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Part 2 of Jeff Minter's History of Llamasoft Published

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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. Commodore 64 anyone? by Neo-Rio-101 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Jeff Minter made some really whacked out games back in the day. No one could ever accuse him of being unoriginal with some of his titles.... (except maybe in the Llama department) in fact most of the games he made MUST have been done when he was high or something... and usually had something to do with Llamas.

    So maybe "Attack of the Mutant Camels" was an Atari2600 "Empire Strikes back" rip-off and "Sheep in Space" was a weird "Defender"-like game, but just fire up your C64 emulator and look at "Batalyx" or "Anticipal". I suppose the experience of those games is multiplied further if you've downed a few magic mushrooms beforehand.

    "Hovver Bovver" must have been one of the most interesting third-person mow-the-lawn-ups I've ever played too. Gimme back my mower!

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  2. 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his software for release on a PC at one point - perhaps he has realised the value of his software brands and has withdrawn the downloads so he can realise an income off them at some point.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 :)

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

    http://www.llamasoftarchive.org/
    http://www.medwaypvb.com/llamadloads.htm

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  4. This is a great read for those around 35 +/- 5yrs by GrpA · · Score: 5, Interesting

    A lot of old memories in his article... It brings it all back.

    Some of us followed different paths, but I guess if you're in that age group and reading slashdot, there's a very good chance you've probably had many of the same experiences, thoughts and memories that Jeff Minter shares...

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  5. Llama obsession? by Moocowsia · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Is it just me or is there a lot of companies that have strange obsesessions with llamas... Maxis and Nullsoft for example.

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