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a British software development company in the early 1980s, located in [|Hull], [|North Humberside], later in [|Brandesburton], set up by Richard Turner and Chris Thornton in 1980, later joined by [|Charles Cecil]. Primary business was developing and selling computer games and development tools for the [|home computer] market, starting with the Z80 based Sinclair ZX81, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC, and the 6502 based Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 and BBC Micro. For the first six months times were hard – the company made £21. With comparatively heavy spending on advertising, Artic found itself in debt. However the launch of ZXChess, the first chess program for the ZX81 to hit the market, proved to be the turning point. It was also extremely difficult to write, taking over a year from the original idea to the finished product. In 1984, Thornton left Artic to found Kerian UK Ltd.
 * Artic Computing Ltd.**, (Artic Software)

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=Publications=
 * John F. White (**1982**). //[|Review-Chess Computers]//. Your Computer, [|March 1982]
 * [|Brendon Gore] (**1982**). //[|Interview-One Degree In Artic]//. Your Computer, [|May 1982]

=External Links= > [|Magazine Page Scan from World of Spectrum, July 1982]
 * [|Artic Software from Wikipedia]
 * [|Index of ZX81 Tapes by Artic] from [|ZX81 Software, Books and Hardware Collection]
 * [|Artic Computing Ltd - World of Spectrum]
 * [|Sinclair ZX Spectrum Reviews - Artic]
 * [|Artic Computing – Letter from Chris Thornton | Chimera 2010]

1981

 * [|ZX81 Cassette Tape Information for ZX Chess I (Black inlay)]
 * [|ZX81 Cassette Tape Information for ZX Chess II (Black inlay)]

1982

 * [|1K ZX Chess from Wikipedia]
 * [|ZX81 Cassette Tape Information for 1K ZX Chess] (Artic)
 * [|1K ZX81 Chess Z80 Assembly listing] © Copyright David Horne
 * [|Spectrum Chess - World of Spectrum]
 * [|Sinclair ZX Spectrum Reviews - Spectrum Chess]
 * [|Spectrum Chess II - World of Spectrum]
 * [|Sinclair ZX Spectrum Reviews - Spectrum Chess II]
 * [|Spectrum Voice Chess - World of Spectrum]

1983

 * [|Chess Tutor - World of Spectrum]
 * [|Sinclair ZX Spectrum Reviews - Chess Tutor]
 * [|Spectrum Micro Chess - World of Spectrum]
 * [|Sinclair ZX Spectrum Reviews - Spectrum Micro Chess]

1984

 * [|Death Chess 5000 - World of Spectrum]
 * [|Sinclair ZX Spectrum Reviews - Death Chess 5000]

1982

 * [|Spectrum (Artic, ZX) Assembler - World of Spectrum]
 * [|Sinclair ZX Spectrum Reviews - Artic Assembler]
 * [|Spectrum FORTH - World of Spectrum]
 * [|Sinclair ZX Spectrum Reviews - Spectrum Forth]

1984

 * [|Spectrum Assembler 2 - World of Spectrum]
 * [|Sinclair ZX Spectrum Reviews - X Basic]

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