Gridrunner Revolution

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Gridrunner Revolution
Gridrunner Revolution logo.png
Developer(s) Llamasoft
Publisher(s) Llamasoft
Designer(s) Jeff Minter
Ivan Zorzin
Composer(s) Mr. James Barth
Popof
DMX Krew
Jesper Dahlbäck
Lazersonic & Zak Frost
Dahlbäck & Dahlbäck
Proxy
Series Gridrunner
Platform(s) Windows
Release25 September 2009 [1]
Genre(s) Shoot 'em up
Mode(s) Single-player

Gridrunner Revolution is an action game developed by Llamasoft for Windows. It was released on 25 September 2009. Llamasoft released an updated version with integrated online scoreboards (and also reduced the price) in December of the same year. [2] The game was made available to buy on Steam in February 2010. [3]

Contents

History

Gridrunner Revolution was originally named Gridrunner+++ to indicate its status as an enhanced version of Jeff Minter's earlier PC and Pocket PC game Gridrunner++ . The original intention was to convert Gridrunner++ to XBLA with new graphics and gameplay mechanics, [4] but after a near-complete version of the demo was submitted to Microsoft for approval for XBLA, Llamasoft received no response - neither positive or negative. [5] They continued to develop the PC version of the game, which was originally intended to be released after the XBLA version as with Space Giraffe . In the course of adapting the game to be primarily a PC game, a number of improvements to the gameplay were added, which dramatically changed the play of the game. [6] The name Gridrunner Revolution was suggested by Sin, a member of the YakYak forum to indicate this advancement. [7]

Gameplay

Minter has released a screenshot-based 'tutorial' on his yakyak.org forum detailing some of the basics of the game. [8]

The game plays as follows:

Curving bullet shots to increase scoring rate. Gridrunner Revolution screenshot g17s.png
Curving bullet shots to increase scoring rate.

Reception

Eurogamer - 8/10 [10]
Gamereactor - 8/10 [11]
Hardcore Gamer - 4.5/5 [12]
Wired News - 9/10 [13]
Destructoid - 7.5/10 [14]
GameSpot - Hands-On preview
Dead Pixel Live - 8/10 [15]
8-Bit Rocket - Grade A [16]

References

  1. "Official Llamasoft announcement". Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  2. "D03 | the Grunting Ox" . Retrieved 19 December 2009.[ dead link ]
  3. "Gridrunner Revolution on Steam". Archived from the original on 24 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  4. "Minter's blog entry mentioning original development of GR++ for XBLA". Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  5. 1up article on Microsoft delay to approval
  6. "Minter's forum article on changes to the PC version". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  7. "The name Gridrunner revolution is coined". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  8. "YakYak • View topic - Revolutionary Style: Ideas for better play".
  9. "YakYak forum post". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  10. "Gridrunner Revolution". Eurogamer . October 2009.
  11. "Swedish website via Google Translate" . Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  12. "Hardcore Gamer - No Nonsense, Just Games".
  13. Mastrapa, Gus. "Gridrunner Revolution is Third-Eye Candy". Wired. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  14. "Review: Gridrunner Revolution". 3 October 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
  15. "Gridrunner Revolution Review (PC)". Archived from the original on 11 October 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
  16. "8bitrocket:Jeff Minter's Grid Runner Revolution PC Review". Archived from the original on 11 October 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2009.