Digital Eclipse introduced Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story to Swap this week, and we now have gameplay. You may get a take a look at the totally different included titles, gameography, and extra.
Gridrunner. Revenge of the Mutant Camels. Tempest 2000. Llamatron. Within the British gaming universe of the 80s and 90s, no person made video games like Jeff Minter. Now, in a brand new interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse, you possibly can play the historical past of one of many weirdest, wildest recreation builders to ever exist – a person who cherished shooters and sheep, lasers and llamas.
Journey again in time to an period of cassette tapes, photocopied zines, and README.TXT. An period through which a child with a Commodore VIC-20 and goals of radioactive sheep might turn into one in all Britain’s best-known recreation makers. A digital museum of design paperwork, playable video games, and all-new video options inform the fascinating story of a real unbiased recreation designer.
Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story contains 42 basic video games from 8 totally 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 period with the Atari ST and Atari Jaguar.
Jeff’s signature shooter masterpiece Gridrunner will get an all-new look from Digital Eclipse, up to date into thrilling trendy graphics and sound – whereas nonetheless operating the core of the Commodore 64 model for 100% gameplay accuracy.
Sheep In House. Andes Assault. Assault of the Mutant Camels. Matrix. Metagalactic Llamas Battle on the Fringe of Time. Hellgate. Laser Zone. And lots of extra. All of the Minter classics you’ve heard of (and several other you in all probability haven’t), now with new quality-of-life options to make enjoying them extra enjoyable than ever earlier than.
Two of Jeff Minter’s earliest “gentle synthesizers,” Psychedelia and Colourspace, are additionally included, with all-new choices and options optimized for controller-based play. Lastly, Jeff’s demo of Assault of the Mutant Camels for the unreleased Konix Multi-System console can also be included.
New from Digital Eclipse (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Assortment, Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration, The Making of Karateka), the Gold Grasp Collection presents iconic video games in an progressive “interactive documentary” format, placing the shared historical past of video games and their creators into one complete package deal.
Try the Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story gameplay beneath.
Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story is up on the Swap eShop with English, Japanese, Spanish, French, German, and Italian assist.