Avoiding Extinction Has Never Been So Fun: DINO*RUN
As I'm sure many of you know, anything that even hints at being retro usually has to fight me off with a stick. What can I say, I'm a bit of a style queen. Anyway, I love games that try to look like they were designed for dead or dying hardware, like La-Mulana or Cave Story. PixelJam does a fantastic job of doing just that.
In their Flash game, Pixeljam asks you to do something very simple, don't die. The entire game consists making a little yellow dino run, duck and jump. Where is the threat? The world is coming to and end and there is an enormous cloud of doom perpetually on your tail. Trees, logs, rocks, ponds, holes and more all make your rapidly shortening life that much more difficult. The game moves in stages, usually little more than a minute in length where you must try to consume as many eggs and animals before reaching your goal. Survive and you may spend points earned on upgrading your character.
The entire game is done in super blocky, flat shaded graphics, which honestly makes the game easier to deal with at high speeds. The environment changes from a happy greenish blue to apocalypse red as the cloud of doom slowly approaches from your back so there is always a good indicator if you should turn back for that little egg you missed.
The game is good for killing a few minutes, and since everyone and their dog can run flash games there is no reason not to play.
Dino Run [Jay is Games]
Asterick
Posted to Video Games on 6 May 2008
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Don't forget it has multi-player! Up to 4 Dinos can race!