developer corridors of genon
Home computers were a class of microcomputers entering the market in 1977 , and becoming common during the 1980s . They were marketed to consumers as affordable and accessible computers that , for the first time , were intended for the use of a single nontechnical user . These computers were a distinct market segment that typically cost much less than business , scientific or engineering - oriented computers of the time such as the ___MASK81___ PC , and were generally less powerful in terms of memory and expandability . However , a home computer often had better graphics and sound than contemporaneous business computers . Their most common uses were playing video games , but they were also regularly used for word processing , doing homework , and programming . A video game is an electronic game that involves human or animal interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor . The word " video " in " video game " traditionally referred to a raster display device , but as of the 2000s , it implies any type of display device that can ___MASK32___ two - or three - dimensional images . Some theorists categorize video games as an art form , but this designation is controversial . The ZX Spectrum is an 8 - bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by ___MASK34___ Ltd . It was manufactured in Dundee , Scotland , in the now closed Timex factory . The ___MASK81___ System / 360 introduced byte - addressable memory with 8 - bit bytes , as opposed to bit - addressable or decimal digit - addressable or word - addressable memory , although its general purpose registers were 32 bits wide , and addresses were contained in the lower 24 bits of those addresses . Different models of System / 360 had different internal data path widths ; the ___MASK81___ System / 360 Model 30 ( 1965 ) implemented the 32 - bit System / 360 architecture , but had an 8 bit native path width , and performed 32 - bit arithmetic 8 bits at a time . New Generation Software was a firm best known for the computer games with innovative graphics it produced for the Sinclair ZX81 and ZX Spectrum computers . It was conceived in the spring of 1982 shortly after the lead developer , ___MASK37___ created " 3D Monster Maze " ( initially released by J . K . Greye Software , and later republished by " New Generation Software ") one of the first 3D games for a home computer . J . K . Greye Software was a British software company set up by J . K . Greye in early 1981 and 6 months later joined by ___MASK37___ after they met at a Bath Classical Guitar & Lute Society meeting in Bath in 1981 . They produced computer games for the Sinclair ZX81 and ZX Spectrum home computers . 3D Monster Maze is a computer game developed from an idea by J . K . Greye and programmed by ___MASK37___ in 1981 for the Sinclair ZX81 platform with the 16 KB memory expansion . The game was initially released by J . K . Greye Software in early 1982 and re - released later the same year by Evans ' own startup , New Generation Software . Rendered using low - resolution character block " graphics ", it was one of the first 3D games for a home computer , and the first game incorporating typical elements of the genre that would later be termed survival horror . Corridors of Genon is a ZX Spectrum video game developed and released by New Generation Software in 1983 .