Grid Runner

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Grid Runner

Publisher: Virgin Interactive Entertainment

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (18 tracks)

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1996-12-27	¥5,8005,800	T-7009G
US	1996-11-20		T-7025H
EU	1996-11^[1]		T-7017H-50
PL	1997
AU	199x
BR	199x		191166

Non-Sega versions
PlayStation Windows PC

ESRB

Sega

ELSPA

USK

OFLC

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Grid Runner (グリッドランナー), known as Grid Run in Europe, is a Sega Saturn game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment.

Gameplay

It is like a game of tag, set in space, in which the player who isn't "it" needs to run around a play area changing the color of flags. Once a set number of flags have been changed to the player's color, the player wins.

Planets

	Solaria

	Nimbus

	Circe

	Aquar IV

	Galacia

	Ash

	Hexol

	Aquar II

	Virion

	Ferrinar

	Forge

	Trepidaria

	Iris

	The Lair

	Fortress

History

Grid Runner originally started as a Super Nintendo game called Eurit, before development was brought over to the Saturn and PlayStation. A SNES prototype from May 1995 has since been found.

Magazine articles

Main article: Grid Runner/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in EGM² (US) #29: "November 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #89: "December 1996" (1996-xx-xx)^[3]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #91: "February 1997" (199x-xx-xx)^[4]

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-22: "1996-22 (1996-12-27)" (1996-12-13)

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #181: "December 1996" (1996-11-xx)
also published in:

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) #14: "December 1996" (1996-11-14)^[5]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Console Mania (IT)

PAL

90

^[9]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

75

^[2]

Edge (UK)

PAL

70

^[10]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

76

^[11]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[12]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[13]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[14]

Hacker (HR)

76

^[15]

LeveL (CZ)

57

^[16]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

55

^[17]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

72

^[18]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[19]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

62

^[20]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

75

^[21]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

89

^[22]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

79

^[23]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[24]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

33

^[25]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

87

^[26]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

85

^[27]

Ultra Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[28]

	72
Based on 21 reviews

Grid Runner

Saturn, US
Cover
Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, BR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

511,498,848

CD-ROM (EU)

T-7017H-50 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

511,515,312

1996-09-20

CD-ROM (JP)

T-7009G V1.000

References

Grid Runner
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Maps \| Hidden content \| Magazine articles \| Reception \| Technical information Prototypes: 1996-04-22

[:File:MeanMachinesSega49UK.pdf_p22-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Mean Machines Sega, "November 1996" (UK; 1996-10-04), page 22

[:File:CVG_UK_184.pdf_p80-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Computer & Video Games, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-12), page 80

[:File:EGM_US_089.pdf_p45-3] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 45

[:File:EGM_US_091.pdf_p75-4] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 75

[:File:SSM_UK_14.pdf_p13-5] Sega Saturn Magazine, "December 1996" (UK; 1996-11-14), page 13

[:File:SSM_UK_17.pdf_p70_.2870.2F71.29-6] Sega Saturn Magazine, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-19), page 70/71 (70)

[:File:SSM_JP_19961227_1996-22.pdf_p281_.28279.29-7] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-22 (1996-12-27)" (JP; 1996-12-13), page 279 (281)

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p17_.2815.29-8] Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15 (17)

[:File:ConsoleMania_IT_061.pdf_p51-9] Console Mania, "Marzo 1997" (IT; 1997-0x-xx), page 51

[:File:Edge_UK_044.pdf_p90-10] Edge, "April 1997" (UK; 1997-03-28), page 90

[:File:EGM_US_087.pdf_p61-11] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 61

[:File:GameFan_US_0411.pdf_p20-12] GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 11: November 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 20

[:File:GamePro_US_097.pdf_p90-13] GamePro, "October 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 90

[:File:GameInformer_US_042.pdf_p43-14] Game Informer, "October 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 43

[15] Hacker, "02/1997" (HR; 1997-xx-xx), page 63

[16] LeveL, "Březen 1997" (CZ; 1997-03-01), page 88

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1997-04.pdf_p87-17] MAN!AC, "04/97" (DE; 1997-03-12), page 87

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1997-04.pdf_p70-18] Mega Fun, "04/97" (DE; 1997-03-05), page 70

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-26_19961227.pdf_p200-19] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 26" (JP; 1996-12-13), page 200

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1997-04_19970228.pdf_p110-20] Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 4" (JP; 1997-02-14), page 110

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_41.pdf_p82-21] Sega Magazin, "April 1997" (DE; 1997-03-12), page 82

[:File:SegaPower_UK_86.pdf_p50-22] Sega Power, "December 1996" (UK; 1996-10-24), page 50

[:File:SSM_UK_17.pdf_p70-23] Sega Saturn Magazine, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-19), page 70

[:File:SSM_JP_19961227_1996-22.pdf_p281-24] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-22 (1996-12-27)" (JP; 1996-12-13), page 281

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p17-25] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 17

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_02.pdf_p46-26] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Two" (UK; 1996-09-30), page 46

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p29-27] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 29

[:File:UltraGamePlayers_US_091.pdf_p104-28] Ultra Game Players, "December 1996" (US; 1996-11-05), page 104

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Grid Runner

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Contents

Gameplay

Planets

History

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References