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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

The Eighth Day (archived) at Baf's Guide.
List of 8th Day games at CASA.

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 ''8th Day'' also courted controversy in the mainstream media with the release of [[HRH]]; a Spitting Image-style parody of the British Royal Family.
-The [[8th Day]] game [[Quann Tulla]] was adapted into the [[CRL]] release [[Federation]] through a deal with [[Smart Egg]] that Mike White later regretted.
+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).
-* ''[[Quann Tulla]]'' ([[Gary Kelbrick]] and [[Mike Smith]]; 1984).
+* ''[[Faerie]]'' ([[Gary Kelbrick]] and [[Michael White]]; 1985).
+* ''[[Four Minutes to Midnight]]'' ([[Michael White]] and [[Martin Rennie]]; 1985).
-* ''[[Faerie]]'' ([[Gary Kelbrick]] and [[Mike Smith]]; 1985).
+* ''[[Ice Station Zero]]'' ([[Mike E. Turner]]; 1985).
-* ''[[A Harvesting Moon]]'' ([[Michael White]] and [[Martin Rennie]]; 1985).
-* ''[[Ice Station Zero]]'' (Anonymous; 1985).
 * ''[[In Search of Angels]]'' ([[Gary Kelbrick]]; 1985).
+* ''[[Quann Tulla]]'' ([[Gary Kelbrick]] and [[Mike Smith]]; 1985).
-* ''[[Earth Shock]]'' ([[Michael White]]; 1986).
+* ''[[Earthshock]]'' ([[Michael White]] and [[Tony Treadwell]]; 1986).
-* ''[[HRH]]'' (Anonymous; 1986).
+* ''[[HRH]]'' ([[Michael White]]; 1986).
+* ''[[A Harvesting Moon]]'' ([[Michael White]] and [[Martin Rennie]]; 1985)
-* ''[[Four Minutes to Midnight]]'' ([[Michael White]] and [[Martin Rennie]]; 1987).
 * ''[[Ronnie Goes to Hollywood]]'' ([[Michael White]] and [[Ross Harris]]; 1987).
+* ''[[The Raven]]'' ([[Alan Bolger]] and [[Stephen Kee]]; 1988).
-* ''[[Weaver of her Dreams]]'' ([[Michael White]]; 1988).
+* ''[Skelvullyn Twine]]'' ([[Peter G. Pointon]]; 1989).
+* ''[[The Weaver of her Dreams]]'' ([[Michael White]]; 1988).
 ==Links==
-* [http://wurb.com/if/company/61 The Eighth Day] at [[Baf's Guide]].
+* [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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