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{{Short description|British video game designer}} {{pp-pc}} {{lead too short|date=February 2015}} {{Use British English|date=September 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Jeff Minter | other_names = Yak | image = Jeff Minter - GDC 2007.jpg | image_upright = 0.9 | caption = Minter at the [[Game Developers Conference]] in 2007 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|4|22|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], England<ref>Boule, Pete. "[http://www.eurogamer.fr/articles/jeff-minter-fondateur-de-llamasoft-interview Jeff Minter, fondateur de Llamasoft β Interview ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805010343/http://www.eurogamer.fr/articles/jeff-minter-fondateur-de-llamasoft-interview |date=5 August 2012 }}." ''[[Eurogamer]]''. 10 July 2012.</ref> | known_for = {{plainlist| *''[[Gridrunner]]'' *''[[Attack of the Mutant Camels]]'' *''[[Tempest 2000]]'' *''[[Polybius (2017 video game)|Polybius]]''}} | occupation = [[Video game programmer]]<br>[[Video game designer]] | title = | party = | boards = | website = {{URL|minotaurproject.co.uk}} | employer = Llamasoft (founder) }} '''Jeff Minter''' (born 22 April 1962) is an English video game [[game designer|designer]] and [[game programmer|programmer]] who often goes by the name '''Yak'''. He is the founder of [[software house]] '''Llamasoft''' and has created dozens of games during his career, which began in 1981 with games for the [[ZX80]].<ref name="dadgum.com"/> Minter's games are [[shoot 'em up]]s which contain titular or in-game references demonstrating his fondness of [[ruminant]]s ([[llama]]s, sheep, [[camel]]s, etc.). Many of his programs also feature something of a [[psychedelic art|psychedelic]] element, as in some of the earliest "light synthesizer" programs including ''[[Trip-a-Tron]]''. Minter's works include the [[Music visualization|music visualisation program]] ''[[Neon (light synthesizer)|Neon]]'' (2004) which is built into the [[Xbox 360]] console, and the video games ''[[Gridrunner]]'', ''[[Attack of the Mutant Camels]]'', ''[[Tempest 2000]]'', and ''[[Polybius (2017 video game)|Polybius]]''.<ref name="FultonFulton2010">{{cite book|last1=Fulton|first1=Jeff|last2=Fulton|first2=Steve|title=The Essential Guide to Flash Games: Building Interactive Entertainment with ActionScript|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VCR7XYUncEsC&pg=PR25|access-date=26 April 2011|date=19 March 2010|publisher=Apress|isbn=978-1-4302-2614-7|page=25}}</ref>
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