Retro Remakes: Jeff Minter's Gridrunner Revolution in full Vindaloo-motion

Referring to Gridrunner Revolution simply as a remake is somewhat of an understatement: it's really the something-like seventh iteration on a concept that Llamasoft head Jeff Minter (he of PC/Xbox Live Arcade's Space Giraffe and the Xbox 360's own music visualizer Neon) has been hammering on for going on two decades.

Expected to be released by the weekend, above is the first video of the game's 'Vindaloo' mode (a spicier version of its Korma mode, but a step below, of course, the Phaal), and it's quite what you'd expect: all the signature Minter-isms from ungulates to underlying Neon flashes to mind-melting hyper-color shooting.

And Minter's never shied away from reveling in those expectations: above is the placeholder title screen he'd used for Revolution before it had undergone the more radical treatment seen above and was still a more glorified version of Gridrunner++ -- all of which you can read about in greater detail via his History Of... and design evolution articles via the official Llamasoft site.

For a taste -- in anticipation of Revolution's release -- of what Gridrunner's about, try the PC/Mac demo of ++, or spend some time with the surprisingly full-featured Facebook version.