Private company
Level 9 Computing
British computer software developer
Level 9 was a British developer of computer software, active between 1981 and 1991. Founded by Mike, Nicholas and Pete Austin, the company produced software for the BBC Micro, Nascom, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Oric, Atari 8-bit computers, Camputers Lynx, RML 380Z, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Amiga, Apple II, Memotech MTX and Enterprise platforms, and is best known for its successful text adventure games until a general decline in the text adventure market forced their closure in June 1991.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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Level 9 was a British developer of computer software, active between 1981 and 1991. Founded by Mike, Nicholas and Pete Austin, the company produced software for the BBC Micro, Nascom, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Oric, Atari 8-bit computers, Camputers Lynx, RML 380Z, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Amiga, Apple II, Memotech MTX and Enterprise platforms, and is best known for its successful text adventure games until a general decline in the text adventure market forced their closure in June 1991.2
Products and brands
- video game
Listed on Wikidata.1
List of software
Extension BASIC for the Nascom (198x)
rqFORTH for the BBC Micro (198x)
rqFORTH toolkit for the BBC Micro (198x)
Compass for the Lynx (198x)
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List of action games
Fantasy (198x)
Space Invasion (198x)
Bomber (198x)
Missile Defence (198x)
List of text adventure games
Colossal Adventure (1982)
Adventure Quest (1982)
Dungeon Adventure (1982)
Snowball (1983)
Lords of Time (1983)
Return to Eden (1984)
Emerald Isle (1985)
Red Moon (1985)
The Worm in Paradise (1985)
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ (for Mosaic Publishing, 1985)
The Archers (for Mosaic, 1985)
The Saga of Erik the Viking (for Mosaic, 1985)
The Price of Magik (1986)
Jewels of Darkness trilogy (for Rainbird Software, 1986) (also known as the Middle-Earth Trilogy)
Colossal Adventure
Adventure Quest
Dungeon Adventure
Silicon Dreams trilogy (for Rainbird, 1986)
Snowball
Return to Eden
The Worm in Paradise
Knight Orc (for Rainbird Software, 1987)
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (for Virgin Games, 1987)
Gnome Ranger (1987)
Time and Magik trilogy (for Mandarin Software, 1988)
Lords of Time
Red Moon
The Price of Magik
Lancelot (for Mandarin, 1988)
Ingrid's Back: Gnome Ranger 2 (for Mandarin, 1988)
Scapeghost (1989)
The Legend of Billy the Kid (for Ocean Software, 1990; never released)
Champion of the Raj (1991)
It Came from the Desert (PC port for Cinemaware, 1991)
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- WikipediaLevel 9 Computing
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