Meganoid Review

Meganoid is a brutal and fast paced platformer, each level taking under a minute to complete.


The game graphically and thematically is paying homage to the retro games of the late 80's and early 90's.  The cute and appealing pixel art does the game wonders along with the games classicly retro midi music.  


In Meganoid you play as a hero sent in by the military that is trying to thwart a hostile alien takeover.  The game consists of simply jumping through the levels to get from point A to point B, while avoiding hazards and killing any aliens that block your path. 

While the game is brutally harsh in terms of instant death and tricky jumps, it is impulsive.  Rather like other new wave arcade platformers despite having a life limit there is no real punishment to death, if you die you can simply restart the level again. making the game all the more addictive.


The touch-screen controls work well and are fluid enough to make any jump you need to.  There may be a little bit of a learning curve but it is really no different than playing with a very simple controller.

As far as platformers go on the ipod, Meganoid in its simplicity, style and charm has to be one of the best available on the market.  A must for any ipod gamer.