talent:talent.png?direct|Logo for Talent Computer Systems of Glasgow}} |
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