Zenobi
| Genre | Software |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1986 |
| Founder | John Wilson |
| Headquarters | Cutgate, Rochdale, Greater Manchester , |
| Website | http://www.zenobi.co.uk/ |
Zenobiwas avideo gamecompany that was known for itsinteractive 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 theZX Spectrum(along with theAtari ST) range of home computers, operating as a commercial entity from 1986 to 1997, selling the titles by mail-order. Zenobi's titles included adaptations ofJack the Ripper,Bored of the Rings,The Wonderful Wizard of OzandDr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.Emulator images were also available for PC and Amiga users. In its later years Zenobi concentrated onemulatorusers and produced numerous compilation CDs and DVDs.
On September 1, 2018, after a thirty-year hiatus,[2]a Zenobi adventure game written by John Wilson,Ramsbottom Smith and the Quest For the Yellow Spheroid,was released for the ZX Spectrum.
John Wilson produced games for various platforms under the moniker Pension Productions until his death in 2021.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^"John Wilson on Twitter".
- ^"First In Thirty Years..."
- ^"List of Pension Productions games at Spectrum Computing".
- ^"John Wilson has died".Twitter.Retrieved2021-06-15.
External links
[edit]- Games List
- Official websiteat theWayback Machine(archived 2 October 2016)
- A Zenobi Interview with the Balrog