Zenobi
Zenobi was a video game company that was known for its interactive fiction. The company was started by John Wilson in 1986 and continued in various forms until 2013.[1] The company produced and published adventure games for the ZX Spectrum (along with the Atari ST) range of home computers, operating as a commercial entity from 1986 to 1997, selling the titles by mail-order. Emulator images were also available for PC and Amiga users. In its later years Zenobi concentrated on emulator users and produced numerous compilation CDs and DVDs.
Genre | Software |
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Founded | 1986 |
Founder | John Wilson |
Headquarters | Cutgate, Rochdale, Greater Manchester , |
Website | http://www.zenobi.co.uk/ |
On September 1, 2018, for the first time in nearly thirty years,[2] a new Zenobi-branded adventure game penned by John Wilson was made available for the ZX Spectrum: 'Ramsbottom Smith and The Quest For The Yellow Spheroid', a conversion to the Spectrum format of the original ADVENTURON version. John Wilson produced games for various platforms under the moniker Pension Productions until his death in 2021.[3][4]
References
- "John Wilson on Twitter".
- "First In Thirty Years ..."
- "List of Pension Productions games at Spectrum Computing".
- "John Wilson has died". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-06-15.