Jeff Minter, the standard bearer for quirky
games from long, long ago, is back, courtesy of Microsoft.
In the Commodore 64 days, Jeff Minter produced a piece of software called Psychedelia. It was a light synthesizer. A
friend and I would spend long hours, creating animations (on a black and white TV no less, thus negating a lot of the
attractiveness) synced to music. We would record them in real time, save them, then start both tape and program at the
same time, and enjoy an extremely primitive version of what comes by default with pretty much every computer these
days.
Fast forward 20 years, and Minter gets to do the same thing on the new Xbox. There are those of us out there who would
consider this alone a reason for buying the new system. Screw the games! DOA4? HA! Bring on Minter!
Side story: Minter once signed an autograph for a friend of mine with the phrase "Your mind is my ashtray."
Nice!
The Yak is Back!
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