42 games from legendary British indie Jeff Minter's psychedelic back catalogue are now bundled with an 'interactive documentary' on Steam

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Jeff Minter is a legendary developer who’s been doing his own thing since the early 1980s on platforms like the Sinclair ZX81, Commodore VIC-20, and C64. His best-known work is probably Tempest 2000 for the Atari Jaguar, although saying so will likely spark heated debates in some corners of the internet—some will no doubt argue that 2007’s Space Giraffe or the 2016 psychedelic shooter Polybius is a better call.

The Jeff Minter Story goes back to the start, “an era in which a kid with a Commodore VIC-20 and dreams of radioactive sheep could become one of Britain’s best-known game makers.” Which is interesting in its own right: Minter has been fiercely independent throughout his long career, the kind of guy who does what he wants with little regard to whether anyone else will like it.

He’s been very successful at it, but it’s a polarizing approach: The 2007 shooter Space Giraffe, for instance, earned a 2/10 review score fromOXM, and a 92/100 fromPC Gamer. Minter himself described the game as “like Marmite. You won’t know unless you try.”

The collection of games included with the documentary unfortunately doesn’t includeSpace Giraffe, nor other more recent releases likePolybiusorAkka Arrh, presumably because they’re available for purchase separately on Steam. But it’s quite the beefy blast from the past, including not just a pile of games but also a pair of his early “light synthesizers,” updated with new options and support for controllers, and a remastered version of Minter’s “signature shooter masterpiece” Gridrunner, which promises “thrilling modern graphics and sound–while still running the core of the Commodore 64 version for 100% gameplay accuracy.” (And yes, the original C64 version of Gridrunner is in there too.)

The new game collection and documentary on Steam isn’t the only bit of Jeff Minter news to drop today. Songbird Productions also announced that it’s partnering with Atari to bring backTempest 3000, a Minter game released in 2000 for the long-defunctNuonset-top box. Essentially an update of Minter’s Tempest 2000, it’s never been released for other platforms.

And, unfortunately, it still hasn’t. The prospect of Tempest 3000 on modern systems was briefly exciting, but Songbird confirmed in a follow-up tweet that this is not a port but an “actual Nuon release,” so you’ll need actual Nuon hardware to play it. Bit of an odd choice, if you ask me.

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Oh well, back to the matter at hand: Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story is available now onSteamfor $30/£25/€29. Here’s the full rundown of all the games included in the package:

Sinclair ZX81

Commodore VIC-20

Commodore 64

Sinclair Spectrum

Atari 8-bit

Konix Multi-System

Atari ST

Atari Jaguar

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Sinclair ZX81#

Commodore VIC-20#

Commodore 64#

Sinclair Spectrum#

Atari 8-bit#

Konix Multi-System#

Atari ST#

Atari Jaguar#

Reimagined#