Twister (video game)

Twister: Mother of Charlotte
Developer(s)Sensible Software
Publisher(s)System 3
Programmer(s)Chris Yates & Jon Hare
Platform(s)ZX Spectrum
Release1986
Genre(s)Shoot 'em up
Mode(s)Single-player

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,[1][2][3][4][5][6] and a planned Commodore 64 version was never released.[7] The game received positive reviews from Aktueller Software Markt,[8] Crash,[9] Sinclair User,[10] and Your Sinclair.[11]

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References

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  1. ^ "Sinclair User 44 - Gremlin". www.sinclairuser.com. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  2. ^ "A Sensible Chat - Part 1". www.zzap64.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  3. ^ Janssen, Tim. "Amiga reviews Special: The Toady Awards". amigareviews.leveluphost.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  4. ^ "This month in... C&VG '86". Ziggurat. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  5. ^ "MayhemUK Commodore 64 archive". www.mayhem64.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  6. ^ "SHOWMANSHIP?" (PDF). Crash - ZX Spectrum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-27.
  7. ^ "Twister". Games That Weren't. 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  8. ^ Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) Magazine (July 1986) (in German). July 1986.
  9. ^ "Sinclair ZX Spectrum Reviews". 2016-03-26. Archived from the original on 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  10. ^ "Sinclair User 48 - Twister - Mother of Charlotte". 2011-06-14. Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  11. ^ "Twister". 2016-07-08. Archived from the original on 2016-07-08. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  12. ^ Game review, Computer & Video Games issue 54, April 1986, page 32
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