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Also known by his nickname ‘The Rochdale Balrog’, John had previously worked in the RAF and the building trade before moving into computer games in his late 30s. Having had experience of writing adventure games for other publishers, he founded Zenobi Software in 1985 as a way of distributing his own works and eventually those of others. Zenobi ceased publishing new games in 1997, but many of them remain fondly regarded by fans of adventure games to this day, and John himself has been