Dino Run

Posted by: Yannick Hill

Dino Run is a free flash side-scroller developed by Pixeljam. You are a yellow dinosaur trying to escape extinction, running and jumping from left to right, away from a wave of mutilation. The game is about timing your jumps and keeping up the momentum of your run, collecting bonuses, and most importantly hitching rides with pterodactyls. The world is lovingly rendered in a 4-bit style, with set-piece obstacles that will take your breath away. In the event that you crash into another dinosaur or fall down an awkward crater, you will hear the rumble of your impending doom, which takes the form of a wall of destruction that is always just behind you. When it catches up, everything gets darker and silhouetted, while meteors crash around you, creating dynamic obstacles for you to negotiate on the fly. Believe it or not, this game is really exhilarating once you get going, and the attention to detail in the art department keeps the journey from left to right interesting, and, dare I say it, quite beautiful.

There is also a hectic and brilliant online multiplayer option.

Play Dino Run here:
http://pixeljam.com/dinorun

And play other Pixeljam games here:
http://www.pixeljam.com

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Yannick Hill

Yannick got the Amiga 500 Batman Pack when he was ten. He made the joker fall off a ladder to his death but never managed to land a plane in F/A-18 Interceptor.
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