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Some game feature intricately designed characters, others go for a more retro feel with pixel art. One game, though, has taken it to new extremes by making the main character a single pixel.
About Fun's Mega Dead Pixel is all about taking control of a single pixel as you fall down the screen. The game world happens to be littered with dead pixels in various shapes from stars to swords and it's your job to make them colourful again.
Red Dead
Brushing past the side of a shape will colour it in as it scrolls up the screen, adding to your score in the process. Collect the little white pixels that litter the play area and your own pixel character will grow in to a proper shape. However, this makes the game harder as it speeds up the scrolling and making contact with other shapes will make your own pixel shape smaller again. The larger you get, the more likely you are to hit something.
Dead Lucky
So the idea here is to avoid hitting other pixels, but get close enough to them to paint them. Colour in enough shapes in succession and the pixel grows to a huge size and becomes a Mega Pixel, able to smash through the speedy shapes which begin to fly up the screen faster than ever. It's a pretty tricky move to master at high speeds and requires a fair bit of concentration, not bad for a retro game that's managed to boil retro graphics down to its most basic form.
Dead Cheap
This being a free game, there's bound to be a payment system and, yes, Mega Dead Pixel has coins to collect. Just as with pixels, they appear as you fall and must be picked up. Other coins can be earned through the, now familiar, completion of goals that play out through each playthrough.
Coins can then be used to change the pixel shape as it grows, add hats (yes, really!) and bonus items. You can, of course, pay real money for these but there's really no need as the coin system seems pretty generous and a few playthroughs will yield a fair amount of cash to buy you a new hat or shape.
Dead Simple
The pixel art is pretty much the keystone of the game and although it's more basic than a ZX81 without its RAM pack, the art style works well. Add to this the fact that you can change your character after you've collected enough coins and it starts to produce a spark of charm. But it's the mix of fast gameplay and the use of the simple shapes together with the 'one-more-go' style of gameplay that makes the whole thing work.
With hats to collect, plenty of missions and a tough challenge, Mega Dead Pixel is a great time waster that turns out to be pretty addictive despite its single pixel hero. Simple, but effective.
8/10
About Fun's Mega Dead Pixel is all about taking control of a single pixel as you fall down the screen. The game world happens to be littered with dead pixels in various shapes from stars to swords and it's your job to make them colourful again.
Red Dead
Brushing past the side of a shape will colour it in as it scrolls up the screen, adding to your score in the process. Collect the little white pixels that litter the play area and your own pixel character will grow in to a proper shape. However, this makes the game harder as it speeds up the scrolling and making contact with other shapes will make your own pixel shape smaller again. The larger you get, the more likely you are to hit something.
Dead Lucky
So the idea here is to avoid hitting other pixels, but get close enough to them to paint them. Colour in enough shapes in succession and the pixel grows to a huge size and becomes a Mega Pixel, able to smash through the speedy shapes which begin to fly up the screen faster than ever. It's a pretty tricky move to master at high speeds and requires a fair bit of concentration, not bad for a retro game that's managed to boil retro graphics down to its most basic form.
Dead Cheap
This being a free game, there's bound to be a payment system and, yes, Mega Dead Pixel has coins to collect. Just as with pixels, they appear as you fall and must be picked up. Other coins can be earned through the, now familiar, completion of goals that play out through each playthrough.
Coins can then be used to change the pixel shape as it grows, add hats (yes, really!) and bonus items. You can, of course, pay real money for these but there's really no need as the coin system seems pretty generous and a few playthroughs will yield a fair amount of cash to buy you a new hat or shape.
Dead Simple
The pixel art is pretty much the keystone of the game and although it's more basic than a ZX81 without its RAM pack, the art style works well. Add to this the fact that you can change your character after you've collected enough coins and it starts to produce a spark of charm. But it's the mix of fast gameplay and the use of the simple shapes together with the 'one-more-go' style of gameplay that makes the whole thing work.
With hats to collect, plenty of missions and a tough challenge, Mega Dead Pixel is a great time waster that turns out to be pretty addictive despite its single pixel hero. Simple, but effective.
