Jeff "Yak" Minter ( born Jeff Minter ; born April 22, 1962 , Reading , Berkshire , England ) is a British computer game developer and programmer . Founder of Llamasoft . Among Minter’s recent works are Neon (2004), a light and music synthesizer built into the Xbox 360 , and the game Space Giraffe (for Xbox Live Arcade - 2007, for PC - 2008), Space Invaders Extreme (Xbox Live Arcade, May 2009).
| Jeff Minter | |
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| Jeff minter | |
| Date of Birth | April 22, 1962 (57 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Reading , England |
| Citizenship |  Great Britain |
| Occupation | Computer game developer , programmer |
| Site | llamasoft.co.uk |
Fans of Minter’s games note several elements inherent in his games: as a rule, these are the games of the “ Kill Them All ” genre; in the headband and / or in the game itself there is a ruminant: a llama , a sheep , a camel , etc. psychedelic elements are often found, such as in one of Trip-a-Tron 's first light-musical synthesizers.
In online forums and with an informal mention, Minter usually uses the nickname “Yak”, which, according to him, has long been his nickname, chosen to be added to the table of records of slot machines. Such a choice was made, since the yak , according to Minter himself, was “a dirty hairy animal, much like me” [1]
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Games
Second Generation Games
- Andes Attack ( Commodore VIC-20 , 1982) (AKA Aggressor , Bomber , Bomb Buenas Aires )
- Gridrunner ( Atari / C64 / ZX Spectrum , 1982)
- Abductor ( Commodore VIC-20 , 1982)
- Traxx ( Commodore VIC-20 / ZX Spectrum , 1983)
- Matrix: Gridrunner 2 ( Atari / C64 , 1983)
- Laser Zone ( C64 , 1983)
- Attack of the Mutant Camels ( Atari / C64 , 1983) (UK: Advance of the Megacamel )
- Revenge of the Mutant Camels ( C64 , 1983)
- Headbangers Heaven ( ZX Spectrum , 1983)
- Ancipital ( C64 , 1984)
- Hover Bovver ( Atari / C64 , 1984)
- Psychedelia ( C64 / ZX Spectrum / MSX , 1984) - A light synthesizer.
- Sheep in Space ( C64 , 1984)
- Hellgate ( Commodore VIC-20 , 1984)
- Mama Llama ( C64 , 1985)
- Colorspace ( Atari , 1985) - A light synthesizer.
- Batalyx ( C64 , 1985)
- Iridis Alpha ( C64 , 1986)
- Voidrunner ( C64 , 1987)
- Return of the Mutant Camels ( Atari / C64 , 1988) (AKA Revenge of the Mutant Camels 2 )
Third Generation Games
- Andes Attack ( Atari ST , 1988)
- Trip-a-Tron ( Atari ST / Commodore Amiga , 1988)
- Bombuzal ( Atari ST , 1988) - Minter designed one level
- Defender II ( Atari ST / Commodore Amiga , 1990)
- Photon Storm ( Atari ST / Commodore Amiga , 1990)
- Defender 2 ( Atari ST , 1990)
- Llamatron: 2112 ( Atari ST / Commodore Amiga , 1991, PC , 1992)
- Hardcore ( Atari ST , 1992)
- Revenge of the Mutant Camels (enhanced re-release) ( Atari ST / Commodore Amiga , 1991, PC , 1994)
Fifth Generation Games
- Virtual Light Machine ( Atari Jaguar , 1994) (AKA VLM-1 )
- Tempest 2000 ( Atari Jaguar , 1994)
- Defender 2000 ( Atari Jaguar , 1995)
- Llamazap ( Atari Falcon , 1995)
- Tempest X3 ( PS1 , 1996) (credited only for Tempest 2000 )
- VLM-2 ( Nuon DVD , 2000)
- Tempest 3000 ( Nuon DVD , 2000)
- Hover Bovver 2: Grand Theft Flymo ( PC , 2002)
- Gridrunner ++ ( PC , 2002)
Sixth Generation Games
- Unity ( GCN , Canceled)
Seventh Generation Games
- Neon ( Xbox 360 , 2005) (AKA VLM-3 )
- Space Giraffe ( Xbox 360 , 2007), ( PC , 2008)
- Space Invaders Extreme ( Xbox 360 , ETA 2009)
- Gridrunner Revolution (PC, TBA)
Other games
- Metagalactic Llamas Battle at the Edge of Time ( Commodore VIC-20 ) (AKA Meta-Llamas )
- Blitzkrieg ( Commodore VIC-20 )
- Deflex ( Commodore VIC-20 )
- Rox III ( Commodore VIC-20 )
- City Bomb ( ZX Spectrum )
- Super Deflex ( ZX Spectrum )
- Super Gridrunner ( Atari ST )
Notes
- ↑ Minter, Jeff. Llamasoft: Home of the Virtual Light Machine - An Introduction . 2005.
Links
- Llamasoft official website
- The llamasoft archive
- Jeff Minter's Twitter page
- Jeff Minter's Google TechTalk, March 2007 (link not available)
- "The history of llamasoft"
- An interview with Jeff Minter
- A netmeeting / interview with Jeff Minter , held by B3ta
- Blog
- The Inquirer article on his early games
- Gamasutra Interview, April 2007
- Jeff minter at moby games