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::''See [[Malcolm Evans]] for other individuals with the same name.''

'''Malcolm Evans''' (b. April [[1944]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[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, was born in [[Romford]], but his family soonedsoon moved to [[Portsmouth]]. He has a [[B.Sc.]] in [[electronics]] from [[University of Portsmouth|Portsmouth Polytechnic]] and joined [[Marconi]], where he worked on high-powered projects, such as satellite technology. Then in the mid-70s he moved to work for [[Smiths Aviation]], where he designed hardware to implement computer control systems for [[jet engine]]s.

In 1979 he moved again, to [[Sperry Gyroscope Company|Sperry Gyroscope]] in [[Bristol]], where he joined its micro-processor applications group. There he found himself using [[Zilog Z80]] and [[Intel 8088]] [[machine code]] language for small applications of a classified nature for the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]]. The Bristol factory was closed in 1981 but by then Malcolm had received a ZX-81 from his wife, Linda, for his thirty-seventh birthday in April 1981. Malcolm developed ''3D Monster Maze'' to test what the computer was capable of, and completed it by November. {{ref harvard|CRASH05|CRASH 1984|a}}

At a classical guitar club in [[Bristol]] in 1981 Evans met [[John K. Greye]] and together they set up [[J.K. Greye Software]]. They produced several computer games for the [[Sinclair ZX81]] [[home computer]]. In the spring of 1982, Greye and Evans split up and Evans founded his own company, [[New Generation Software]], which continued to produce games for the ZX Spectrum and pioneer the 3D gaming industry. {{ref harvard|SU30|Bourne 1984|a}}

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