Grid Runner

Grid Runner
Grid Runner
PlayStation cover art
Developer(s)Radical Entertainment
Publisher(s)Virgin Interactive Entertainment
Producer(s)Brian Thalken
Stacy Allyn Hendrickson
Designer(s)Ryan Slemko
Christopher Mair
Programmer(s)Stephen Lyons
Michael Gyori
Johan Thornton
Artist(s)Ryan Slemko
Cliff Garbutt
Ken Brown
Composer(s)Paul Ruskay
Platform(s)PlayStation, Saturn, Windows
ReleasePlayStation
  • NA: November 13, 1996[1]
  • JP: December 27, 1996
  • PAL: June 1997
Windows
Saturn
  • NA: November 20, 1996[3]
  • PAL: November 1996[2]
  • JP: December 27, 1996
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Grid Runner (known as Grid Run in Europe) is an action game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment for the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, and Microsoft Windows in 1996. It is frequently described as a cross between tag and capture the flag, but the playing field is a maze-like grid which the players can manipulate to an extent. Players can either compete against each other in one-on-one matches or take on a series of AI opponents in the game's story mode. Grid Runner was first announced under the title "Eurit".[4][5]

The game met with a generally positive response from critics, who generally said the game is at its most fun in the multiplayer mode.

  1. ^ a b "Online Gaming Review". 1997-02-27. Archived from the original on 1997-02-27. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  2. ^ "Saturn Preview: Grid Runner". Mean Machines Sega. No. 49. EMAP. November 1996. p. 22.
  3. ^ "Grid Runner". 1997-06-06. Archived from the original on 1997-06-06. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  4. ^ "Eurit". Next Generation. No. 17. Imagine Media. May 1996. p. 77.
  5. ^ "Eurit". GamePro. No. 92. IDG. May 1996. p. 43.