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in reply to: Jeff Minter: Llamatron and Revenge of the Mutant Camels #9950

That’s right – I forgot about Tempest 2000. I played the DOS version quite a bit over the years. But I’ve since bought Tempest 4000 which has surpassed 2000 in every way.

I gave Llamatron a go last night and enjoyed it a fair bit. I’ll keep it installed for times I want a quick shooty arcade game.

Have you played Akka Arrh or iRobot?

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in reply to: Jeff Minter: Llamatron and Revenge of the Mutant Camels #9947

I really enjoyed his iOS version of Gridrunner and then all his follow up iOS games, including one that was like Llamatron (Minotron 2112). Unfortunately they’re all pulled from the App Store now.

I’ll have to have a look at what he’s done on DOS.

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in reply to: Alien Breed (1993) #9946

I played the Amiga version of Alien Breed some time ago on an emulator and while I didn’t get far, I certainly enjoyed it. How does the DOS version compare? The early 90s was that fascinating period where the PC was starting to overtake the Amiga in games but from memory the Amiga got an ECS version too, so I’m not sure.

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in reply to: Oh Hell Yes. #9945

I’ve not heard of it, though I certainly remember the original Elite on the 8-bit computers of the day. This looks like a game I’ll need to read through the manual first. Looking forward to giving it a try.

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in reply to: I’m gonna play this one! #9943

Yeah I agree. There’s a few games like that on GoG. Another example is Sim City 2000. The Windows 95 and Mac versions were superior, but the version on GoG is the DOS version. I guess you’re right that it’s just easier for them to wrap up the DOS version, but they somehow got games like Carmageddon 2 working which never had a DOS release from memory.