Originally written by Dave Hughes for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, with music by Dr. Thomas, and released digitally in 2012 by Stonechat Productions; re-released on cassette by Monument Microgames in 2017. Based on Dave Hughes' original Spectrum Crap Games Compo 2010 game
2010: A Philatelist's Story and its 2011 sequel,
Stamp Quest.
Windows PC remake of
EFMB written in 2012 by Locomalito, with graphics and music by Gryzor87.
A sequel,
The Lost Tapes of Albion was also developed and published by Stonechat Productions in 2012.
A conversion of
The Lost Tapes of Albion was made for the SAM Coupé as
The Lost Disks of SAM, as well as another variation for the SAM Coupé called
Moby DX; and a Commodore Amiga remake of
EFBM and
Lost Tapes, titled
The Incredible Adventures of Moebius Goatlizard:
Programming by Andrew Gillen; Graphics and music by Andrew Gillen and Jaco van der Walt; Published in 2013 by Black Jet.
MSX version named Lizard Willy written by sfranck72 in 2016.
Another sequel, Biscuits in Hell written by Dave Hughes for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, with music by Yerzmyey, and published in 2017 by Monument Microgames.
Commodore 64 version of EFMB based on the 2012 Windows remake:
Programming and graphics by Rikib80
Music, sound effects and playtesting by nm156
Title screen and attract mode graphics by Hend
Music player and I/O code by Lasse Öörni
Published by Rikib80 on itch.io in 2019.
Pokitto remake of EFMB titled Endless Forms Most Pokittoful developed and published in 2019 by Black Jet.
Atari 8-bit version of Biscuits in Hell written by Paul Lay, Darryl Guenther and Jaden. Published on an ABBUC Magazine coverdisk in June 2020. Also released for Atari 5200 in October 2020.
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INTRODUCTION & GAME STATUS
Since the New Game Of The Month feature has become such a rarity in recent years, it might as well be called New Game Of The Year from now on. Today's entry, Endless Forms Most Beautiful, shall be the first of its kind, officially, although the previous New Game Of The Month already was the only one featured that year (2019). But as you might have gathered by the credits, this is not just another comparison.