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Part 2 of Jeff Minter's History of Llamasoft Published

Tmuk writes "The second part of Jeff Minter's Complete History of Llamasoft has just gone up over at The Way of the Rodent. Straight from the man himself, it's a fantastic read after the previously Slashdot-covered first part. Enjoy!"

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  1. Re:Anyone know where to find Llamatron? by kiwioddBall · · Score: 5, Informative

    Mate - Jeff used to provide downloads of his whole video game archive on his website before he switched to llamasoft.co.uk. I don't know where you can get them now. Jeff reckoned that one of his larger mistakes was to license his software for release on a PC at one point - perhaps he has realised the value of his software brands and has withdrawn the downloads so he can realise an income off them at some point. His Gridrunner and Camel titles as well as Llamasoft and his name certainly have good brand recognition amongst the gamers of the day so he well deserves to profit from those :)

  2. Re:Anyone know where to find Llamatron? by Vargasan · · Score: 5, Informative
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    Putting the romance back into necromancer.
  3. Re:Commodore 64 anyone? by Troed · · Score: 4, Informative

    Get a Gamecube - his latest psychedelic shooter Unity is soon to be released.

    Info and images here.

  4. Re:What? by Tet · · Score: 2, Informative
    I played a difficult and frustrating game where I killed camels using a space ship. Apparently that is what Llamasoft is all about. Very disappointing.

    I have to wonder what you were expecting, if you found it disappointing. If the game's called "{Attack,Revenge} of the mutant camels", how can you be disappointed to find a game involving killing camels? The clue's is the title, one would have thought...

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    "The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike." -- Delos B. McKown
  5. Re:thanks by Bambi+Dee · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually, you only need to type lI (lower-case l, upper-case I). run is rU, ...

  6. Re:jeff minter & curry by hyphz · · Score: 2, Informative

    > He does own at least one (maybe three) sheep
    > (one is 16 years old and called Flossie)

    Actually, Flossie died in September last year.