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'''8th Day Software''' (usually shortened to ''8th Day'' and sometimes referred to early on as ''The Eighth Day'') was a developer and publisher of commercial mail-order games for the [[ZX Spectrum]].

The publisher was based on The Wirral, in the UK, and was run by [[Mike White]]. It made an early name for itself through its "budget-friendly" range of Quilled '''Games without Frontiers''' text adventures, which were sold at a much lower price than those of its competitors.

''8th Day'' also courted controversy in the mainstream media with the release of [[HRH]]; a Spitting Image-style parody of the British Royal Family.

Several of the early text-only ''8th Day'' games were later re-released as versions with graphics.

The [[8th Day]] game [[Quann Tulla]] was adapted into the [[CRL]] release [[Federation]] through a deal with [[Smart Egg]] which Mike White later regretted.

Unfinished or unreleased ''8th Day'' games include ''Faerie 2: The Buggon's Gold'' (a sequel to Faerie), ''Ardonicus 3'' (a demon was released with [[The Raven]]), and ''Barf the Barbarian''. Mike White would later use ''Barf the Barbarian'' in a series of novels.

After the company ceased activity, its Spectrum games were re-released by [[GI Games]] and later incorporated into the [[Zenobi Software]] catalogue.

==Games==
* ''[[Dark Lore]]'' ([[Gary Kelbrick]] and [[Michael White]]; 1983).
* ''[[Cuddles]]'' ([[Gary Kelbrick]]; 1984).
* ''[[Faerie]]'' ([[Gary Kelbrick]] and [[Michael White]]; 1985).
* ''[[Four Minutes to Midnight]]'' ([[Michael White]] and [[Martin Rennie]]; 1985).
* ''[[Ice Station Zero]]'' ([[Mike E. Turner]]; 1985).
* ''[[In Search of Angels]]'' ([[Gary Kelbrick]]; 1985).
* ''[[Quann Tulla]]'' ([[Gary Kelbrick]] and [[Mike Smith]]; 1985).
* ''[[Earthshock]]'' ([[Michael White]] and [[Tony Treadwell]]; 1986).
* ''[[HRH]]'' ([[Michael White]]; 1986).
* ''[[A Harvesting Moon]]'' ([[Michael White]] and [[Martin Rennie]]; 1985)
* ''[[Ronnie Goes to Hollywood]]'' ([[Michael White]] and [[Ross Harris]]; 1987).
* ''[[The Raven]]'' ([[Alan Bolger]] and [[Stephen Kee]]; 1988).
* ''[[Skelvullyn Twine]]'' ([[Peter G. Pointon]]; 1989).
* ''[[The Weaver of her Dreams]]'' ([[Michael White]]; 1988).

==Links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120313213150/https://wurb.com/if/company/61 The Eighth Day ''(archived)''] at [[Baf's Guide]].
* [http://solutionarchive.com/list/company%2C76/orderby%2Cyear/orderdir%2CASC/ List of 8th Day games] at CASA.

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