Sinclair Research Ltd.

COMPANY» Founded 1981-03-01

England

British consumer electronics company. Notable for launching the ZX Spectrum in the 80's, which became Britain's most popular home computer.

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Founded by inventor of the slimline personal calculator - Sir Clive Sinclair- Sinclair Research Ltd. produced various models of it's extremely popular home computer line - the ZX Spectrum (Platform).   After the majority of the company's computer products were sold to Amstrad (Company) in 1986, Sinclair Research gradually became a one-man operation showcasing the work of Sir Clive Sinclair, such as the Sinclair Zike (an electric bicycle) and the A-bike folding bicycle.

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Horace & The Spiders (Game)

31 December 1983

Horace and The Spiders is the third ZX Spectrum game in the Horace series

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Chess (Game)

31 December 1983

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Alien Destroyer (Game)

31 December 1984

Galaga clone for ZX Spectrum

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Reversi also known as Othello (Game)

31 December 1981

A Reversi game from Moi for ZX Spectrum/ZX81

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Flight Simulation (Game)

31 December 1982

Flight Simulation was a fairly basic flight simulator for the ZX Spectrum

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Panama Joe (Game)

31 December 1984

Panama Joe is trying to steal treasure from Montezuma's Palace by progressing through a maze of platform screens.

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Adventure D: Espionage Island (Game)

31 December 1982

a text adventure game for the ZX Spectrum where the player controls a spy shot down while investigating an enemy stronghold

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Planetoids (Game)

31 December 1982

Planetoids is an Asteroids clone

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Backgammon (Game)

31 December 1983

Early implementation of the Backgammon board game for the ZX Spectrum. One of the classics programmed by Psion in the early days of the machine.

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Make-A-Chip (Game)

31 December 1983

Educational game which teaches players how to make basic 8-bit microchips

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Company details

Name

Sinclair Research Ltd.

Abbreviation

Founded

1 March 1981

Location

England

Website

http://www.sinclair-research.co.uk/

Aliases

Developed Games

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Published Games

• Horace & The Spiders (Game)
• Chess (Game)
• Alien Destroyer (Game)
• Reversi also known as Othello (Game)
• Flight Simulation (Game)
• Panama Joe (Game)
• Adventure D: Espionage Island (Game)
• Planetoids (Game)
• Backgammon (Game)
• Make-A-Chip (Game)
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Franchises

• Horace (Franchise)
• Bomberman (Franchise)
• Pac-Man (Franchise)
• Scrabble (Franchise)
• Star Wars (Franchise)
• Star Wars Original Trilogy (Franchise)

People

• Peter Turcan (Person)

Characters

• Horace (Character)
• Bomberman (Character)
• Dr. Mitsumori (Character)

Concepts

• Single Word Titles (Concept)
• 2D (Concept)
• Antstream Arcade (Concept)
• Board Game (Concept)
• Explosion (Concept)
• Licensed Game (Concept)
• Power Up (Concept)
• Steam (Concept)
• Text Based (Concept)
• Turn-Based (Concept)
• 8-bit (Concept)
• Baby (Concept)
• Backgammon (Concept)
• Ballom (Concept)
• Battle Royale (Concept)
• Bonus Stage (Concept)
• Broken English (Concept)
• Cars With No Drivers (Concept)
• Cheat Code (Concept)
• Cheating (Concept)

Locations

• Death Star (Location)
• Endor (Location)
• Mountains (Location)
• Shop (Location)
• Space (Location)
• Taj Mahal (Location)
• Video Arcade (Location)

Objects

• Airplane (Object)
• Balloon (Object)
• Bomb (Object)
• Car (Object)
• Chess Pieces (Object)
• Doomsday Device (Object)
• Explosives (Object)
• Lightsaber (Object)
• Paper Money (Object)
• Sausage (Object)
• Skis (Object)
• Tank (Object)
• Train (Object)
• Tree (Object)
• X-Wing (Object)