Blogs about: Jeff Minter
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Jeff Minter – Fundamentals and commonalities in games
After reading my previous posts, you can have a fairly good idea of what makes a good game according to Jeff. The basic, unbreakable aspect he pursues is FUN. Some developers sacrifice fun to make the… more →
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Konix Multisystem emulated
wrote 5 months ago: Woo, check out all the excitement at http://www.konixmultisystem.co.uk/ as they have now released an … more →
Jeff Minter – Fundamentals and commonalities in games
wrote 7 months ago: After reading my previous posts, you can have a fairly good idea of what makes a good game according … more →
Seventh generation – Neon, Space Giraffe and Gridrunner Revolution
wrote 7 months ago: The very first Jeff’s project on current generation was an interactive audio visualizer called Neon. … more →
Jeff Minter's games: Tempest 2000
wrote 7 months ago: Tempest 2000 is a remake of a classic arcade game Tempest. It was originally released as an exclusiv … more →
Jeff Minter's games: Llamatron
wrote 7 months ago: In the second generation of games, Jeff was able to release even 10 titles in one year. I guess thos … more →
Jeff Minter – second generation games
wrote 7 months ago: Jeff’s career spreads across several generations of games, so I’ll describe at least one from each. … more →
Jeff Minter - how the magic happens?
wrote 7 months ago: It’s hard to say what research Jeff Minter does. In terms of gameplay, Llamasoft games are classic a … more →
Jeff Minter - introduction
wrote 7 months ago: Jeff Minter is one of game industry’s legends and the object of my assignment. We had two weeks to d … more →
Another batch of C64 games!
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wrote 10 months ago: Today I got 2 more packages in the mail, and they contained the rest of the Commodore 64 games I had … more →
Big Huge Games
wrote 10 months ago: I read with some sadness that Big Games Studios were forced to file for bankruptcy in the last week … more →
Gridrunner
wrote 1 year ago: Before Playstations, Nintendos and Xboxs, indeed before laptops and home PCs, the home computer revo … more →
Space Giraffe: The Final Frontier
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wrote 1 year ago: What is the defining feature of Super Mario Brothers? Not in the boring terms of cultural cachet, bu … more →
Backtracking: Space Giraffe (@ OXM)
wrote 1 year ago: “It’s not often that a game’s splash screen is so alarmingly bizarre that it forces you to pau … more →
Old and new from llamasoft.
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wrote 1 year ago: Like many fellow retro gamers, I’ve always had a soft spot for games written by Jeff Minter of … more →
GoatUp review (iOS / Universal)
wrote 1 year ago: ♫ “Life’s an illusion, love is a dream But I don’t know what it is, ‘cos Eve … more →
Jeff Minter interview
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wrote 2 years ago: Jeff Minter has been kind enough to take part in an interview for Arcadelife. Jeff is the founder of … more →
iPAD RETRO SHOOTING WITH JEFF MINTER
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wrote 2 years ago: Minotaur Rescue is Jeff Minter’s latest game and is available for iPad and iPhone. It is basic … more →
Old Game+ Episode 2: The Bottom of the 32-bit Barrel
wrote 3 years ago: The Old Game+ Podcast returns with an epic look back at the lesser-knowns of the 32-bit era: 3DO, Ja … more →
My next JavaScript arcade game - a visual clue
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wrote 4 years ago: A few months back I updated this blog to suggest that I was working on a new JavaScript arcade game. … more →
