RukBot
05-09-2023, 05:10 PM
https://www.destructoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Header_MrRunAndJumpcropped.jpg
Dash and leapAtari is showing off their upcoming platformer (https://youtu.be/VHIpL5Mz1JY), Mr. Run and Jump, which is set to launch this year on PC and consoles.
Mr. Run and Jump allegedly started its life as a homebrew experiment for the Atari 2600 at Graphite Lab, a frequent partner of Atari?s. Afterwards, the publisher liked what they saw and commissioned a more modernized take on it. It appears to be a fast-paced, die-and-retry platformer with neon visuals. In other words, its name does a pretty good job of summing it up! There is definitely some running and jumping going on here. Perhaps even some hopping, but no bopping. Bopping looks fatal.
https://youtu.be/VHIpL5Mz1JY
I?ll be honest here, I?d be more interested in seeing the homebrew original in action. That?s not a sleight against Mr. Run and Jump, I guess I just think that a game made in the constraints of an old console is more fascinating than a 2D platformer made on modern hardware. I'm also not a huge fan of the die-and-retry genre, and that includes classic examples such as Celeste (https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-celeste/)and Super Meat Boy. Just not my jam.
That said, I dig the style on display here. The neon visuals fit in with what Atari seems to have been going for recently, which is sort of a modernized re-interpretation of what could be pushed in the primordial days of consoles. It also looks to be in a similar vein as Graphite Labs' previous game, Kombinera. I never played it, but it was very well-received (https://opencritic.com/game/12985/kombinera).
Mr. Run and Jump is looking to drop this year on PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Atari VCS (the modern one).
The post Atari to deliver retro-pop with Mr. Run and Jump this year (https://www.destructoid.com/atari-to-deliver-retro-pop-with-mr-run-and-jump-this-year/) appeared first on Destructoid (https://www.destructoid.com).
More...
Dash and leapAtari is showing off their upcoming platformer (https://youtu.be/VHIpL5Mz1JY), Mr. Run and Jump, which is set to launch this year on PC and consoles.
Mr. Run and Jump allegedly started its life as a homebrew experiment for the Atari 2600 at Graphite Lab, a frequent partner of Atari?s. Afterwards, the publisher liked what they saw and commissioned a more modernized take on it. It appears to be a fast-paced, die-and-retry platformer with neon visuals. In other words, its name does a pretty good job of summing it up! There is definitely some running and jumping going on here. Perhaps even some hopping, but no bopping. Bopping looks fatal.
https://youtu.be/VHIpL5Mz1JY
I?ll be honest here, I?d be more interested in seeing the homebrew original in action. That?s not a sleight against Mr. Run and Jump, I guess I just think that a game made in the constraints of an old console is more fascinating than a 2D platformer made on modern hardware. I'm also not a huge fan of the die-and-retry genre, and that includes classic examples such as Celeste (https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-celeste/)and Super Meat Boy. Just not my jam.
That said, I dig the style on display here. The neon visuals fit in with what Atari seems to have been going for recently, which is sort of a modernized re-interpretation of what could be pushed in the primordial days of consoles. It also looks to be in a similar vein as Graphite Labs' previous game, Kombinera. I never played it, but it was very well-received (https://opencritic.com/game/12985/kombinera).
Mr. Run and Jump is looking to drop this year on PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Atari VCS (the modern one).
The post Atari to deliver retro-pop with Mr. Run and Jump this year (https://www.destructoid.com/atari-to-deliver-retro-pop-with-mr-run-and-jump-this-year/) appeared first on Destructoid (https://www.destructoid.com).
More...