IJK software
| IJK Software Ltd. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1982 |
| Seat | Blackpool , England |
| management | Ian Sinclair, John Sinclair and Keith Sinclair |
| Number of employees | approx. 20 |
IJK Software was a British computer game development studio and distribution in Blackpool founded in 1982 by John S. Sinclair, his uncle Ian and his father Keith; the company name is made up of the initials of the first names; the logo uses these initials, which are surmounted by the three Ss of the surname (i.e. Sinclair).
The company was initially located at 9 King Street before moving to the larger unit 3C at Moorfields, Moor Park Avenue, Bispham, Blackpool, Lancs2 following the huge success of Xenon 1 , which sold around 120,000 units.
The company first released game software for the BBC Micro , then specialized in the Oric platform before opening to the Commodore 64 and eventually the Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum . IJK Software published computer games between 1982 and 1987.
In addition to developing our own games, another mainstay was the production and distribution of titles; this was done together with the sister company Duplidata . The clients included Ocean Software , Electronic Arts and Firebird Software .
There is no connection between the Sinclairs from IJK Software and Sir Clive Sinclair (from Sinclair Research).
Published games
1982
- 3D maze for BBC Micro and Oric
1983
- Atlantis for BBC Micro
- 3D Maze & Breakout for Oric 1 , a 3D maze game and a brick breaker (on the same cassette)
- Candy Floss & Hangman for Oric 1 and BBC Micro, a board game and a game of the hangman (on the same cassette)
- Caterpillar for BBC Micro
- Fantasy Quest , an adventure game for Oric 1
- Hyperdrive for BBC Micro
- Invaders , a Space Invaders clone for Oric and BBC Micro
- Sample 3 , a space shooting game for Oric
- Reverse , an Othello game for Oric 1
- Xenon 1 for Oric
1984
- 3D Noughts & Crosses and Backgammon , a 3D Tic-Tac-Toe game and a Backgammon game (on the same cartridge)
- Attack of the Cybermen for Oric, a Robotron-like game
- Chess for Oric, a game of chess
- Cribbage for Oric, a card game
- Dambuster , a flight simulator
- Don´t press the letter Q , an action game
- Droughts , an English checkers game for Oric
- Frigate Commander , a sea combat simulation game for Oric
- Ghost Gobbler , a Pac-Man clone for Oric
- Green X Toad , a Frogger clone for Oric
- Jouste , a Tjost clone for the Commodore 64
- Krazy Kar , a car racing game for the Commodore 64
- Superfruit , a slot machine game for Oric
- Trickshot , a game of billiards for Oric.
- Zebbi e, a platform game for Oric
- Zorgons Reveng e for Oric
1985
- Damsel in Distress for Oric
- Playground 21 , a platform game for Oric
- Rocket Ball for Commodore 64
- Xenon III for Oric
1986
- AMSoccer , a 1984 soccer simulation for Amstrad CPC by ComputerSmith that has been updated for a series of games called Strobe, a flash of lightning.
- Crimebusters! , a copy by Spellbound for Sinclair ZX Spectrum ...
- HARD , an Android One-inspired shooting game for ZX Spectrum (en)
- Rocket Ball for Amstrad CPC
- Wizards Spell for ZX Spectrum
1987
- Who said that? , an action game for ZX Spectrum
- Collin the Cleaner , a puzzle game for ZX Spectrum