Jeff Minter revolucionó los shooters en la escena británica de los 80 y 90, fusionando láseres, llamas y ovejas en clásicos como Gridrunner y Tempest 2000. Este interactivo documental de Digital Eclipse invita a los jugadores a recorrer su trayectoria en un museo virtual repleto de documentos de diseño y nuevas funciones en vídeo. Repasa su evolución desde un crío programando en el Commodore VIC-20 entre cintas de casete y fanzines fotocopiados hasta consolidarse como referente del indie.
La recopilación reúne 42 juegos de acción indie clásicos en ocho plataformas, del Sinclair ZX81 al Atari Jaguar, con mejoras de calidad de vida para una jugabilidad más fluida. Destacan el Gridrunner remasterizado, fiel a sus orígenes en Commodore 64 pero renovado con gráficos y sonido modernos, además de los tempranos sintetizadores luminosos Psychedelia y Colourspace, adaptados a mandos. Los fans de los shooters retro y el catálogo alocado de Minter tienen aquí mucho que redescubrir.
Gridrunner. Revenge of the Mutant Camels. Tempest 2000. Llamatron. 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.
LLAMASOFT
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.
PLAY THE ACCLAIMED ORIGINALS
Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story 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.
GRIDRUNNER: REMASTERED
Jeff's signature shooter masterpiece Gridrunner 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.
GAMES, GAMES, GAMES
Sheep In Space. Andes Attack. Attack of the Mutant Camels. Matrix. Metagalactic Llamas Battle at the Edge of Time. Hellgate. Laser Zone. 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.
Two of Jeff Minter's earliest "light synthesizers," Psychedelia and Colourspace, are also included, with all-new options and features optimized for controller-based play. Finally, Jeff's demo of Attack of the Mutant Camels for the unreleased Konix Multi-System console is also included.
THE GOLD MASTER SERIES
New from Digital Eclipse (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection, Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration, The Making of Karateka), 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.
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