Bandersnatch from Imagine Software

Imagine worked on the game Bandersnatch for the Sinclair Spectrum, but the game was never released since Imagine went bankrupt in 1984.

The museum has unique material in the collection: the sketches and conceptual graphics of Imagine. The collection includes the following pieces:

1. 22 pages of photocopied description and screen drawings describing the basic concept

2. A 30 x 49 cms flattened box with artwork attached.

3. A folder with artwork stating - Profile Dossier Project: Vel

4. Contents of the folder include:

4.1 Examples of Bandersnatch logo

4.2 Imagine Compliment slip

4.3 Dummy Contents page

4.4 Dummy - Read me first page

4.5 Character Book with 8 sides including 2 sides of hand coloured artwork

4.6 Concepts book - without contents

4.7 Character book - with drawings of Assassin and Galactic policeman

4.8 Description sheet of Krystius (Moon) - coloured artwork

4.9 The Bandersnatch Team profile book - empty

4.10 Artwork for ‘iron on transfer’ Bandersnatch - never look back.

4.11 A4 coloured film artwork - Bandersnatch

4.12 Dummy reply paid card

4.13 Imagine headed paper

4.14 Another with titles: The Mega-Games. Free Format Games Concept.

Originally, the material comes from D. H. Lawson, E. R. Evans, D. I. Weatherburn, J. Gibson, M. Glover.

Connections in the collection