About Tony Kingsmill
I'm fortunate to have enjoyed a decent career from IT
and software, but outside of my day job I write software,
the odd articles and the occasional hardware project. I
enjoy exploring all machines and platforms but am
particularly interested in the BBC Micro/Electron, Amstrad
CPC, ZX Spectrum, Psion PDAs as well as modern
platforms. Back in the day I ran Data PD Library for
the Amstrad CPC, and have maintained the long running
football game series Top of the League across several
platforms, including the highly successful Palm OS version
in the 2000s. I've maintained a constant website presence
since 1997 and can be contacted at the address below. Thanks
for visiting!
Project Timeline Highlights 1988-2023...
- 1988
Development began on Top of the League for the
Amstrad CPC
- 1989
Lords of Magic self-published on 3" disc for the Amstrad
CPC
- 1990
Data PD Library disc operation opened and Top of the
League published at the same time
Lords of Magic, Island of Chaos, Revenge of Chaos and
Alien Planet published by The Guild/Adventure Workshop
for Amstrad CPC/ZX Spectrum
- 1991
Talisman of Lost Souls published by The Guild/Adventure
Workshop for Amstrad CPC/ZX Spectrum
Data PD Library featured twice in Amstrad Computer User
magazine
Several articles and short type-ins published in
Print-Out fanzine
Screen Editor released into Data PD Library
David Nagle opens Data PD cassette library
- 1992
Initial version of Top of the League written for the
ZX81 (and later lost before being published!)
Airline and and Ultimate Nightmare self-published on
cassette for the BBC Micro/Acorn Electron
Top of the League and World Geography for Amiga
distributed by 17-Bit PD Library
Data PD Library disc library closed to focus on
university
- 1994
Knightwoode graphic adventure released for Amiga
Last update to Top of the League for Amiga released
- 1995
Conflict Mars and Bottles released for Amiga
- 1996
Bomber written for DOS
- 1998
Helpdesk Database (MS Access)
- 2000
Proverb Pairs and OXO for Windows released online
(Visual Basic)
- 2002
Airline and Ultimate Nightmare for BBC/Electron
republished online with new set of instructions
- 2003
Top of the League for Palm OS published on Handango and
Download.com
- 2006
ZX81 1K challenges including Menace Mouse Attack and The
Monty Hall Problem
- 2007
Space Driller released for Palm OS
Stuff TV Top of the League review
- 2008
Last update for Top of the League on Palm OS
Amiga Minimig review & guide published online
- 2009
Password Inventor and QReplace written for Windows
(Visual Studio)
Top of the League for Symbian OS released
- 2011
Moonlander for Amstrad NC100 released (and later
distributed on 'Tim's Amstrad Site')
- 2012
Football Cards written with HTML5 for web / iOS
published online
- 2014
Apple Power PC maintained software list online
- 2019
Robot Dodge and Witch's Broom mini games (Windows/Linux)
written with my kids :)
- 2020
Ultimate Nightmare for Acorn Electron/BBC Micro gets a
major make-over and re-release on itch.io
Amstrad NC100 comms articles published online
- 2021
Xenoblast for ZX Spectrum released by Cronosoft and on
itch.io
- 2023
Reactor Rod for Windows released on itch.io
Airline get a major overhaul and rename to Airline Boss
on itch.io
- 2024
Ghostship Delgado adventure for BBC Micro released on
itch.io
Ghostship Delgado adventure released for the Amstrad CPC
on itch.io
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