That wacky fellow Jeff Minter has silently uploaded footage of his new Live Arcade game! While he had announced it on his blog back in October, we now have actual footage of Gridrunner+++! That's a whole plus more!



It doesn't show off footage of the new version of the game - instead it shows off some of the additional features the game will have, notably - emulated versions of the original Gridrunner! Both VIC-20 (classic PC) and Commodore 64 versions are included from what we can tell, along with Gridrunner+++ itself. You can also see the current title screen, clearly with Achievements and Leaderboards.

For those out of the know, Jeff Minter is the mind behind XBLA's Bizarre hit Space Giraffe, and the creator of the Xbox 360's inbuilt audio visualiser. He's got a large history of games for Commodore 64 and other computers, and a games which includes Attack of the Mutant Camels and Llamatron. I'm personally a fan of Space Giraffe and can't wait for Gridrunner+++ to make it's way to the 360 at some point in the future.

Check out some footage of Space Giraffe here and go download the demo off Marketplace. While you're at it, watch this lecture done by Jeff a few years ago, going through all his past games and his bizarre fascinations with Lambs, Camels and Llamas!

You can also download a demo of the Gridrunner++, the last version of the game here.

Source: Jeff Minter's Youtube and a big thanks to Rmk106 for pointing this out to me!