Mega Dead Pixel has the potential to become a very popular app, especially for people in their 20’s. Since most of us 20-something-year-olds have grown up with Space Invader arcade game machines, consoles running Super Mario Bros. and various computer games such as Volfied and  Prehistoric, Mega Dead Pixel would be some sort of return to the past.

Retro games are now trending. And Mega Dead Pixel is nothing less than an endless runner retro game. It has all the features needed for making it to the top – it is fun to play and extremely addictive.

App Name: Mega Dead Pixel

Seller: Gameloft

Release Date:

Oct 17, 2013

Genre: Puzzle

Gameteep Rating: 4.5/5

Platform:

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Mega Dead Pixel Gameplay

The gameplay is similar to other endless runners: avoid bumping into anything. Apart from that, Mega Dead Pixel brings something more: if you increase the size of your pixel, when you hit an obstacle your pixel size decreases, but you still get points for destroying it. Achieving the Mega Dead Pixel state seems to be something like a bonus and will give you tons and tons of points, but make sure you stop bumping into everything when you are turning back to a small size pixel, and start redrawing the shapes. There are various things you can purchase using game currency in order to make your run more effective. One thing you can buy is hats.  Each hat you buy gives you certain benefits but it also has downsides, so chose it wisely. What I really enjoyed about it is the fact you aren’t allowed to buy certain features until you have completed a specific number of missions. The producers are also funny, every single hat has a very unique feature (that won’t be of help in the game). To give you an example, the “Like a Sir” hat has the perk that “everything you suddenly do seems very sophisticated”

Of course, there are several bonuses available, and they will make your life much easier. However, even if the missions aren’t very difficult, you will see that gold coins don’t add up as easy as you’d like them to. Of course, this makes part of the challenge. You have to work quite a lot at first to get your pixel as equipped as it should be, but it is going to be worth it.

Mega Dead Pixel Graphics

I wish that there was more to say about the graphics side of this game, but there isn’t. They’re all intended to be pixels and as a consequence, they are pixels. But this is actually what makes this game so special. It is fun to freefall through a sea of pixel-shapes and draw them all. Or destroy them all. The bad part comes when they destroy you.  But even when you get destroyed, there’s no problem, some fun comments (such as “Die another day”) are going to wait for you. There is no harm in that.

Mega Dead Pixel Sounds

Here is the part where I don’t really agree with Chilligo’s choice. While the sound effects are actually nice, and they inform you through the intensity of the sound about how close are you to achieving Mega Dead Pixel status, the 8-bit style music is a little bit distracting. It is perfectly fine at first, but after some time it is going to get you tired and it will act as a distraction. But if you find you have a problem with it, there’s no problem, you can always go in the options music and turn it off.

Mega Dead Pixel Round-up

When I first got this app, I thought it wouldn’t take me more than two days of sporadic playing to review it.  Well, I have actually spent a few hours in a row, hooked to my iPad, and pushing the AGAIN button. With all its up and downs, it is really addictive.

Bottom line: it is really addictive.

Mega Dead Pixel Screenshots

Overview of Rating

Review Rating

Pros:

Simple and easy to understand game Controls are easy Can be really challenging

Neutral:

Cons:

If you’re beginning it can be difficult tapping around until your pixel reaches the portion you want.