CGH Services
CGH Services was one of the early software houses and publishers for the Sinclair QL. Run by Richard Alexander and based in Pencader, Wales, CGH Services helped to bring several adventure programs to the market, including Return to Eden.
CGH Services also published two magazines: QL Adventurer's Forum and QL Technical Review. QL Adventurer's Forum was superceded by QL Leisure Review.
CGH Services also ran a Public Domain Library for the QL.
Their programs included:
- 3D Terrain (generate 3D terrain maps by Ian Thompson and Rich Mellor,)
- Anelpum Quat (text adventure by Nick Ward)
- Assault Battery (overhead shoot'em up arcade game by Damon Chaplin.)
- Astro (Astrology program by Nick Ward - missing in Action)
- Blag2 (text adventure where you are a policeman solving a crime by Tony Woolcock)
- DDay MKII (wargame based in World War II originally by the Dagenham Design Cell, much enhanced by Rich Mellor )
- Double Block (a tetris clone by Francois Lanciault)
- Dreamlands (a text adventure by Jean-Yves Rouffiac.)
- Five Games Pack 1 (by Wreford Davies - missing in action)
- Fractals using Newtons Polynomial Method (by John Topham - missing in action)
- From the Tower of Valagon (a text adventure by Alan Pemberton.)
- Grey Wolf (submarine game by Oliver Neef.)
- Here We Go (text adventure) (by Phil Jones and Andy Cserbakoi. Originally published by Impact Entertainments.)
- Italian Language Revision Pack (by Mike Edwards - missing in action)
- MacSporrans Lament (text adventure by Dave, Ann and Katy Watson)
- Open Golf (Golf game with 3D image of shots)(by Oliver Neef)
- Orbiting Stars (Astronomical Program by John Topham - missing in action)
- Personal Finance Manager (by Jason Vicinanza - missing in action)
- Polytext (add graphics to text documents by Nick Ward - missing in action)
- Pudge (a variation on the boulderdash format by Damon Chaplin.)
- Quick Mandelbrot (by Kenneth Murray - missing in action)
- Quick Mandelbrot II and Quick Mandelbrot III (improvements on Quick Mandelbrot by Kenneth Murray and Rich Mellor)
- Quiz Master (pub quiz game by Phil Jones and Andy Cserbakoi.)
- Return to Eden (text and graphics adventure by Oliver Neef)
- Rock-Fall (boulderdash clone by Andrew Toone)
- Scriptwriter (prepare TV and Film scripts on your QL)(Andy Pritchard’s QL Playwright program updated and much revised.)
- Sector X (arcade game by Horst Spierling - missing in action)
- Sheriff of Grisly Gulch (a text adventure by Dave, Ann and Katy Watson)
- Speedfreaks (a table top car racing game by Damon Chaplin.)
- Squidgy Round The World (arcade game by Michael Crowe.)
- Starplod (icon controlled graphics adventure by Alan Pemberton,)
- SToQL (convert ST screens to the QL by Alan Pemberton and Rich Mellor.)
- The QL Epic Adventure (text and graphics adventure by Andy Pritchard)
- The Voyage of the Beano (text and graphics adventure by Alan Pemberton with graphics by Francis O’Brien and Alan Pemberton.)
- Uncle Loonies Legacy (text adventure Dave, Ann and Katy Watson - missing in action)
- Wreck Dive (an early graphics adventure by Nick Ward)
An interview with Richard Alexander was published on the Solution Archive in July 2016