Twister
Twister, also known as Twister: Mother of Charlotte or just Mother of Charlotte, is a shooting game developed by Chris Yates and Jon Hare for Sensible Software and published by System 3 for the ZX Spectrum in 1986. It was originally developed as Mother of Harlots but was renamed after a controversy regarding the title and sexualized promotion with skimpily dressed dancers at an industry event, and a planned Commodore 64 version was never released. The game received positive reviews from Aktueller Software Markt, Crash, Sinclair User, and Your Sinclair.
Twister
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- 1986
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Twister, also known as Twister: Mother of Charlotte or just Mother of Charlotte, is a shooting game developed by Chris Yates and Jon Hare for Sensible Software and published by System 3 for the ZX Spectrum in 1986. It was originally developed as Mother of Harlots but was renamed after a controversy regarding the title and sexualized promotion with skimpily dressed dancers at an industry event, and a planned Commodore 64 version was never released. The game received positive reviews from Aktueller Software Markt, Crash, Sinclair User, and Your Sinclair.
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• Title — Twister: Mother of Charlotte • Developer — Sensible Software • Publisher — System 3 • Platforms — ZX Spectrum • Released — 1986 • Genre — Shoot 'em up • Modes — Single-player • Programmer — Chris Yates & Jon Hare
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- 1.Sinclair User 44 - Gremlin. www.sinclairuser.com.
- 2.A Sensible Chat - Part 1. www.zzap64.co.uk.
- 3.Janssen, Tim. Amiga reviews Special: The Toady Awards. amigareviews.leveluphost.com.
- 4.This month in. C&VG '86. Ziggurat.
- 5.MayhemUK Commodore 64 archive. www.mayhem64.co.uk.
- 6.SHOWMANSHIP?. Crash - ZX Spectrum.
- 7.Twister. Games That Weren't. 2012-10-04.
- 8.Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) Magazine (July 1986). July 1986.
- 9.Sinclair ZX Spectrum Reviews. 2016-03-26.
- 10.Sinclair User 48 - Twister - Mother of Charlotte. 2011-06-14.
- 11.Twister. 2016-07-08.
- 12.Game review, Computer & Video Games issue 54, April 1986, page 32
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