Mike Singleton (born 1951) is a British author and video game developer who wrote various well-regarded titles for the ZX Spectrum during the 1980s. His titles include The Lords of Midnight, Doomdark's Revenge, Throne of Fire, Dark Sceptre and War In Middle Earth. He also wrote a novel, The Eternal Empire, whilst at university. Before developing video games, Singleton was an English teacher in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England.
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Mike Singleton (born 1951) is a British author and video game developer who wrote various well-regarded titles for the ZX Spectrum during the 1980s. His titles include The Lords of Midnight, Doomdark's Revenge, Throne of Fire, Dark Sceptre and War In Middle Earth. He also wrote a novel, The Eternal Empire, whilst at university. Before developing video games, Singleton was an English teacher in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England.
Singleton originally started programming in 1980, teaching himself BASIC on the Commodore PET, and writing Computer Race, a horse racing game he designed for a betting shop. Moving on from this, he began working on arcade games for the Pet, working with PetSoft, where he wrote Space Ace entirely in 6502 machine code. The game broke sales records of the day by selling three hundred copies, which was a considerable achievement given the number of compatible computers at the time.
Singleton's association with PetSoft turned out to be short-lived, as PetSoft, who...
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