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Fire Up Your Speed Skills For Indie Platformer 'Orton and the Princess'

by Ben Deitz on November 22, 2010 at 06:27 PM

Orton and the Princess
This week, we've got a need for speed. Just as games of yore were all about accumulating high scores, these are all about quick reflexes and the shortest laps. You'll be pushed to the limit trying to achieve the unthinkably fast, so get ready for a true test of digital dexterity. Slowpokes need not apply.

'Orton and the Princess' is an exercise in video game masochism, but -- despite its unrelenting difficulty -- the seemingly simple challenge keeps you riveted. The goal of each level in this platformer is straightforward: guide the quadrilateral Orton through a series of leaping challenges until he reaches the equally polygonal Princess. While the game's pleasant look and rustic soundtrack may lull you into a false sense of security, each level is chock full of precise jumps that require you to land perilously close to death-dealing spikes. Controls are simple (use the arrow keys for movement and X to jump) and everything is tight enough that you have only yourself to blame for each misstep. Not only is the game tricky, but it's also aware of its own difficulty, with a narrator that taunts you mercilessly as you die again and again (and again). It may be formidable, but it's the kind of well-made, old-school challenge that can be hard to come by these days.

Orton and the Princess


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