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Minter on the History of Llamasoft

Posted by michael on from the got-llama dept.

Tmuk writes "Just thought I'd bring to your attention the first of a new series of articles by Jeff Minter over at the mighty Way of the Rodent. For the first time ever, the complete history of Llamasoft is being brought together by the man himself, with new articles appearing regularly. Enjoy!"

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  1. Thank you Jeff by Trolling4Dollars · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I played Llamatron incessantly for a good part of my late teens and twenties. Even today's bi tech FPS games can't compete for playability with a classic like Llamatron. I even got it running in DOSBox on Linux. Woohoo! :)

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  2. AssemblyTV by dotwaffle · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I work for AssemblyTV and I seem to remember we interviewed him. [checks] We did.

    http://scene.org/file.php?file=%2Fparties%2F2003 %2 Fassembly03%2Fassemblytv%2F2003-08-08_1210-jeff_mi nters.mpg&fileinfo

  3. Commodore PET 2001 - Thanks Mom & DAD by Graemee · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Funny, I just finished repairing mine last night, hadn't fired her up for 5-6 years and a couple of moves. Just had to re-seat the memory. Got to love that case design and the rod to hold the hood up. Built like a tank.

    Best $700.00 I got my parents to spend. I remember them asking, "Do you think this will help you with school". Let's see I passed, went to college, passed, got a job in the IT field, got a better job in the IT field, etc.

    Yeah, it helped.

    So thanks Mom & Dad.

    And some day it'll be worth more than the $700.00 too.

  4. Programming now and then by payndz · · Score: 4, Interesting
    The article's a good read, especially if you're familiar with Minter from the old days. (I saw him once at a computer show in about 1985, wandering around in a big woolly coat and looking a bit lost...)

    It kind of shows up one of the problems with computers today. Back then, you had a programming language built right into the machine and could play about with it to your heart's content, and if you felt that BASIC was a bit, well, basic, it wasn't going to break the bank to pick up a book on Z80 or 6502/10 machine code and an assembler to experiment with. I certainly did - not to any great level, but enough to create little games and get things moving around on screen.

    What do kids have like that now, though? I'd hate to think that computer studies classes for 14-year-olds drop them right in with C!

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