8th Day Software
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.
The 8th Day game Quann Tulla was adapted into the CRL release Federation through a deal with Smart Egg that Mike White later regretted.
After the company ceased activity, its Spectrum games were re-released by GI Games and later incorporated into the Zenobi Software catalogue.
Games
- Cuddles (Gary Kelbrick; 1984).
- Quann Tulla (Gary Kelbrick and Mike Smith; 1984).
- Faerie (Gary Kelbrick and Mike Smith; 1985).
- A Harvesting Moon (Michael White and Martin Rennie; 1985).
- Ice Station Zero (Anonymous; 1985).
- In Search of Angels (Gary Kelbrick; 1985).
- Earth Shock (Michael White; 1986).
- HRH (Anonymous; 1986).
- Four Minutes to Midnight (Michael White and Martin Rennie; 1987).
- Ronnie Goes to Hollywood (Michael White and Ross Harris; 1987).
- Weaver of her Dreams (Michael White; 1988).