TouchArcade - Early last month, noted gamemaker Jeff Minter released Solar Minotaur Rescue Frenzy [App Store], the first title in his Minotaur Project, an effort to release a series of new games in the style of the hardware of days long past, but without any of the limitations of the original platforms.
Minotron: 2112 is Minter’s iPhone remake of the 1991 Atari ST game Llamatron: 2112, which is a remake of Robotron: 2084, which is merely the greatest arcade game of all time. Many home versions of Robotron tried and failed to capture the thrill of the original, and Llamatron hardly seemed like the answer with an assortment of modifications and “extras” such as shooting toilets and a “final boss” based on a particle algorithm.
Legendary game designer Jeff Minter returned to the App Store with another retro inspired arcade game, and if you guessed that it stars a Minotaur, congratulations, captain obvious. Minotron: 2112 is a modern day update to the 1991 PC hit, Llamatron. It's essentially the same off the wall experience, with hundreds of enemies, power-ups and angry beasts, but with trippy graphics.
Chris Buffa (Modojo)
GameZebo - Not long ago I had the pleasure of reviewing Minotaur Rescue, the first iOS title made by long-time game maker Jeff Minter. His company Llamasoft has made quite a name for themselves making truly bizarre games that seem to divide the people who try them into either the love or hate camp.
