Grid Runner

Grid Runner

Released1996
Grid Runner is a futuristic version of "tag." On offense, your objective is to capture the flags around the levels without being tagged or killed. On defense, your main objective is to tag the other player (either the computer or a friend in two-player mode) before he or she collects all the flags. In each level you will find different colored balls that will help you defeat your enemies. For example, the green balls increase your speed, red increases your magic, and blue increases your agility. The more power-ups you collect, the more efficient you become. You can also use and collect magic points. Collecting magic points allows you to do one of six things: build a temporary bridge, drop explosives behind you, slow down your opponent, fire a weapon (which can be upgraded or traded), temporarily boost your speed, or teleport out of danger.

Details

DeveloperRadical Entertainment
PublisherVirgin Interactive Entertainment
ReleasedOctober 31, 1996
StatusReleased
GenresShooterArcade
ThemesAction
PlatformsPC (Microsoft Windows) PC (Microsoft Windows)PlayStation PlayStationSEG Sega Saturn
ModesMultiplayerSingle player

About This Game

Freelance space adventurers Axxel and Tara are hired to investigate the Gridonion Asteroid Field — a shipping corridor between Earth and the Nether-Planets where vessels have been vanishing without trace. When they board a seemingly empty alien ship, Empress Vorga makes her move, capturing Axxel and forcing him into a lethal arena where he must defeat her fourteen demonic minions one by one. Win them all and he faces Vorga herself; destroy her, and the witch's reign ends just before her ship does.