With
all the hullabaloo whip-lashing around the recent release of
GTA IV, it's a ripe opportunity to step back from the moral challenges of modern gaming and into to a time when gaming was primal. A time when pastures of velociraptors flourished, pixels twittered, and survival was the one and only option. And so ends my clever segue to the announcement of
Dino Run, the newest neo-retro flash game from our friends Miles and Rich over at
Pixeljam Games.
Situated in a lush prehistoric pixel art environment, the premiss of
Dino Run is evolutionarily simple: run away from extinction to survive. As a dino you must quickly get across the terrain and ahead of the stegosauruses to escape terrifying and impending doom. Fortunately for your species you can consume eggs, lizards, and small birds along your way to gain speed, but if you don't maintain your momentum you can kiss your species goodbye.
Dino Run is an absolutely beautiful game with great gameplay, supported in tandem with an online multi-player option and a crunchy soundtrack by chiptunes musician
Mark Denardo.
Play it now on Pixeljam's website, and if you pocket up a few dollars for a donation you'll unlock a secret code that gives your dino a set of 40 gaming themed hats to wear while escaping extinction. I did it, so you should do it too!
Contest:
10:51 PM on 05.05.2008
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But then I guess those would be water levels, and I always hate water levels.
DOOMSURF!
Also, don't forget to collect bones to get unlockables, find the super eggs in each level, and eat a ton of baby dinoes!!!
Really though, the game looks great and does a lot of cool stuff, but I'm not a huge fan of the loose gameplay.
They have a fucking ALIEN multiplayer skin, unless I'm mistaken. Like, from the Alien movies. HOLY CRAP.
Wicked fun just finished the medium challenge..will play more later. Love the graphic style too..plenty of retro but just enough modern to really sell it.
This is definately my fave PJ game. If you dig oldschool, these guys are bringing it back.
I KNOW! you'd think after all this time I'd have all the secrets uncovered, but I keep finding new stuff.
I mean, seriously, why aren't there more dinosaur games?
I'm always impressed with the art in the PJ games. So simple, and yet so compelling. That dinosaur has so much character.
After you donate and get the hats, that is :D