Editing Llamatron (section)

==Development and release==
[[Image:llamatron.png|thumb|left|Amiga gameplay]]

''Llamatron'' was developed and programmed by [[Jeff Minter]] of Llamasoft software. It was intended to be an updated version of the [[WMS Industries|Williams Electronics]] title ''[[Robotron: 2084]]''<ref name="Guardian"/> with expanded and refined features.<ref name="STNews"/> ''Llamatron'' was released in 1991, first for the [[Atari ST]], and then for [[Amiga]] computers.<ref name="AmigaPower">{{cite journal|title = Llamatron|journal = [[Amiga Power]]|issue = 4|publisher = [[Future plc]]|date = August 1991}}</ref> A version for [[MS-DOS]] came out in 1992.<ref name="Choicest">{{cite web|url = https://www.choicestgames.com/2015/07/where-are-they-now-jeff-minter.html|title = Where are they now? – Jeff Minter|last = Goninon|first = Mark|date = 8 July 2015|publisher = Choicest Games|access-date = 1 May 2018|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180503015115/https://www.choicestgames.com/2015/07/where-are-they-now-jeff-minter.html|archive-date = 3 May 2018}}</ref> The [[Atari ST]] and [[Amiga]] releases contain numerous sound effects, but no background music.<ref name="AmigaFormat"/><ref name="STNews"/> The program was distributed as [[shareware]], with the full game being available for free to try, but requesting that players register the game for £5 if they enjoyed it. At the time of its release for Amiga computers, people who registered would receive another game from Llamasoft, a poster, and a newsletter.<ref name="AmigaComputing"/> Its release was described as an "experiment", in that it neither required the player to buy the full game at a cost of £25, as was common for most commercially-distributed titles,<ref name="Guardian"/> nor was it [[crippleware]] that disabled certain features until the game was registered.<ref name="Inquirer"/>