Attack of the Mutant Camels
1983 · Horizontal Shooter · Commodore 64
Overview
Attack of the Mutant Camels (1983) is Jeff Minter's Commodore 64 shooter in which a small jet must bring down giant yellow camels before they reach its base.
Deep Dive
The camels march across a scrolling landscape spitting fireballs, and if one reaches the base the game is over. Clearing a wave leads to a "hyperspace" stage of dodging fast missiles, then a slightly harder herd. The set-up follows Atari's 1982 The Empire Strikes Back, with camels standing in for the AT-AT walkers.
Developer Story
Minter designed it for Llamasoft on the Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit computers. Commodore User called it skilfully designed, and Home Computing Weekly praised the sound and graphics but thought it perhaps a little too difficult. The source for an unreleased Konix version was published on GitHub in 2012.
Did You Know?
- It was shown in the Smithsonian's "The Art of Video Games" exhibition in 2011.
- Its sequel was Revenge of the Mutant Camels (1984).
Sources & further reading
- Attack of the Mutant Camels — Wikipedia
