Attack of the Mutant Camels

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Attack of the Mutant Camels
Developer Llamasoft
Publisher Salamander Software
HesWare (United States)
Retro Gamer (Windows)
Platforms Commodore 64, VIC-20, Windows, ZX Spectrum
Released Commodore 64, Commodore VIC-20
EU/US: July 1983
ZX Spectrum
EU: May 1984
Windows
EU (Retro Gamer): April 2005
Added to
Museum
Windows (Retro Gamer): February 8, 2022

Attack of the Mutant Camels, also known as Advance of the Mega Camels, was a game by Llamasoft that was released in 1983.

Name

Matrix: Gridrunner 2 was renamed Attack of the Mutant Camels when it was published by HesWare in the United States.

As the United States already had a game named Attack of the Mutant Camels, the European game that used that title was renamed Advance of the Mega Camels when it was sold in the United States.

Versions

Attack of the Mutant Camels' was originally released for Commodore 64 and VIC-20 in 1983.

It was then released on ZX Spectrum in 1984.

All three versions were re-released via emulation as part of Llamarama, the cover disc for the April 2005 issue of Retro Gamer magazine.