Jeff Minter

Jeff 'Yak' Minter (born in Reading, April 22 1962) is one of the most innovative and distinctive modern British computer/video game designers and programmers. He is the founder of software house Llamasoft.

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Reading - April 22 - 1962 - British - Computer - Video game - Designers - Programmers

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Minter's games are as unmistakable as the oeuvre of a literary writer. Almost all his games include certain distinctive elements—they are often arcade style shoot-em-ups. His fondness of llamas, sheep, camels etc. often leads to them appearing in his games or the titles (Llamatron, Llamazap, Attack of the Mutant Camels, Revenge of the Mutant Camels, Sheep in Space, etc.). Also many feature something of a psychedelic element, as in some of the earliest 'light synthesizer' programs such as his Trip-a-Tron.

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Oeuvre - Shoot-em-up - Llama - Sheep - Camel - Llamatron - Llamazap - Attack of the Mutant Camels - Revenge of the Mutant Camels - Sheep in Space - Psychedelic - Trip-a-Tron

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In online forums and informal game credits pages Minter usually signs as "Yak", which is, in his own words"a pseudonym chosen a long time ago, back in the days when hi-score tables on coin-op machines only held three letters, and I settled on Yak because the yak is a scruffy hairy beast - a lot like me ;-)."

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