Earth Shaker (video game)
| Earth Shaker | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Michael Batty |
| Publisher(s) | Your Sinclair |
| Designer(s) | Michael Batty |
| Platform(s) | ZX Spectrum 48k |
| Release | 1990 |
| Genre(s) | Maze game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Earth Shaker is an maze game released in 1990 by First Star Software Inc. Published as a cover tape on Your Sinclair (for the ZX Spectrum 48k). Notable in being the first covertape to subjectively set a high standard,[1] having been initially rejected by publishers Zeppelin because of First Star's suing of companies publishing Boulder Dash clones.[2]
Development
Originally conceived as a Boulder Dash clone, Michael Batty, but its scope grew through a long development process:
"I started Earth Shaker about 4 years before it appeared in Your Sinclair. A Boulder Dash clone seemed like a reasonably easy thing to program. I thought Boulder Dash was great and played it for ages. I'm still fascinated by the way you can get such complicated behaviour and realistic avalanches by using a few simple rules. Earth Shaker just grew - I kept leaving it and going back to it. But it was the first machine code game I managed to actually finish."[2]
References
- ↑ Michael Fraser. "Earth Shaker". ntlworld.com.
- 1 2 "Home Action Replay Page - ZX Spectrum - Michael Batty Interview". homeactionreplay.org.
External links
- This Is My Jam - Earth Shaker Spectrum Game
- World Of Spectrum - Earth Shaker
- Reloaded - Earth Shaker
- GitHub - Earth Shaker DS (Nintendo DS remake)
- Earth Shaker (ZX Spectrum) Soundtrack