Canabalt, A black and white $2.99 game!

Posted by Chris Leckness on Oct 30, 2009

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I don’t know if you have gone to Canabalt.com yet and wasted time on their little flash version of the game they recently released, but you should. As for the game it’s self, it’s getting rave reviews. I have yet to try it, but I am going to pass on the good word. iPhone Alley says that it’s “Pure, Unadulterated Awesome”. I can’t get my mind wrapped around such a simple game being so talked about, but hey, what do I know. (iTunes Link)

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Read on for all the rave reviews that the developer has replaced a game description with…

"Canabalt is pure genius." -necessarygames.com

"It’s going to be quite some time before you find something so simple so thrilling again." -Offworld

"Canabalt is a fun diversion and sports slick, black and white pixel graphics." -IGN

"This "daring escape" platformer is simply beautiful and beautifully simple." -Kotaku

"Perhaps I long to luxuriate in the luscious pixel art. Perhaps I’m desperate to beat my own high scores. Perhaps I’m just in love with the game’s pacing" -Destructoid

"Canabalt is actually much more intense than you’d assume of a game which requires a single finger to play." -GameSpy

"It’s all very lovely and full of poignant subtext. And awesomeness. Canabalt is a prime example of a simple idea executed extremely well." -JayIsGames

"I have never seen a concept so richly and successfully realized in such a simple yet stunningly complete form. Canabalt represents the power and potential of small independent games." -gameinmind.com

"Music is another component that is just perfect – it enhances the strange and unsettling setting of the game and also gives a sense of speed with a hint of hope that quick feet might be the salvation to the horror." -bartsnews.net

"Fast load times combined with short (yet exciting) game sessions really make for an attractive game to play on a mobile device." -TouchArcade

"After Fathom, I keep expecting them to inject confusing, pompous meta-game faggotry into everything. Cool music, btw." -plinky4 on reddit.com

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Chris Leckness is the Owner/Administrator of Mobilitysite. He is a Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices and a member of the exclusive focus group, Mobius. Chris has been a big time supporter/user of Windows Mobile since the Dell Axim days when it was Pocket PC 2002. Chris loves Zune, but also owns 3 iPhones too. His personal blog is chris.leckness.com.

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