| Gridrunner |
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| Release Date | 1983 |
| Original Publisher | Quicksilva Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 16K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Action |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price according to SPOT/SPEX | 6.95 *** Data provided by SPOT/SPEX is unconfirmed. Please help us validate this information! |
| Controls | Kempston Joystick |
| Inspirations | Centipede (Software) from Atari Games Ltd (USA) |
| Other Platforms | Amiga, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4 (unofficial) |
| Average mag. score | 48.10% (5 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 53% (10 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - Century Software [ES] (Spain) | (1983) | ||
| * Release price: 1050.00 Ptas | |||
| #2 - ZX Data (Denmark) | (1983) |
Authors/Contributors
| S.A.T. (UK) | at Salamander Software | - ? | |
| Jeff Minter (UK) | - ? |
Series "Gridrunner"
| 1. | Gridrunner | (1983) | by Quicksilva Ltd (UK) | |
| 2. | Matrix | (1984) | by Salamander Software (UK) |
Compilations
| Full version in | 30 Games | (1986) | by Argus Press Software Ltd (UK) | ||
| Full version in | Games Compendium | (1988) | by Sinclair Research Ltd (UK) | ||
| Unauthorized version in | Load 'n' Run issue 06 | (1984/Jun) | by Magazine Load 'n' Run - covertape from issue #6 - 1984/Jun | - titled "Vermatrix" |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | Gridrunner.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 16K | (???) | English | |
| Gridrunner.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 16K | (None) | English | |
| Gridrunner(CenturySoftware2).tzx.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 16K | (None) | English | |
| Gridrunner(ZXData).tzx.zip | #2 | ZX-Spectrum 16K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| Gridrunner.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| Gridrunner.gif | 3,378 | Original | Running screen | |||
| Gridrunner.jpg | 251,188 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| Gridrunner_Back.jpg | 148,949 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| Gridrunner.txt | 204 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| gridrunner.zip | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Jim Waterman (with rollback) | ||
| Gridrunner (1983)(Quicksilva).pok | 54 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
| Gridrunner(CenturySoftware).jpg | 102,632 | #1 | Inlay - Front |
Magazine Reviews
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #26-1983/Dec | page 39 | - Review | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #1-1984/Feb | page 54 | - Review - Crash Living Guide | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #1-1984/Feb | page 104 | - Review: 46.5% | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #2-1984/Mar | page 55 | - Review - Crash Living Guide: 47% | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #2-1984/Mar | page 56 | - Review - Crash Living Guide | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #3-1984/Apr | page 72 | - Review - Crash Living Guide: 47% | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #3-1984/Apr | page 73 | - Review - Crash Living Guide | |
| Home Computing Weekly | issue #37-1983/Nov/15 special "week#3" | page 18 | - Review | |
| Personal Computer Games | issue #3-1984/Feb | page 46 | - Review: 2/10 | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.2 #43-1983/Oct/27 special "week#4" | page 54 | - Review | |
| Your Computer | issue v.4 #1-1984/Jan | page 63 | - Review: 4/5 | |
| Your Spectrum | issue #1-1984/Jan | page 50 | - Review |
Magazine References
| Big K | issue #11-1985/Feb | page 37 | - Feature - One Hump or Two ... ? Llamasoft games | |
| Home Computing Weekly | issue #31-1983/Oct/4 special "week#1" | page 6 | - News/Note | |
| Personal Computer Games | issue #10-1984/Sep | page 108 | - Tips | |
| Personal Computer Games | issue #12-1984/Nov | page 105 | - Tips | |
| Personal Computer News | issue #32-1983/Oct/19 | page 9 | - News/Note - Salamander moves into Spectrum market | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.2 #11-1983/Mar/17 special "week#3" | page 5 | - News/Note - Salamander deal (Gridrunner) | |
| Practical Computing | issue v.6 #11-1983/Nov | page 24 | - News/Note | |
| ZX Computing | issue #10-1983/Dec | page 73 | - News/Note |
Magazine Advertisements
Related Magazine Reviews
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #57-1986/Jul | page 32 | - Review: 3/5 (30 Games) | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.5 #14-1986/Apr/3 special "week#1" | page 11 | - Review (30 Games) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #51-1986/Jun | page 38 | - Review: 2/5 (30 Games) | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #6-1986/Jun | page 27 | - Review: 7/10 (30 Games) | |
| ZX Computing | issue #24-1986/Apr | page 20 | - Review (30 Games) |
Related Magazine References
| Computer Gamer | issue #14-1986/May | page 7 | - News/Note (30 Games) | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #5-1986/May | page 13 | - News/Note (30 Games) |
Related Magazine Advertisements
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #15-1988/Dec | page 146 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #53-1986/Mar | page 12 | - Two-page ad (30 Games) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #58-1988/Nov | page 96 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #59-1988/Dec | page 99 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #61-1989/Feb | page 87 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #67-1989/Aug | page 34 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #68-1989/Sep | page 19 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #69-1989/Oct | page 20 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #70-1989/Nov | page 20 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #71-1989/Dec | page 52 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #72-1990/Jan | page 24 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.5 #6-1986/Feb/6 special "week#1" | page 6 | - Two-page ad (30 Games) | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.5 #8-1986/Feb/20 special "week#3" | page 8 | - Full-page ad (30 Games) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #90-1989/Sep | page 91 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| The Games Machine | issue #13-1988/Dec | page 152 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #3-1986/Mar | page 88 | - Two-page ad (30 Games) | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #46-1989/Oct | page 76 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| ZX Computing | issue #24-1986/Apr | page 48 | - Full-page ad (30 Games) | |
| ZX Computing | issue #25-1986/May | page 52 | - Full-page ad (30 Games) |
Links
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
| The Tipshop | (Information - in English) | |
| ZX Spectrum Reviews | (Magazine Reviews) | |
| Spectrum 2.0 | (User Reviews) | |
| The TZX Vault | (Software Preservation) | |
| ZX-Art | (Spectrum Graphics) | |
| ZXInfo | (ZXDB Front End) | |
| Every Game Going | (Multi-Platform Archive) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Original World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| World Of Spectrum Classic | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Spectrum Computing | (MAIN VIEW) |
