
POTHOLE PETE
This game was the one that really started Megastar Games off.
Tony and I had written this game for the MTX and after a visit to Memotech in
the spring of 1984 they decided to publish it under
Continental Software's label. It was our attempt at bring a platform game to
the MTX and if you looked at the main charactor he may seem just a little familiar!
This game was written before we really knew
about a feature of the graphic chip called the 'pattern name table' and so animating
blocks on the screen was a painful experience. By the time Son of Pete came
out we had used this facility to good effect and the animation was much better
and smoother.
I recently found most of the original drawings that I did for each level of
PHP and below are small examples for you to laugh at.
Pothole Pete was Programmed by Antony Butterfield & Jim
Wills (myself).
Original Level Designs of Pothole Pete
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