Now playing : Revenge Of The Mutant Camels (A MIDI player should appear here if you have the plug-in)

Llamasoft were based in Tadley, Hampshire, England and the company was a family-run business. Jeff Minter wrote the games, his mum and dad helped with distribution. Llamasoft are kind of legendary. Writing without doubt, the best games for the Vic-20, Jeff Minter stamped his (and his companys') identity all over each game release, the starring role going on numerous occasions to mutant camels, spitting llamas and jumping goat-type thingies.. Llamasoft tended to be loved or loathed by the press but for pure, full-on blasting you'd be hard pushed to find better games. Even now, I think Ancipital, Batalyx, Hover Bovver and the Psychedelia-type releases have stood the test of time, there really isn't much out there of their kind... Llamasoft were a pretty groovy company as well - they sent you posters, they were *very* visible at computer shows (cue: teenage smokers zoning in on Floyd..), they kept their prices down and they also seemed interested in what ye lowly consumer had to say about their products. Llamasoft also published a newsletter called 'The Nature Of The Beast'. Jeffs' comments make for good reading and you can find 3 issues in text format at the bottom of this page. All of the games I've found are listed below, sorted by machine. Unless noted, Jeff wrote them all.

For the official Llamasoft page - go to Jeff Minters' site


Commodore 64

Ancipital
Published : 1984
Music by : Jeff Minter
Download : ZIP - 29 kb
Download tap file : ZIP - 107 kb
Play : SID - 6 kb
Play : MID - 8 kb
View cover artwork : JPG - 40 kb
Have a look at a map : GIF - 62 kb
View magazine poster : JPG - 21 kb
Read PCG review page 1 : JPG -103 kb
Read PCG review page 2 : JPG - 95 kb

Attack Of The Mutant Camels
Published : 1983
Download : T64 - 14 kb
Download tap file : ZIP - 28 kb
View cover artwork : GIF - 93 kb

Batalyx
Published : 1985
Download : T64 - 50 kb
View cover artwork : GIF - 64 kb

Gridrunner
Published : 1983
Download : T64 - 5 kb

Hellgate
Published : 1984
Download : T64 - 11 kb

Hover Bovver
Published : 1983
Music by : James Lisney
Download : T64 - 18 kb
Play : SID - 6 kb
Play : MID - 4 kb
View cover artwork : JPG - 38 kb
View magazine advert : JPG - 86 kb

Iridis Alpha
Publisher : Hewson
Published : 1986
Download : T64 - 49 kb
View cover artwork : JPG - 73 kb

Laser Zone
Published : 1983
Download : T64 - 10 kb
Download tap file : ZIP - 103 kb
View cover artwork : JPG - 39 kb

Made In France 2
Publisher : Free with a Zzap covertape.
Published : 1987
Download : T64 - 13 kb
View cover artwork : JPG - 22 kb

Mama Llama
Published : 1986
Music by : James Lisney
Download : T64 - 47 kb
Download tap file : ZIP - 137 kb
Play : SID - 6 kb
Play : MID - 8 kb
View cover artwork : GIF - 92 kb
View magazine advert : JPG - 96 kb

Matrix
Published : 1983
Download : T64 - 10 kb
Download tap file : ZIP - 103 kb
View cover artwork : JPG - 54 kb

Metagalactic Llamas
Published : 1984
Written by : Aaron Liddiment
Download : T64 - 11 kb
Play : SID - 6 kb
Play : MID - 8 kb

Psychedelia
Download : T64 - 10 kb
View cover artwork : JPG - 76 kb

Return Of The Mutant Camels
Publisher : Mastertronic
Published : 1987
Music by : Ben Daglish
Download : T64 - 38 kb
Play : SID - 6 kb
Play : MID - 8 kb

Revenge Of The Mutant Camels
Published : 1984
Music by : James Lisney
Download : T64 - 39 kb
Download tap file : ZIP - 62 kb
Play : SID - 6 kb
Play : MID - 21 kb
View cover artwork : JPG - 123 kb
View magazine advert : JPG - 84 kb
View magazine poster : JPG - 36 kb

Rox 64
Published : 1983
Download : T64 - 7 kb

Sheep In Space
Music by : James Lisney
Download : T64 - 40 kb
View cover artwork : JPG - 61 kb
View magazine advert : JPG - 53 kb

Voidrunner
Published : 1987
Download : T64 - 26 kb
Download tap file : ZIP - 22 kb
View cover artwork : JPG - 93 kb


PC Versions

Headbangers Heaven
Released : 1999
Written by : John Dow
Graphics by : Andy Noble
Download : ZIP - 551 kb

Llamatron
Written by : Jonathan Powell
Download : ZIP - 273 kb

Revenge Of The Mutant Camels
Released : 1994
Written by : Jonathan Powell
Download : ZIP - 485 kb


Commodore Vic-20

Abductor
Memory requirement : Unexpanded
Published : 1982
Download : T64 - 5 kb
View cover artwork : GIF - 100 kb

Aggressor
Memory requirement : Unexpanded
Publisher : HES
Published : 1982
Download : T64 - 9 kb

Andes Attack
Memory requirement : 8k
Published : 1982
Download : T64 - 13 kb
View cover artwork : GIF - 87 kb

Attack Of The Mutant Camels
Info : This is a clone of Gridrunner
Memory requirement : Unexpanded
Publisher : HES
Published : 1983
Download : T64 - 9 kb

