{"id":436983,"date":"2023-12-06T22:19:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T04:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/?p=436983"},"modified":"2023-12-06T22:19:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T04:19:57","slug":"digital-eclipses-next-gold-master-game-is-llamasoft-the-jeff-minter-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/digital-eclipses-next-gold-master-game-is-llamasoft-the-jeff-minter-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Eclipse&#8217;s next Gold Master game is Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of the Day of the Devs stream, Digital Eclipse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rg0H6U0WXBM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has revealed<\/a> the next game in their Gold Master Series. This one is focused on Jeff Minter, entitled <em>Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gold Master Series officially started with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/reviews\/review-the-making-of-karateka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Making of Karateka<\/a><\/em>, but the format was first piloted for <em>Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration<\/em>. Rather than just being collections, the titles are interactive documentaries built around the games they contain. In this way, greater context and, therefore, a greater appreciation can be formed for the subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story | Day of the Devs Reveal\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rg0H6U0WXBM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeff Minter is a veteran of game design. He began his career in the early 1980\u2019s, developing games for 8-bit microcomputers like the Sinclair ZX81 and the Commodore Vic-20. A lot of his early games were clones of popular arcade titles, which was an extremely common practice and starting point for programmers at the time. The game he\u2019s perhaps best known for is <em>Tempest 2000<\/em>, a 1994 title for the Atari Jaguar and sequel to David Theurer\u2019s 1981 arcade title, <em>Tempest<\/em>. <em>Tempest 2000<\/em> is often cited as one of the very few legitimately great games on the Atari Jaguar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story<\/em> will highlight Minter\u2019s career through 42 games across 8 platforms. While this does include multiple ports of the same games (three separate versions of <em>Gridrunner)<\/em>, we do get <em>Tempest 2000<\/em> as well as <em>Revenge of the Mutant Camels \u201889<\/em>, which was intended for the canceled Konix Multisystem. Damned cool stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve said it before, but Digital Eclipse\u2019s approach to game collections is transformative. It is such an effective way of preserving these games, giving players a chance to learn some history of the video game industry while also trying out the games for themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story<\/em> is set for a 2024 release. I haven\u2019t been able to find any announced platforms, but judging from previous releases, it\u2019s probably going to be on PC and most consoles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a llama, there&#8217;s a llama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":436984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","ub_ctt_via":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[19893,23992,24114,478,136],"internal-label":[22870],"invoiceable_action":[23730],"article_type":[23116],"coauthors":[{"id":17,"display_name":"Zoey Handley","user_nicename":"adzuken"}],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screen_Llamasoft.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","author_info":{"display_name":"Zoey Handley","author_link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/author\/adzuken\/"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screen_Llamasoft.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436985,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436983\/revisions\/436985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436983"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=436983"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=436983"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=436983"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=436983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}