Jeff Minter a marqué la scène vidéoludique britannique des années 80 et 90 avec des shoot'em up uniques, mêlant lasers, lamas et moutons dans des classiques comme Gridrunner et Tempest 2000. Ce documentaire interactif signé Digital Eclipse invite les joueurs à plonger dans sa carrière via un musée virtuel rempli de documents de design et de nouvelles vidéos. Il retrace son parcours, de gamin qui code sur Commodore VIC-20 entouré de cassettes et de fanzines photocopiés, jusqu'à son statut de développeur indie incontournable.
Cette collection regroupe 42 jeux d'action indie classiques sur huit plateformes, du Sinclair ZX81 à l'Atari Jaguar, avec des améliorations qualité de vie pour un gameplay plus fluide. Au menu : le Gridrunner remastérisé, fidèle à ses origines Commodore 64 mais boosté par des graphismes et un son modernes, ainsi que les premiers synthétiseurs lumineux Psychedelia et Colourspace adaptés aux manettes. Les amateurs de shoot'em up rétro et du catalogue déjanté de Minter y trouveront de quoi se replonger avec plaisir.
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.
