Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story... slaps [review]

Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story is a brand-new release from Digital Eclipse which is not only a playable compilation of his works (including over 40 games) but also an interactive documentary about Minter’s life and development process. Digital Eclipse has done an outstanding job sourcing high-quality scans of his development notes and photos from throughout his life, but also has filmed fantastic interviews with other developers, industry personalities and, of course, the man himself. Games you play include Gridrunner, Hellgate, Hover Bovver, Revenge of the Mutant Camels, Sheep in Space, Colourspace, Revenge of the Mutant Camels and Tempest 2000 over a range of console and computers such as Commodores VIC-20/C64, the Sinclair Spectrum, the Atari ST, the Atari Jaguar and for the first time, the Konix Multi-System. This is the second release in their Gold Master Series, having already released The Making of Karateka in 2023. This a game review
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[@hotconductor4749]

Tempest 2000 is still his penultimate work in my mind!

[@goatbone]

This release looks fantastic. Will definitely be picking it up. Was playing Tempest 2000 the other day.

[@lordmaximus780]

Attack/Revenge of the Mutant Camels left a lasting impression on me, i remember it well on the C64 in the late 80s. I must try more of Minters stuff.
Top, informative vid man. And well done for putting in the research on Minter and even sharing his hairstyle in tribute.

[@retrogameon]

Us hairys gotta look out for each other

[@awardwinner9184]

Dude I missed this based on thumbnail...watching now...prob good as always

[@retrogameon]

And I missed this comment! Score 0-0

[@colinthomson7518]

Legend Programmer

[@VEGANVANIA]

Ah... but you don't get a copy of the sequel, Tempest 3000...

[@jameslfowler9988]

loved minter for a few decades now. Im honestly surprised this release doesnt come with this tempest 3000 from the nuon or his famed VLM's. ex. for anyone who doesnt know, the one for the jag cd and the one for the xbox 360. I still enjoy milkdrop to this day whenever i play music on my phone and PC it is running

[@retrogameon]

I've been wanting to play Tempest 3000 for a long time, but the emulator doesn't currently run it (at least in my experience). Hopefully soon!