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Games You Should Play: Gridrunner Revolution.
This game has me crying and laughing at the same time, and OddBob has tried to write a description of it, which is commendable, but like a lot of things in real live, just out of reach…
Yes, Gridrunner is a definite Llamasoft classic, and lovers of blasty games must play it.
Ok, back to playing.
I got alerted to this post (thanks TCK!) about the new Retro Gamer magazine. As this magazine is not available here in the Netherlands, I once again ask if someone out there can scan the review of Thrust Xtreme for me or someone can buy the mag for me and send it over to me (all expenses paid of course!)
I do understand that the game got a pretty good review, so I’m excited to read all about it!
Phew, finally, after 20 hours of play I’ve finished Metroid Prime on the Game Cube. I got to 80% completion which is fine by me 
I now remember something I forgot along the way: I hate boss fights! I hate em, I hate em. Now I know why Jeff Minter said that his new game Space Giraffe will not have boss fights, but relax stages instead. I think that’s an excellent idea. My new game won’t have boss fights, unless something strange happens to my brain in the next few months.
Getting rid of Ridley was frustrating, and after you enter the Impact Crater, there is the most annoying room in the whole game to go through just to get to the final boss (which, looking back, wasn’t that hard to kill). The annoying room is the one where you have to jump on platforms to get to the top of the room, all the time hindered by metroids, who split in two once you kill them. Numerous times I fell down when I almost reached the top of the room. Very frustrating, and I would like to have a chat with the fellow who designed that room… Just a quiet talk, between the two of us, in a small, badly lit room, you know.
But anyway, overall it’s an awesome game and I will start playing Echoes as soon as I can. Highly recommended!
I’m looking forward to the new Metroid on the Wii. I can’t wait to see how they better this. If only I could get a Wii, sniff. I might get lucky before the new Metroid actually ships
It seems that Thrust Xtreme has been added to the cover disc if this month’s PC Zone, and that there is a little writeup about it in the magazine as well. As this mag is from the UK and not sold where I live, can someone out there with a scanner send me a grab of the review? That would be cool, and I would be very grateful.
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