- 82/100
- Critics4 reviews
2011 · Q-Games · Arcade · Puzzle
PixelJunk SideScroller
PlayStation exclusive
PixelJunk SideScroller is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up game developed by Q-Games for the PlayStation 3 as part of the PixelJunk series. It was released on the PlayStation Store on 25 October 2011 in North America and 26 October 2011 in Europe. Visually, it is designed to resemble old vector-based games and is based on the "Road to Dawn" bonus stage in PixelJunk Shooter 2.
- Released
- 25 October 2011
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3
- Genres
- ArcadePuzzleShoot 'em upShooter
- Developers
- Q-Games
- Publishers
- Q-Games
- Series
- PixelJunk
- Perspective
- Side view
- Themes
- Science fiction
- Country
- Japan
- Age ratings
- PEGI 7ESRB E
About
PixelJunk SideScroller is a 2011 scrolling shooter video game developed by Q-Games for the PlayStation 3. It is part of the PixelJunk series and was released internationally by Sony Computer Entertainment. The visuals are intended to resemble arcade video games with a vector monitor. It is based on the "Road to Dawn" bonus stage in PixelJunk Shooter 2.
Keywords
- side-scrolling
- high score
- digital distribution
- platform exclusive
- playstation trophies
- 60 fps on consoles
- deliberately retro
- leaderboard
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Reception
PixelJunk SideScroller received "generally favourable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
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