Publishers: Aksys Games, Choice Provisions, Gaijin Games
Developers: Choice Provisions, Gaijin Games
Genres: Action, Arcade, Indie
Platforms: Wii, macOS, PC, Linux
Released: 2010-05-16
BIT.TRIP RUNNER
In the fourth part of Bit.Trip series the player controls Commander Video, a small featureless character, as he runs eternally to the right through a pixelated landscape. He jumps and slides to evade dangers, such as giant caterpillars, angry trees or soaring fireballs, and kicks to attack them. He has no hit points, and any hit means you have to restart the level again. Commander Video always runs, the player cannot stop or reverse the movement and is only able to make the character perform certain actions, such as jumps, at the necessary moments.
Commander Video's movements are perfectly synchronized to music. When movements are performed right, new notes are added to the game's chiptune music score. Even pushing an unassigned button will result in playing some musical sounds. The run becomes quicker with time, raising the game's difficulty, but also giving the player more control and influence over the soundtrack. The game's visual style is that of simple and colorful pixel art with a "retro" feel to it. There are three “worlds” in the game, each of them includes eleven levels and ending with a boss fight.
BIT.TRIP RUNNER System Requirements:
Minimum System Requirements:
Minimum System Requirements for macOS
Minimum:
- OS: OS X version Snow Leopard 10.6.3, or later.
- Processor: 2.0+ GHz
- Memory: 512 MB
- Graphics: OpenGL 2.1 and shader model 3 with 128 MB of memory
- Hard Drive: 100 MB
- Sound: Any sound card capable of stereo output
Minimum System Requirements for PC
Minimum:
- OS: Windows XP SP3
- Processor: 2.0+ GHz
- Memory: 512 MB
- DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c and shader model 3 with 128 MB of memory
- Hard Drive: 100 MB
- Sound: Any sound card capable of stereo output
Minimum System Requirements for Linux
Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04 or newer
Processor: 2.0+ GHz
Memory: 512 MB
Graphics: OpenGL 2.1 and shader model 3 with 128 MB of memory
Hard Drive: 100 MB
Sound: Any sound card capable of stereo output
Mouse, Keyboard
Requires the following packages to be installed: libsdl1.2debian