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Any Jeff Minter fans here?

mermanmerman
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http://www.wewantthellamasoftmovie.com

Did you play anything by Jeff Minter and Llamasoft?

Paul Docherty (the artist formerly known as Dokk) is doing a Kickstarter for a documentary movie on the Yak and his games.

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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    cant eat a whole one...errm

    used to love metagalactic llamas battle at the edge of time on the speccy, dabbled with one or two on the C64, ive recently aquired two versions of Matrix for my Vic20 collection (Llamasoft 1983) - LLA 12005 (in clamshell box) (plus one in normal box that doesnt feature a catalogue number) no idea on the differences tbh
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  • LunyLuny
    I was a Vic owner before a Speccy owner and had the delights of Grid Runner, Matrix, Abductor and Traxx. All very enjoyable arcade games.
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  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    myBook(Jeff Minter >= very good);

    Somewhere I have the Hes Ware Attack of the Mutant Camels Carthage on the C64. I think I also have the game on disk for my Atari ST.
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    Not particularly a fan, some of his ideas were nice, but the guy seems to come across as a bit of a self-absorbed twat tbh....
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  • dmsmithdmsmith
    edited September 2019
    I knew of the chap and that his games regualrly featured lamas or was it camels? But most of his games seemed to aimed at the C64 rather than the Spectrum. I do remember a GRIDRUNNER game that we rented but I don't recall if it was a Jeff Minter game.

    Didn't he also do ColourSpace on the Atari ST? That reminded me of a rather nicely done Game of Life with music.
    Post edited by dmsmith on
  • Rebelstar without a causeRebelstar without a cause
    The only game of his I ever played was Llamatron on the Amiga, which was a pretty cool Robotron clone.
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    Not particularly a fan, some of his ideas were nice, but the guy seems to come across as a bit of a self-absorbed twat tbh....
    Yep, that's the impression I got.
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  • dmsmithdmsmith
    Just discovered Color Space also came out on the BBC.

    Could something like this be done on the Spectrum, using Raster-timed techniques to increase resolution? The BBC has much the same palete as the spectrum..

  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    https://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003915&loadpics=3
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  • TimmyTimmy
    edited September 2019
    rich_chandler wrote: »
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    Not particularly a fan, some of his ideas were nice, but the guy seems to come across as a bit of a self-absorbed twat tbh....
    Yep, that's the impression I got.
    Yeah, in 2019, if you can do something, people will paint you as one. I doubt that people can do anything without being self-centered. Therefore it's an essential quality.

    That being said. I must say I have never played any of his games either.
    Post edited by Timmy on
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