8/10
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Some game feature intricately designed characters, others go for a more retro feel with pixel art. One game, though, has taken it to new extremes by making the main character a single pixel.
About Fun's Mega Dead Pixel is all about taking control of a single pixel as you fall down the screen. The game world happens to be littered with dead pixels in various shapes from stars to swords and it's your job to make them colourful again.
Red Dead
Brushing past the side of a shape will colour it in as it scrolls up the screen, adding to your score in the process. Collect the little white pixels that litter the play area and your own pixel character will grow in to a proper shape. However, this makes the game harder as it speeds up the scrolling and making contact with other shapes will make your own pixel shape smaller again. The larger you get, the more likely you are to hit something.
Dead Lucky
So the idea here is to avoid hitting other pixels, but get close enough to them to paint them. Colour in enough shapes in succession and the pixel grows to a huge size and becomes a Mega Pixel, able to smash through the speedy shapes which begin to fly up the screen faster than ever. It's a pretty tricky move to master at high speeds and requires a fair bit of concentration, not bad for a retro game that's managed to boil retro graphics down to its most basic form.
Dead Cheap
This being a free game, there's bound to be a payment system and, yes, Mega Dead Pixel has coins to collect. Just as with pixels, they appear as you fall and must be picked up. Other coins can be earned through the, now familiar, completion of goals that play out through each playthrough.
Coins can then be used to change the pixel shape as it grows, add hats (yes, really!) and bonus items. You can, of course, pay real money for these but there's really no need as the coin system seems pretty generous and a few playthroughs will yield a fair amount of cash to buy you a new hat or shape.
Dead Simple
The pixel art is pretty much the keystone of the game and although it's more basic than a ZX81 without its RAM pack, the art style works well. Add to this the fact that you can change your character after you've collected enough coins and it starts to produce a spark of charm. But it's the mix of fast gameplay and the use of the simple shapes together with the 'one-more-go' style of gameplay that makes the whole thing work.
With hats to collect, plenty of missions and a tough challenge, Mega Dead Pixel is a great time waster that turns out to be pretty addictive despite its single pixel hero. Simple, but effective.
8/10
About Fun's Mega Dead Pixel is all about taking control of a single pixel as you fall down the screen. The game world happens to be littered with dead pixels in various shapes from stars to swords and it's your job to make them colourful again.
Red Dead
Brushing past the side of a shape will colour it in as it scrolls up the screen, adding to your score in the process. Collect the little white pixels that litter the play area and your own pixel character will grow in to a proper shape. However, this makes the game harder as it speeds up the scrolling and making contact with other shapes will make your own pixel shape smaller again. The larger you get, the more likely you are to hit something.
Dead Lucky
So the idea here is to avoid hitting other pixels, but get close enough to them to paint them. Colour in enough shapes in succession and the pixel grows to a huge size and becomes a Mega Pixel, able to smash through the speedy shapes which begin to fly up the screen faster than ever. It's a pretty tricky move to master at high speeds and requires a fair bit of concentration, not bad for a retro game that's managed to boil retro graphics down to its most basic form.
Dead Cheap
This being a free game, there's bound to be a payment system and, yes, Mega Dead Pixel has coins to collect. Just as with pixels, they appear as you fall and must be picked up. Other coins can be earned through the, now familiar, completion of goals that play out through each playthrough.
Coins can then be used to change the pixel shape as it grows, add hats (yes, really!) and bonus items. You can, of course, pay real money for these but there's really no need as the coin system seems pretty generous and a few playthroughs will yield a fair amount of cash to buy you a new hat or shape.
Dead Simple
The pixel art is pretty much the keystone of the game and although it's more basic than a ZX81 without its RAM pack, the art style works well. Add to this the fact that you can change your character after you've collected enough coins and it starts to produce a spark of charm. But it's the mix of fast gameplay and the use of the simple shapes together with the 'one-more-go' style of gameplay that makes the whole thing work.
With hats to collect, plenty of missions and a tough challenge, Mega Dead Pixel is a great time waster that turns out to be pretty addictive despite its single pixel hero. Simple, but effective.
8/10