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$18 was it on Cartridge?

Probably traceable to a german magazine listing eventually

Nope, on tape

I don't have Quest archived either by the looks of it in GB20, so very weird indeed! I imagine there's probably some files on Zimmers not in the database mind you.

Vic20-Ian wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 12:47 pm I don't know if Quest was the European original and Maze of Mikor was the USA name but HES used to change UK game names and release in the US.

Gridrunner on tape cassette in UK by author Jeff Minter / Llamasoft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35KwX1NmKXo

aka

Attack of the Mutant Camels Cartridge released in USA by H.E.S
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmvtX__G_60


Confusingly this is not the same game as the C64 classic - Attack of the Mutant Camels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybzUgiE_vQM

Pedant correction time. It's not Gridrunner it was the sequel Matrix renamed as AMC in the US by HES. They didn't like the original name and pinched it from one of Jeff's other games. When the real AMC was sold in the US on tape it was called Advance of the Mega Camels.

Kweepa wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 1:03 pm Looks like it is all BASIC.
Amazing that they were charging $18 for that in 1983.

Indeed, 77 lines of BASIC. And the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics calls that $47.00 in July 2020 dollars.