Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Interactive documentary exploring a British developer's history through playable arcade games
Digital Eclipse · Published by Digital Eclipse, Atari · Released Mar 13, 2024
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 89% of 85
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 2 years ago
- Aug 7, 2024
What is Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story?
This interactive documentary traces Jeff Minter's career in British game development during the eighties and nineties. You play 42 games from eight platforms, including arcade shooters such as Gridrunner and Tempest 2000, browse design documents, and watch videos about his work.
For you if...
- +you enjoy psychedelic shooters with surreal animal imagery
Not for you if...
- −you want modern games rather than early home computer titles
What players say
89% of 85 reviews are positive
Players praise the documentary's historical context and archival material. Some find the early games less appealing than the surrounding history. Others criticize the use of Jaguar ports for Atari ST titles, citing missing sounds and altered controls.
Screenshots and trailer
Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story system requirements
Minimum: HD 4800, 8 GB RAM.
As published by the developer.
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- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel i3 @ 3.0GHz or AMD equivalent
- Graphics
- ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series, Nvidia GeForce 8800GT or greater
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Does Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: multiplayer (mode not specified). It also has a single-player mode.
Does Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 14
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese.
Does Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
