<s>
Space	B-Application
Giraffe	I-Application
is	O
a	O
fixed	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
by	O
Jeff	O
Minter	O
and	O
Ivan	O
Zorzin	O
of	O
Llamasoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
22	O
August	O
2007	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
through	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
graphics	O
engine	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Neon	B-Application
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
light	B-Application
synthesizer	I-Application
visualisation	B-Application
software	O
built	O
into	O
the	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
19	O
March	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
aesthetically	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
arcade	O
game	O
Tempest	B-Application
,	O
Minter	O
has	O
strongly	O
denied	O
that	O
Space	B-Application
Giraffe	I-Application
is	O
an	O
update	O
to	O
Tempest	B-Application
,	O
as	O
it	O
introduces	O
significant	O
gameplay	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
the	O
Space	B-Application
Giraffe	I-Application
as	O
it	O
moves	O
around	O
the	O
outer	O
rim	O
of	O
a	O
3-dimensional	O
extruded	O
surface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enemies	O
appear	O
in	O
notably	O
greater	O
quantities	O
than	O
in	O
Tempest	B-Application
,	O
beginning	O
at	O
the	O
opposite	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
third	O
dimension	O
and	O
approaching	O
the	O
player	O
,	O
firing	O
bullets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
version	O
(	O
released	O
15	O
December	O
2008	O
)	O
differs	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
ways	O
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
including	O
using	O
a	O
re-worked	O
Neon	B-Application
engine	O
which	O
makes	O
everything	O
more	O
presentable	O
,	O
less	O
psychedelic	O
and	O
easier	O
to	O
see	O
what	O
's	O
going	O
on	O
within	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
version	O
also	O
includes	O
an	O
"	O
Acid	O
Mix	O
"	O
that	O
resembles	O
the	O
more	O
intense	O
graphics	O
in	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
20	O
March	O
2009	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
from	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
Space	B-Application
Giraffe	I-Application
"	O
originated	O
from	O
Minter	O
's	O
posts	O
on	O
the	O
Jeff	O
Minter	O
fan	O
forum	O
YakYak	O
and	O
on	O
his	O
blog	O
in	O
which	O
he	O
semi-seriously	O
referred	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
character	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
resembling	O
a	O
giraffe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
immediately	O
attracted	O
calls	O
from	O
readers	O
and	O
forum	O
posters	O
that	O
the	O
entire	O
game	O
should	O
be	O
named	O
Space	B-Application
Giraffe	I-Application
,	O
and	O
this	O
was	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
working	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
adopted	O
for	O
the	O
final	O
release	O
because	O
by	O
that	O
time	O
it	O
had	O
already	O
been	O
the	O
subject	O
of	O
widespread	O
publicity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
includes	O
humor	O
and	O
references	O
that	O
are	O
common	O
to	O
Minter	O
's	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
allusions	O
to	O
Super	O
Mario	O
Bros.	O
,	O
Pro	B-Device
Wrestling	I-Device
for	I-Device
the	I-Device
NES	I-Device
,	O
The	B-Application
Hitchhiker	I-Application
's	I-Application
Guide	I-Application
to	I-Application
the	I-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
and	O
even	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
J	O
Allard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviews	O
for	O
Space	B-Application
Giraffe	I-Application
from	O
both	O
game	O
critics	O
and	O
game	O
players	O
have	O
been	O
polarized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
published	O
professional	O
review	O
of	O
Space	B-Application
Giraffe	I-Application
came	O
in	O
Official	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
Magazine	O
's	O
September	O
2007	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dan	O
Amrich	O
(	O
"	O
OXM	O
Dan	O
"	O
)	O
gave	O
Space	B-Application
Giraffe	I-Application
a	O
2/10	O
rating	O
,	O
stating	O
"	O
You	O
'll	O
frequently	O
die	O
because	O
you	O
could	O
n't	O
pick	O
out	O
the	O
pulsating	O
assassin	O
from	O
the	O
warped	O
playfield	O
floating	O
over	O
the	O
throbbing	O
LSD	O
nightmare	O
that	O
is	O
the	O
background	O
,	O
which	O
makes	O
this	O
game	O
uniquely	O
aggravating.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
OXM	O
later	O
named	O
Space	B-Application
Giraffe	I-Application
the	O
"	O
Worst	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
for	O
2007	O
in	O
March	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Giraffe	I-Application
has	O
received	O
a	O
more	O
positive	O
review	O
from	O
Angry	O
Gamer	O
,	O
scoring	O
an	O
unusual	O
"	O
Holy	O
crap	O
this	O
is	O
awesome	O
hell	O
yes	O
/	O
10	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewer	O
'	O
Flamey	O
 '	O
praised	O
the	O
addictive	O
mood	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
although	O
on	O
the	O
Angry	O
Gamer	O
podcast	O
,	O
Space	B-Application
Giraffe	I-Application
was	O
called	O
"	O
annoying	O
and	O
pointless	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
reviewer	O
commenting	O
of	O
the	O
creator	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
;	O
"	O
Jeff	O
,	O
we	O
love	O
you	O
,	O
we	O
just	O
do	O
n't	O
love	O
Space	O
Giraffe.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Conversely	O
,	O
veteran	O
video	O
game	O
journalist	O
Stuart	O
Campbell	O
described	O
Space	B-Application
Giraffe	I-Application
as	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
games	O
released	O
this	O
year	O
at	O
any	O
price	O
"	O
but	O
Campbell	O
used	O
the	O
first	O
letter	O
of	O
each	O
paragraph	O
to	O
spell	O
the	O
phrase	O
"	O
MINTER	O
IS	O
A	O
BIG	O
TWATTY	O
SPACKER	O
TRUFAX	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Giraffe	I-Application
was	O
also	O
listed	O
as	O
94th	O
in	O
Edge	O
magazine'''s	O
"	O
The	O
100	O
Top	O
Games	O
to	O
Play	O
Today	O
"	O
list	O
in	O
the	O
Edge	O
200th	O
anniversary	O
issue.Space	O
Giraffe	O
was	O
included	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
titles	O
in	O
the	O
book	O
1001	O
Video	O
Games	O
You	O
Must	O
Play	O
Before	O
You	O
Die	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
+Playlist	O
Title	O
Artist	O
Type	O
Flossie	O
's	O
Frolic	O
Yak	O
(	O
Jeff	O
Minter	O
)	O
In-Game	O
Satipn	O
Redpoint	O
In-Game	O
Side	O
of	O
the	O
Angels	O
Jim	O
McCauley	O
In-Game	O
Gardening	O
By	O
Numbers	O
Redpoint	O
Bonus	O
Level	O
Welsh	O
Numbers	O
Station	O
Catryn	O
Burnell	O
Main	O
MenuFlossie	O
's	O
Frolic	O
was	O
created	O
using	O
Fruityloops	B-Application
by	O
Jeff	O
Minter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
song	O
was	O
later	O
lost	O
by	O
Jeff	O
,	O
but	O
recovered	O
by	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
YakYak.org,	O
eventually	O
finding	O
its	O
way	O
into	O
Space	B-Application
Giraffe	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
release	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
interest	O
in	O
licensing	O
music	O
used	O
in	O
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
(	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
Tempest	B-Application
3000	I-Application
)	O
from	O
Atari	O
,	O
but	O
no	O
deal	O
ever	O
went	O
through	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
sound	O
effects	O
that	O
appear	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
also	O
appeared	O
previously	O
in	O
Gridrunner++''	O
,	O
another	O
game	O
by	O
Llamasoft	O
released	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
