Gridrunner Revolution

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)	PC
Release date(s)	25 September 2009
Genre(s)	Shoot 'em up
Mode(s)	Single-player

Gridrunner Revolution is an action game developed by Llamasoft for the PC. It was released on 25 September 2009. On 18 December 2009 Llamasoft released an updated version with integrated Online Scoreboards (and also reduced the price) On 23 February 2010 the game was made available to buy on Steam

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. However, 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 thus 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. The name Gridrunner Revolution was suggested by Sin, a member of the YakYak forum to indicate this advancement.

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

The game plays as follows:

The first online review, by Eurogamer, awarded the game 8/10
Gamereactor - 8/10
Hardcore Gamer - 4.5/5
Wired News - 9/10
Destructoid - 7.5/10
GameSpot - Hands-On preview
Dead Pixel Live - 8/10
8-Bit Rocket - Grade A

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