Space Giraffe, Street Trace: NYC Stampede XBLA

by Chris Faylor, Aug 20, 2007 9:57am PDT

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Llamasoft's trippy shooter Space Giraffe and Gaia Industries' battle racer Street Trace: NYC mark this week's additions to the Xbox 360's online Xbox Live Arcade. They will be available on the service in the early hours of Wednesday, August 22.

The brainchild of the sheep-loving Tempest 2000 (JAG, SAT, PC) developer Jeff Minter, Space Giraffe marks the acclaimed creator's first release since his involvement with the Xbox 360 music visualization software. As Minter has repeatedly claimed, the game will sell for 400 Microsoft Points ($5). Calling to mind Criterion Games' TrickStyle (DC), the hoverboard-oriented racing brawling hybrid Street Trace: NYC features four player splitscreen and eight player matches over Xbox Live along with its single player campaign. Both hoverboards and weapons can be upgraded throughout the 800 Microsoft Point ($10) game. To coincide with the announcement, Microsoft sent out 13 new Space Giraffe screenshots and 8 shots from Street Trace: NYC.

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By: nudel x Show Full Post

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Here's some info on getting the most out of the demo from Minter himself. Looks like helpful and interesting reading for this game that looks like it'll be quite confusing at first:

http://www.llamasoft.co.uk/blog/?p=10

(There's some kind of tutorial in the game as well but this URL has hints on all 9 of the levels in the demo.)

Aug 21, 2007 2:51am PDT

Here's some info on getting the most out of the demo from Minter himself. Looks like helpful and interest... : nudel

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Woot! Space Giraffe is finally here! for those of you who have not seen or heard anything about this game- it's Tempest on LSD with a dash of Methamphetamine thrown in. It's crazy, beautiful, and wholly silly and fun. Here's a video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoT-_2wC4vY

Aug 20, 2007 10:45am PDT

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Woot! Space Giraffe is finally here! for those of you who have not seen or heard anything about this gam... : silentw
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  Sadly the final version doesnt have the words "Otter Spunk" and such scrolling by, it seems. : jake2000
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    (fortunately it looks like level one is called "The Eyes of Allard," though, so there's that.) : jake2000
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      There are SO many references in this game that I won't get :( : silentw
      
      some Allard facts: http://www.idlethumbs.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3313 : jake2000

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Wednesday is the 22nd.

Aug 20, 2007 12:39pm PDT

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Wednesday is the 22nd. : Entity
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- Thanks :) : Chris Faylor

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i can't even tell what space giraffe is.

Aug 20, 2007 11:17am PDT

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i can't even tell what space giraffe is. : dantastic
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- Its digital sex! : skunk_ape
- You better watch it. You'll incur the wrath of Jeff Minter, ROAR! : geneshifter
- it's liquefied awesome. : jason bergman

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