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'''Malcolm Evans''' (born 10 April 1944 - 20 June 1995) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[game programmer|computer game programmer]], best known for his games ''[[3D Monster Maze]]'' for the [[Sinclair ZX81]] and ''[[Trashman (computer game)|Trashman]]'' for the [[ZX Spectrum]], released in [[1982 in video gaming|1982]] and [[1984 in video gaming|1984]] respectively.

He and his twin brother, Rod, were born in [[Romford]], but his family soon moved to [[Portsmouth]]. He has a [[Bachelor of Science|B.Sc.]] in [[electronics]] from [[University of Portsmouth|Portsmouth Polytechnic]] and joined [[Marconi Electronic Systems|Marconi]], where he worked on high-powered projects, such as satellite technology. Then in the mid-1970s he moved to work for [[Smiths Aviation]], where he designed hardware to implement computer control systems for [[jet engine]]s.