Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
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Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story Is Digital Eclipse’s Next Interactive Documentary

Digital Eclipse has revealed the next interactive documentary it will be be releasing after The Making of Karateka’s success, titled Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story. It is set to debut on consoles and PC in 2024.

Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story, like The Making of Karateka, will allow fans to play through gaming history. This time, it’s that of Llamasoft — best known for games like Akka Arrh and Gridrunner. According to the press release, the contents of the game will include:

  • The acclaimed originals. Play all the Minter classics you’ve heard of (and several you probably haven’t) — 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 — now with new quality-of-life features that make them more fun than ever before.
  • Gridrunner: Remastered. Digital Eclipse has updated Jeff’s signature shooter masterpiece with thrilling modern graphics and sound, while still running the core of the Commodore 64 version for 100% gameplay accuracy.
  • Light synthesizers. Explore two of Jeff Minter’s earliest light synthesizers, Psychedelia and Colourspace, with all-new options and features optimized for controller-based play.

You can check out the Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story reveal trailer on YouTube below (watch more trailers):

What is Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story?

“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,” reads the title’s synopsis. “A virtual museum of design documents, 42 classic games from 8 different platforms, and all-new video features from the director of the upcoming film ‘Heart of Neon’ tell the fascinating story of a true independent game designer.”

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