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Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story

From the Eighties heyday of the bedroom coder to the present day, he has developed highly distinctive games that combine his AAA passions – and by that we mean arcade games, animals and abstract visuals. Put simply, you know a Llamasoft game when you see one, and the fact that he’s done all this while remaining independent for almost his entire career makes it all the more worthy of celebration. Enter Digital Eclipse, which has chosen to present Jeff Minter’s story in the interactive documentary format that it pioneered with a couple of years ago. That means

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