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Non-Llamasoft-Related Minotaur-ish iOS Fun

Posted on November 6, 2012 by admin

In which the black ox with the blue star out of Super Ox Wars takes an occasional look at games we like which aren’t actually ours. This game was recommended to me by one of its creators, who thought I … Continue reading →

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The Psychedelic World of Old Computer Ads

Posted on October 21, 2012 by admin

I have a bunch of old copies of BYTE magazine and suchlike stashed away on my iPad which I sometimes like to have a read of when i can’t think of anything else to read. It’s kinda fun to see … Continue reading →

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Llamasoft titles now appearing on Mac OS X, coming soon to Android

Posted on October 7, 2012 by admin

We’re proceeding in our efforts to bring all our games cross-platform. Three of them are now available on the Mac OS X App Store: Gridrunner is here; Super Ox Wars is here; and Five A Day is here. The games … Continue reading →

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Get the game that nearly cost me everything. For next to nothing.

Posted on September 16, 2012 by admin

Space Giraffe. A game two years in the making, during the production of which I came as close to a nervous breakdown as I ever care to get. A game whose return for the investment of time and effort was … Continue reading →

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Skeletons in the Closet: my own early Vic 20 efforts

Posted on September 9, 2012 by admin

After having taken the piss out of other people’s stuff for the last couple of weeks I feel it’s only fair to drag a few skeletons out of my own closet for public humiliation. This selection is largely from the … Continue reading →

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Why I hate marketing. Or at least why it makes me feel uncomfortable.

Posted on September 3, 2012 by admin

I was quite surprised the other day at how angry I got when I was doing my blog about the old Vic games and pointed out the massive disconnect between Imagine’s claims for shitty Vic-20 effort “Frantic” in the advertising … Continue reading →

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You’re Having A Giraffe: More Vic-20 Smeg

Posted on September 2, 2012 by admin

Sunday again so it’s time to have a bit more of a rummage through the back cattle-log of the good old Vic. The first game took me rather by surprise as I was trawling through Gamebase, since at first I … Continue reading →

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Fat Pixels, Fun Times: Great Vic-20 Games

Posted on August 26, 2012 by admin

I wanted to do a bit of a balancing entry to the one I did yesterday where I took the piss out of several bad Vic-20 games, lest I give the impression that I am a complete curmudgeon and that … Continue reading →

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I’ve Turned Into a Green Thing: Terrible Vic-20 Games

Posted on August 25, 2012 by admin

While twittering on the tweetatron this morning the subject of “Asteroids” by S. Munnery came up. This legendarily terrible version of Asteroids was, as I have documented before in the History of Llamasoft, at least partially responsible for the very … Continue reading →

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Various Items of Gridrunner-Related Gnus

Posted on August 25, 2012 by admin

Quite a Gridrunnery time at the moment. 1: Gridrunner nominated for the Golden Joysticks awards. In the mobile/tablet category. Which is nice. However since to win it you have to get the most votes from fans, and since in fact … Continue reading →

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