Atari 8 Bit
| AMC | Gridrunner | ||
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Defender-esque game with giant camels. I was reworking this for the Konix Multi System, but we all know what happened to that thing :-] |  |
One of my best-known games, originally Centipede-inspired but particularly in later incarnations very much evolved into its own unique style. |
| Hover Bovver | |||
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Lawnmowing game which is more fun than it sounds. Originally designed with my dad. | ||
Commodore Vic 20
| Abductor | Andes Attack | ||
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Fairly mundane bottom-shooter in which the enemies swooped down to abduct your Humanoids. Sort of Defender meets Galaxian. |  |
An early effort of a Defender clone. |
| Blitzkrieg | Deflex | ||
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A joke that got out of hand... ;) |  |
Dexterity game in which the player deflects a ball using angled deflectors in order to hit a target. Simple but fun. |
| Gridrunner | Hellgate | ||
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One of my best-known games, originally Centipede-inspired but particularly in later incarnations very much evolved into its own unique style. |  |
Insanely intense shooter in which the player controls 4 guns firing into a central arena. |
| Laserzone | Matrix | ||
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Shooter in which the player controls two guns on orthogonal axes. Not too baad. |  |
Sequel to Gridrunner. More levels and a few extra twists. |
| Meta-Llamas | Rox III | ||
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Possibly the most stupidly-named game of all time. Actually not a baad little shooter with an innovative control method which allowed the player to deflect shots in flight by manipulating a force field. |  |
Coded one Christmas on the Vic just for laughs, it actuallywasn't too bad of a game in a clunky written-in-BASIC stylee. |
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Somewhat control-impaired Amidar-inspired grid-painting game with *incredibly* annoying tune that won't shut up and drives you absolutely insane. | ||
Commodore C16
| Hellgate | Laserzone | ||
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Insanely intense shooter in which the player controls 4 guns firing into a central arena. | |
Shooter in which the player controls two guns on orthogonal axes. Not too baad. |
| Matrix | Voidrunner | ||
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Sequel to Gridrunner. More levels and a few extra twists. |  |
Further sequel to Gridrunner/Matrix. |
Commodore 64
| Ancipital | Attack of the Mutant Camels | ||
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Unusual puzzle/platform/shooter featuring an anthropomorphic goat character that could walk on the walls and ceiling as well as the floor. Not a bad game, and fondly remembered. | |
Defender-esque game with giant camels. I was reworking this for the Konix Multi System, but we all know what happened to that thing :-]. |
| Batalyx | Gridrunner | ||
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Unusual game in which player could jump at will between various sub-games all of which got more difficult as time went on, so the player needed to tackle those games he found most difficult early in the game to have a chance of completing it all. | |
One of my best-known games, originally Centipede-inspired but particularly in later incarnations very much evolved into its own unique style. |
| Hellgate | Hover Bovver | ||
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Insanely intense shooter in which the player controls 4 guns firing into a central arena. | |
Lawnmowing game which is more fun than it sounds. |
| Iridis Alpha | Laserzone | ||
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Complex scrolly shooter involving twin planet surfaces that scrolled in opposite directions, a main character that could transform between walking and flying modes, and warp gates that allowed access to higher game levels as the player progressed. | |
Shooter in which the player controls two guns on orthogonal axes. Not too baad. |
| Mama Llama | RMC | ||
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Possibly over-ambitious game where you had to guide a family of llamas through 100 levels whilst using an accompanying droid thingie to protect them from various enemies. |  |
Possibly one of the most menorable Llamasoft games. Giant camel blasting through waves of somewhat surreal enemies. |
Sinclair Spectrum
| City Bomb | Gridrunner | ||
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Quick lash-up of Blitzkrieg for the Speccy. Nothing special at all. | |
One of my best-known games, originally Centipede-inspired but particularly in later incarnations very much evolved into its own unique style. |
| Headbangers Heaven | Laserzone | ||
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Based on an old PET game I'd seen, except that in my version it paid to get hit on the head by the falling hammers and then take an aspirin. | |
Shooter in which the player controls two guns on orthogonal axes. Not too baad. |
| Matrix | Meta-Llamas | ||
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Sequel to Gridrunner. More levels and extra twists. | |
Possibly the most stupidly-named game of all time. Actually not a baad little shooter with an innovative control method which allowed the player to deflect shots in flight by manipulating a force field. |
| Rox III | Super Deflex | ||
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Coded one Christmas on the Vic just for laughs, it actually wasn't too bad of a game in a clunky written-in-BASIC stylee. | |
Update to the original Deflex |
| Trax | Voidrunner | ||
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Further sequel Gridrunner/Matrix | |
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