How Legendary Game Developer Jeff Minter Created Akka Arrh

[@zeno_aratus]

jeff is an absolute legend for the C64

[@1shoryuken]

I swear, Jeff makes the coolest games.

[@carywise6291]

Would you like to see atari release a vcs 2 pc in the future? because i would

[@davidm3569]

Jeff, you Sir are a legend. I remember back in the days of computer fairs, you were there and we were honoured to meet you. 😁

[@tera_2024]

I remember my mum taking me to see him at one of the computer shows im the 80's and as we left his Llama Soft stand, she said "Oo there was very strong smell of Marijuana coming from him" 😁

[@s3rg11]

I love that monitor/keyboard combo.

[@pirovash88]

2022-2023 are the years of Atari. Love the attention your history has received, starting with Atari 50. Keep educating the gaming world on how great your lineage is.

[@axolotl84]

nothing but resepect jeff, llamatron was one of my earliest gaming memories on my dads atari st - such a legend!!

[@kNeczpal]

I would love to see an entire interview with him seems like a short interview but interesting for sure 👍🕹

[@ULTIMATEPATCHES]

Brilliant! His recent VR games are mind-blowing as well.

[@kevinbuchanan67]

What you talking bout?

[@kevinbuchanan67]

@@provisionalhypothesis I've wanted vr tempest forever. I need this

[@axolotl84]

@@kevinbuchanan67 there's a magic new invention called google where i found what he was talking about in about 5 seconds

[@pinguswalk]

@@kevinbuchanan67 they already have a finished VR version of tempest 4000 but Atari made them take it out of the game. Apparently atari doesn't want their games to have VR.

[@vr4ever645]

POLYBIUS is a masterpiece for VR! I could spend a long time only in the starting screen. VR was made for this.❤ But also very worth mentioning is Moose Life and Gridunner. I mean come on. Everything that Llamasoft puts out is genius.

[@Kaloo1968]

I love the music/sound in this. It's very unique.

[@fordprefect80]

Good onya Jeff. Big fan since the early Commodore 64 days. Keep em coming.

[@marssmarss1752]

Please make more videos liike this😀

[@district5198]

Actually please make more videos period.

[@carywise6291]

Who wants a vcs 2? because i sure do

[@district5198]

@@carywise6291 100% Atari VCS 2 👍

[@VJFranzK]

😎☮🧮 another visually interesting title!

[@jollywankerproductions774]

I wish the VCS had a trak ball add on that worked for this. I would buy one!!

[@RolandoRatas]

One of the old masters.

[@Martroid]

I'd happily watch hours of this 🤘👽🤘

[@scottcastle9119]

I’m creating a custom 2D engine so I can make Atari like games, great video.

[@Justinicus24]

This game legendary and awesome, im glad i bought it. Maybe the first couple levels are easy, buy my god this is the hardest game ive ever played. Im stuck on level 21. im usually at the top of most leaderboards for arcade games but this has me stuck. Very enjoyable to replay the levels

[@carywise6291]

it does not need a lynx 3 title but how about a new portable atari system with exclusive atari games made for it?

[@deadjesterstudio8556]

such a cool dude!!!!

[@dominickeefe2454]

8 bit legendary hero

[@MSAPtube]

I feel like i need a monitor like that when i play Space Giraffe on my laptop

[@tango_doggy]

I thought that was Lennon at first

[@mgabrysSF]

I've been watching Beatles interviews and such so they pop-up in my recommendeds all the time. I thought the SAME exact thing. I thought it was a John Lennon interview from the thumbnail. He should send a photo to Julian Lennon sometime.

[@neonwraith]

100% agree with this! I saw the thumbnail and said to myself "Oh, an old John Lennon interview, maybe I'll watch". LOL!!!

[@kelpkelp5252]

He is the rockstar of game development really

[@ACanOfBakedBeans]

It's weird seeing Jeff without a giant beard

[@RolandoRatas]

Imagine all the llamas living in harmony..

[@redStiv]

Legend

[@vr4ever645]

2 things: Is it too much to ask for having a working version on the Steam Deck after all this time …?🙏☮️ Why don’t you pay Jeff Minter better and why don’t he gets a friggin lifetime achievement AWARD?!!!👾👾👾👾👾👾

[@pinguswalk]

let him put VR into his fucking games Atari!!!!

[@ULTIMATEPATCHES]

This.

[@jdrukman]

There's a VR mode for this game available right now.

[@mgabrysSF]

So I'm a bit foggy - I've got this on Atari 50 - this is an update correct? I think it more likely Atari SA when they decided to include the game in their collections said 'excuse me - that's our IP - we'll be duping those roms now, thanks for keeping them intact'.

[@BrianJonson]

Yes, Atari 50 has the original

[@willdatsun]

Is Jeff OK, he seems to have gone totally silent on Twitter etc. No livestreams or tweets etc.

[@Kevin_40]

he has a youtube channel

[@JohnTownshend]

He’s on Mastodon

[@willdatsun]

ay yes i did eventually see him there@@JohnTownshend

[@sleepwalkusa135]

Atari has been a pathetic shell of nostalgia for the past 30+ years and are very lucky jeff minter will work with them considering the shit they pulled with txk

[@Gigantemanatee]

@@provisionalhypothesisWhat happened with txk? And I thought they were just the same game but had to be renamed for legal reasons.

[@MattTheSpratt]

@@Gigantemanatee It issss, Atari legal basically got on his ass for that game basically being a "Tempest (x)-Thousand" (hence the title, TxK) and tried to sue him for it, and from what I understand they came to something Actually Amicable and they published it as Tempest 4000, and now Jeff is making games with Atari once again

[@Gigantemanatee]

@@MattTheSpratt I only wondered because of reading some comments saying Tempest 4000 didn’t hold a candle to txk as if it was a radically different experience or something. Maybe they were referring to how it controls or they were just peeved that how more people had access to the game other than Vita owners 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@pinguswalk]

@@Gigantemanatee there are significant changes to 4k that make it a more difficult game, like camera position or order of powerups. It also had some bugs when it came out. txk is the perfect version.

[@ULTIMATEPATCHES]

That was Atari before the current owner. @@MattTheSpratt

[@Spectrum4e4]

Used to love Minters games but lost all respect for him when I found out he's a Iron Hoof.

[@mrtwostrike]

free the Space Giraffe!! 🦒