Earth Shaker (video game)
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| Earth Shaker | |
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| Developer(s) | Michael Batty |
| Publisher(s) | Your Sinclair |
| Designer(s) | Michael Batty |
| Platform(s) | ZX Spectrum 48k |
| Release | 1990 |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Earth Shaker is a Boulder Dash-inspired game published as a cover tape in 1990 in 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
[edit]The game was originally conceived as a Boulder Dash clone by 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
[edit]- ^ Michael Fraser. "Earth Shaker". ntlworld.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
- ^ a b "Home Action Replay Page - ZX Spectrum - Michael Batty Interview". homeactionreplay.org. Archived from the original on 2015-04-14. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
External links
[edit]- This Is My Jam - Earth Shaker Spectrum Game
- World Of Spectrum - Earth Shaker
- Reloaded - Earth Shaker
- Earth Shaker (ZX Spectrum) Soundtrack