Malf on 17/3/2018 at 07:57
That's a bit of a popular misconception, mostly due to the Tempest games he makes being the most famous. There's just as many original games in the Llamasoft catalogue as derivitives, if not more.
A lot of his other games are very loosely derived from others, but if you've played the original and the Llamasoft version, you'll know the Llamasoft one is completely its own game. Atari's Centipede is by Jeff's own admission the inspiration for Gridrunner, but if you've played the two, Gridrunner is barely recognisable as being a derivative, especially in the later games. The last version I played, Gridrunner Revolution, is very much Llamasoft's own.
That's why I'm looking forward to the PC release of Polybius so much. That's genuinely original. True, the name's pinched from an urban legend and the gameplay draws inspiration from all sorts of sources, but the game itself is not something you can say anyone else has made before.
henke on 17/3/2018 at 09:09
Quote Posted by icemann
It's kinda weird how the Kojima's and Miyamoto's are spoken of often, but people like Jeff Minter are barely known at all
Me, reading this: he's the guy who made Prince of Persia, right?
*looks it up*Nope, he is
not the guy who made Prince of Persia.
In fact I don't think I've played any of his games, besides briefly trying Tempest and deciding it was not my kinda thing.
icemann on 17/3/2018 at 09:23
Jordan Mechner (sp?) was the creator for Prince of Persia.
Sulphur on 17/3/2018 at 09:39
I think he made WinAmp, and is (was?) fond of llamas? I am now feeling very nostalgic.
*loads up MilkDrop vis on foobar and plays beverly hills cop theme*
Malf on 17/3/2018 at 13:28
Nah, he didn't make Winamp, but he is responsible for the xbox 360's music visualiser, Neon. Neon is also utilised in most of his modern games to provide psychedelic backgrounds that pulse in time with the music and sound effects, in an effort to help players get in to "the zone".
Apart from games, his other primary programming interest is Light Synthesisers.
He is fond of Llamas and other animals though. He lives on a smallhold in Wales and has numerous sheep, goats, donkeys and yes, llamas.
Sulphur on 17/3/2018 at 13:36
I was joking, man. Way to rain on the disinformation parade. :|
henke on 17/3/2018 at 14:57
I believed you as well. I remembered there was definitely something about WinAmp and llamas, and this guy had a company called Llamasoft. Ol' Sulphy's probably telling the truth, I thought. Ol' Sulphy wouldn't lie to us, I thought. :(
icemann on 17/3/2018 at 15:48
[video=youtube;HaF-nRS_CWM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaF-nRS_CWM[/video]
How many here still use this? I still do on occasion. Though VLC does the job well enough.
ZylonBane on 17/3/2018 at 17:23
Quote Posted by Malf
That's a bit of a popular misconception, mostly due to the Tempest games he makes being the most famous. There's just as many original games in the Llamasoft catalogue as derivitives, if not more.
...that nobody remembers, because they weren't very good. What do people remember? Gridrunner, the Centipede clone. Andes Attack, the Defender clone. Llamatron, the Robotron clone. Revenge of the Mutant Camels, the Empire Strikes Back (2600) clone.
Starker on 17/3/2018 at 17:25
Quote Posted by icemann
How many here still use this? I still do on occasion. Though VLC does the job well enough.
Nope, dropped it when it started eating too much memory. Switched to foobar2000.
