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Gridrunner
''Gridrunner'' is a fixed shooter video game written by Jeff Minter and published by Llamasoft for the VIC-20 in 1982. It was ported to the Atari 8-bit computers, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Commodore PET and Dragon 32. Many remakes and sequels have followed, including versions for the Atari ST, Amiga, Pocket PC, Microsoft Windows, and iOS. Gameplay The game is similar to the Atari, Inc. arcade game ''Centipede (video game), Centipede'', with long, segmented enemies that progress in a zig-zag fashion and can be broken apart. Players control a small ship that can fire upwards and move freely around the screen. The player must also avoid pulses emitted by the X-Y zappers which patrol the edges of the grid. The game has twenty waves of enemies to complete. Development Llamasoft released ''Gridrunner'' in 1982 for the unexpanded VIC-20. The game was written over the course of a single week. Although it draws its inspiration from the arcade game ''Centipede (video game), Centipede'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gridrunner Revolution
''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. The game was made available to buy on Steam (service), Steam in February 2010. History ''Gridrunner Revolution'' was originally named ''Gridrunner+++'' to indicate its status as an enhanced version of Jeff Minter's earlier Personal computer, PC and Pocket PC game ''Gridrunner++''. The original intention was to convert ''Gridrunner++'' to XBLA with new graphics and gameplay mechanics, 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. 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 primari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |