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Malcolm Evans | |
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| Born | (1944-04-10)10 April 1944 (age 81) |
| Alma mater | Portsmouth Polytechnic |
| Occupation | Computer game programmer |
| Years active | 1981–1984 |
| Notable work | 3D Monster Maze Trashman |
Malcolm Evans (born 10 April 1944) is a British formercomputer game programmer andelectronics technician, best known for his games3D Monster Maze for theSinclair ZX81 andTrashman for theZX Spectrum, released in1982 and1984 respectively.
He and his twin brother, Rod, were born inRomford, but his family soon moved toPortsmouth. He has aB.Sc. inelectronics fromPortsmouth Polytechnic and joinedMarconi, where he worked on high-powered projects, such as satellite technology. Then in the mid-1970s he moved to work forSmiths Aviation, where he designed hardware to implement computer control systems forjet engines.
In 1979 he moved again, toSperry Gyroscope inBristol, where he joined its micro-processor applications group. There he found himself usingZilog Z80 andIntel 8088machine code language for small applications of a classified nature for theMinistry of Defence. The Bristol factory was closed in 1981 but by then Malcolm had received a ZX81 from his wife, Linda, for his thirty-seventh birthday in April 1981. Malcolm developed3D Monster Maze to test what the computer was capable of, and completed it by November.[1]
In the spring of 1982, Evans founded his own company,New Generation Software, which continued to produce games for the ZX Spectrum and pioneer the 3D gaming industry.[2]
As of 2016 Evans was no longer writing games, but he is the author of a travelogue about New Zealand.[3]