This looks and sounds like crap (on purpose), and has no options whatsoever. No scores, no saves … hell, you even have infinite lives.
It’s like a modern Atari 2600 game. You’re a little dude, and you run through levels trying to get to the exit.
The only thing that can kill you in the entire game is the red field (which I’m going to assume is lava).
Yeah, no enemies, you obviously don’t have any attacks due to that. It’s just platforming, puzzle solving and experimentation. But damn is it addictive.
The graphics, as I said, are complete crap because the game aims for as minimalistic as one can possibly get with a game. It literally looks like something that could have been done on the Atari 2600. And, other than a few weird little collision detection quirks (when you jump against a platform he kinda climbs up it a little bit) they work just fine.
The sound, like the graphics, are complete crap. No music at all and as basic as one can get and still have sound. It even has the low, gutteral sound when you die. But it works because …
The gameplay. All you can do is jump. But the levels are very well designed and take a bit of thought and experimentation to pass. The control takes a little getting used to because I’ve found that my little “pixel man” … the jumping isn’t quite as solid as it needs to be and it slows me down a little bit. It’s not MAJOR, and doesn’t keep the game from being enjoyable, but it is there.
7.0 – Give the trial a try, I think it has … 8 or 10 of the 30 levels with it. But don’t be put off by the fact that the graphics and sound are intentionally terrible, because the game itself is actually pretty good. Even though I’m stuck on level 25 as of this writing. :) In the end, it’s a pretty good little game and well worth the 80 point price tag.
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