Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story

42 of the weirdest, trippiest, sheepiest games ever created. Enter the mind of Jeff Minter, the legendary creator of Attack of the Mutant Camels, Gridrunner, and Tempest 2000, in this interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse.

The Llamasoft Collection

The Llamasoft Collection is the latest addition to Evercade’s expanding lineup, featuring 27 games from industry legend Jeff Minter. Spanning the early 8-bit home computer era through to the Atari ST, this collection brings together 21 unique titles with multiple system versions of some of Minter’s most iconic creations.

30 Games

"30 Games" is a compilation of games for the ZX Spectrum; not to be confused by the same compilation of the same name for the Commodore 64, which while has some games that are the same but are mostly comprised of different ones.

Gridrunner Revolution

Gridrunner Revolution is a game which has evolved over 27 years. The original Gridrunner games were created for the Commodore 64 and Vic-20 back in 1982. The company that made the games, Llamasoft, are now one of the longest established game developers in existence and over the intervening years have done pioneering work in the field of music visualization as well as developing genre-defining games such as Tempest 2000 and the extraordinary Space Giraffe.

Gridrunner Revolution takes some core ideas from those old Commodore games and extrapolates them forward to create a game that is both modern and exceptionally beautiful. The gameplay goes way beyond mere shooting and leads players to score highly by engaging with the game's mechanic to produce aesthetically pleasing abstract graphics “performances” as they play.

Several game modes are included, along with simulations of the original Vic and C64 games so that players can see for themselves the game's history and how it has evolved in the 21st century.

Gridrunner

Gridrunner is a lot like Atari's arcade classic, Centipede.

Voidrunner

Gridrunner++

Gridrunner++ is a retro style shooter game by Jeff Minter.

Super Grid Runner

Yet again earth is under attack by the slimelords of Xtharrgg. The positive is that a few of the very latest Vorton Hyper X-13 UltraStarfighters are at hand, the negative, the only pilot good enough to fly them is you!

Super Grid Runner was an iteration of Llamasoft's popular Gridrunner series for next generation computer families of the day, starting with the Atari ST. While this version includes new sprites, graphic effects and a new power up system, the game remains faithful to the original VIC-20 classic.

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Quicksilva Ltd. was founded by Nick Lambert in 1981. It became one of the UK industry's first big companies, releasing at least 50 Spectrum games and 20 Commodore 64 titles, including games from Jeff Minter and titles from Spain's Indescomp team such as Bugaboo (The Flea) and Fred.
In 1984, Quicksilva was bought by The Argus Press Group.

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