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The 1-Upper: Don't Look Back

POSTED: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 4:00 PM

And we're back ...

Sorry to be away for so long, folks, but the 1-Upper bought a house and started referring to himself in the third person. I've been spending my days installing storm doors and not helping you waste your precious time.

Anyhoo, I give you Don't Look Back this week. Doing throwbacks seems to be all the rage these days, what with Mega Man showing up in all his 8-bit glory on the next generation consoles and new franchise entries like Street Fighter (which I used to play in the arcade) outselling everything else by miles. Don't Look Back does exactly the opposite of its name and looks and plays like it strolled right out of the Atari 2600.

A straight-forward platformer, which you don't see often enough, the game is simple to play. Arrow keys move you and make you jump, spacebar makes you shoot your little rectangle of a pistol. It's a little like Pitfall meets Super Mario Brothers. Just watch out for the darkness.

Play it here.

Brian Howard

Posted 2009-03-25 02:19:18

yessss. welcome back. we missed you.

Jon Solomon

Posted 2009-03-25 16:01:55

The end of this game made me sad.

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