Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
<i>Gridrunner</i>.<i> Revenge of the Mutant Camels</i>. <i>Tempest 2000</i>.<i> Llamatron</i>. In the British gaming universe of the 80s and 90s, nobody made games like Jeff Minter. Now, in a new interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse, you can play the history of one of the weirdest, wildest game developers to ever exist – a man who loved shooters and sheep, lasers and llamas.<br><br><strong>LLAMASOFT</strong><br><br>Journey back in time to an era of cassette tapes, photocopied zines, and README.TXT. An era in which a kid with a Commodore VIC-20 and dreams of radioactive sheep could become one of Britain's best-known game makers. A virtual museum of design documents, playable games, and all-new video features tell the fascinating story of a true independent game designer.<br><br><strong>PLAY THE ACCLAIMED ORIGINALS</strong><br><br><i>Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story</i> includes 42 classic games from 8 different platforms, from Jeff Minter's earliest work on the Sinclair ZX81 and Commodore VIC-20, to later work on the Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Atari 800, and deep into the 16-bit era with the Atari ST and Atari Jaguar. <br><br><strong>GRIDRUNNER: REMASTERED</strong><br><br>Jeff's signature shooter masterpiece <i>Gridrunner</i> gets an all-new look from Digital Eclipse, updated into thrilling modern graphics and sound – while still running the core of the Commodore 64 version for 100% gameplay accuracy.<br><br><strong>GAMES, GAMES, GAMES</strong><br><br><i>Sheep In Space</i>. <i>Andes Attack</i>. <i>Attack of the Mutant Camels</i>. <i>Matrix</i>. <i>Metagalactic Llamas Battle at the Edge of Time</i>. <i>Hellgate</i>. <i>Laser Zone</i>. And many more. All the Minter classics you've heard of (and several you probably haven't), now with new quality-of-life features to make playing them more fun than ever before.<br><br>Two of Jeff Minter's earliest "light synthesizers," <i>Psychedelia</i> and <i>Colourspace</i>, are also included, with all-new options and features optimized for controller-based play. Finally, Jeff's demo of <i>Attack of the Mutant Camels</i> for the unreleased Konix Multi-System console is also included.<br><br><strong>THE GOLD MASTER SERIES</strong><br><br>New from Digital Eclipse (<i>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection</i>, <i>Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration</i>, <i>The Making of Karateka</i>), the Gold Master Series presents iconic games in an innovative "interactive documentary" format, putting the shared history of games and their creators into one comprehensive package.
- Developer: Digital Eclipse