Defenda
Memory requirement : 8k
Published : 1982
Download : T64 - 13 kb

Deflex
Memory requirement : Unexpanded
Published : 1982
Download : T64 - 5 kb

Gridrunner
Memory requirement : Unexpanded
Published : 1983
Download : T64 - 5 kb
View cover artwork : JPG - 82 kb

Hell Gate
Memory requirement : 8k
Published : 1984
Download : T64 - 11 kb
View cover artwork : JPG - 80 kb

Laser Zone
Memory requirement : 8k
Published : 1983
Download : T64 - 10 kb
View cover artwork : JPG - 30 kb
View game instructions : JPG - 138 kb

Matrix
Memory requirement : 8k
Published : 1983
Download : T64 - 13 kb
View cover artwork : JPG - 98 kb
Read instructions : GIF - 44 kb

Metagalactic Llamas
Memory requirement : Unexpanded
Published : 1983
Download : T64 - 5 kb
View cover artwork : JPG - 78 kb
View game instructions : JPG - 99 kb

Traxx
Memory requirement : 8k
Published : 1982
Download : T64 - 13 kb
View cover artwork : GIF - 116 kb


Missing for Vic-20 : Blitzkrieg, Headbangers Heaven, Psychedelia, Rat Trap
Atari 800

Attack Of The Mutant Camels
Download : EXE - 11 kb
View cover artwork : GIF - 112 kb
View magazine advert : JPG - 208 kb

Attack Of The Mutant Camels
Info : This is a clone of Gridrunner
Publisher : HES
Published : 1983
Written by : J. Lenard ???
Download : ATR - 11 kb

Colourspace
Download game and
instructions : ZIP - 105 kb

Gridrunner
Published : 1983
Download : ATR - 5 kb

Hover Bovver
Published : 1984
Music by : James Lisney
Download : EXE - 15 kb


Missing for Atari 800 : Turboflex.
Atari ST

Andes Attack
Published : 1988
Download : PRG - 101 kb

Colourspace
Info : This is the full Auto_009 image
Published : 1987
Download : ZIP - 735 kb

Defender 2
Info : This is the full Auto_412 image
Publisher : Arc
Published : 1992
Download : ZIP - 718 kb

Gridrunner
Published : 1989
Download : PRG - 119 kb

Llamatron
Published : 1991
Download : 512k version - PRG - 160 kb
Download : 1024k version - PRG - 229 kb
Llamatron review from Maggie Disk Mag : TXT - 4 kb

Photon Storm
Info : This is the full Auto_236 image
Publisher : Arc & Llamasoft
Published : 1990
Download : ZIP - 735 kb

Revenge Of The Mutant Camels
Info : This is the full Auto_008 image
Publisher : Mastertronic
Published : 1988
Written by : S.A Riding
Music by : Jason C.Brookes
Download : ZIP - 653 kb

Robotron 2084
Publisher : Atari
Published : 1987
Download : PRG - 56 kb
Not sure if this was Jeffs'
but it's a damn good blast!

Trip-A-Tron
Info : This is the full Auto_149 image
Download : ZIP - 646 kb


ZX Spectrum

Gridrunner
Download : ZIP - 6 kb

Headbangers Heaven
Download : ZIP - 7 kb
View cover artwork : GIF - 56 kb

Lazer Zone
Publisher : Salamander Software
Published : 1984
Written by : Chris Clark
Download : ZIP - 11 kb

Metagalactic Llamas
Publisher : Salamander Software
Written by : Chris Clark
Download : ZIP - 9 kb

Psychedelia
Download : ZIP - 5 kb

Super Deflex
Published : 1982
Download : ZIP - 17 kb

Traxx
Info : Spanish?
Download : ZIP - 7 kb


Missing for ZX Spectrum : Bomber and Graphics Creator.
Commodore Amiga

Revenge Of The Mutant Camels
Info : This is the 512k version
Published : 1991
Download : ZIP - 122 kb


Missing for Commodore Amiga : Defender 2, Llamatron, Metagalactic Llamas, Photon Storm, Trip-A-Tron.

Commodore 16/Plus 4

Voidrunner
Download : ZIP - 9 kb


Missing for Commodore 16 : Psychedelia.
Also missing :
Atari Falcon : Llamazap.
Atari Jaguar : Tempest 2000, Virtual Light Machine.
Atari TT030 : Rude Llamatron, Revenge Of The Mutant Camels.
BBC : Colourspace.
MSX : Psychedelia.
ZX-81 : Centipede.

Some More Llamasoft Adverts

Advert 1 - 132 kb Advert 2 - 133 kb Advert 3 - 61 kb
Advert 4 - 129 kb Advert 5 - 316 kb Advert 6 - 196 kb
Advert 7 - 218 kb


The Nature Of The Beast & Interviews

Jeff published a free newsletter called 'The Nature Of The Beast'.
Here, in text format, are issues 1, 2 and 3.

Here is an interview Jeff did with ST News Disk Magazine in February 1987.
And here is one from Your Computer in August 1987.
You can download a zipped .mov file snippet of Jeff talking here - it's 15 seconds long and 1.08 mb.


Flossy Screensaver

OK, it's not *the* Flossy, but a suitable addition I thought, nonetheless. It's a 329 kb ZIP and you can get it here.


Main Page Interceptor Magic Knight Tony Crowther Links Thanks Email