Jeff Minter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jeff Minter

British video game designer

Date of Birth: 22-Apr-1962

Place of Birth: Reading, England, United Kingdom

Profession: engineer, computer scientist, programmer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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Jeff Minter (born in 22 April 1962 in Reading) is an independent English video game designer and 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 Sinclair ZX80.
Minter's games are often arcade style shoot 'em ups which contain titular or in-game references demonstrating his fondness of ruminants (llamas, sheep, camels, etc.).
Many of his programs also feature something of a psychedelic element, as in some of the earliest "light synthesizer" programs including Trip-a-Tron. Minter's works include the music visualisation program Neon (2004) which is built into the Xbox 360 console, and the video games Gridrunner, Attack of the Mutant Camels, Tempest 2000, and Polybius.