Zzap!64 — Issue 11 (March 1986)

Iridis Alpha

94%

"Iridis Alpha is a remarkable achievement on the C64. Two linked playfields demanding simultaneous attention — it sounds impossible and yet it works. Minter has produced his finest game yet."

Gold Medal awarded

Zzap!64 — Issue 6 (October 1985)

Batalyx

89%

"Six games for the price of one, each a complete experience in itself. Batalyx is Minter at his most prolific — and most inventive."

Zzap!64 — Issue 1 (May 1985)

Gridrunner

85%

"Fast, addictive, and very Llamasoft. Gridrunner is the arcade experience distilled to its pure essence. Not for the faint-hearted."

Jaguar Pro — Issue 3 (1994)

Tempest 2000

95%

"Tempest 2000 is not just the best Jaguar game — it may be the best arcade game conversion of the decade. The rave soundtrack alone justifies the purchase."

Edge — Issue 14 (November 1994)

Tempest 2000

9/10

"What Minter has achieved with underpowered hardware is extraordinary. Tempest 2000 exceeds its source material in every dimension. The tube shooter, perfected."

GameFan — Vol. 2, Issue 12 (December 1994)

Tempest 2000

96%

"Minter's finest work and one of the most important games of the year. Tempest 2000 defines what the Jaguar could have been if more developers had committed to it this completely."

Digital Eclipse — Making of Llamasoft Story (2024)

The Llamasoft Story

"Minter's back catalogue, taken as a whole, represents one of the most consistent and personal visions in game design history. His games were always about the act of play, compressed to its most intense form."

Eurogamer — Retrospective (2019)

Tempest 2000

"Twenty-five years on, Tempest 2000 remains the best argument for why video games can be art. Not because it is beautiful — though it is — but because it could only have been made by one specific person, in one specific moment, for reasons that remain entirely his own."