Jeff Minter tweaking Gridrunner++ for XBLA

A disorienting Jeff Minter game? (gasp!) Impossible!

Why would they let him do another game for XBLA after that piece of shit Space Giraffe? Just how close ARE Jeff and J Allard?

Wow, space giraffe! That game should be prepackaged with psychodelics. It actually has sheep bleeting as part of the sound track, in space! Just wow! This one is a system seller for sure.

Space Giraffe is one mindfuck of a game, that is for sure.

I haven't played Xlive games other than Sonic 2 for the past 3 weeks but I must say Ewes and lambs pwn,I wish I live in Scotland just to have a bunch of them ,then I guess I will eat them…Damn life is though.

Anyway isn’t Space giraffe one of those games you play when you are high?

Only those who refuse to listen when told that Space Giraffe is not Tempest HATE it, because they played Tempest, and Space Giraffe "looks like" Tempest, so they assume that it's Tempest even though everyone TELLS them it's not Tempest, and that it plays differently.

You may go "meh" if you're not into abstract shooters, but that doesn't prevent it being a great game.

I'm a little annoyed that he's remaking Gridrunner++ though. It's a good game, but I was hoping that he would go out and do something original just to shut up all the fucking detractors (although, honestly, he did that with Space Giraffe, and got bent over for it, I guess the lesson is never try).

I've been playing Gridrunner (the original) since the c-64 days, and have GR++ on my PC. This game is actually quite fun, and is NOT another copy of Tempest.

This is basically a psychedelic version of Centipede.

Space Giraffe is one of the best new games to come out of the XBLA. I might've been absolutely dreadful at it, but it was a whole lot of fun.

By all means, bring on Gridrunner++.

Oh - and you can all play the game RIGHT NOW!!

Just click the link, in the article (the blue 'gridrunner++' hyperlink) and download the demo (Or buy the full version) to play on your PC or MAC!

There's even a mobile version for Java enabled cell phones!

I'm done with the exclimation points!

Space Giraffe rules. I don't know what people *aren't* smoking, but if they were they would know whats up. I still liked Tempest2000 better, but SG is a nice little treat as far as XBLA titles go. GridRunner++ should be cool too. Jeff Minter's the man.