N Game

Specimen 0513 — N Game — dates to the golden age of browser games and is filed under sustained reflex activity. The name Metanet Software appears on the intake form. The Bureau restored it from the Internet Archive's holdings for immediate, unlimited public use.

Field notes describe N Game as better than whatever you were doing. Recommended dosage: as needed. This file circulates quietly — consider yourself among the few.

Original label: N (stylized as n ) is a freeware video game developed by Metanet Software . It was inspired in part by Lode Runner , Soldat , and other side-scrolling games. It was the first of the N series, followed by N+ and N++ . N won the audience choice award in the downloadables category of the 2005 Independent Games Festival . [1] In N , the player controls a ninja who navigates tile-based levels while simultaneously avoiding hazards, collecting gold, and eventually opening an exit door which completes the level. Gameplay involves four keys—a move-left key (default left arrow), a move-right key (default right arrow), jumping (default shift key, though z key is a common alternative), and suicide (default k key). Combinations of moving and jumping on various types of terrain allow the ninja to perfor

Curator’s note: any high scores achieved are legally yours to brag about.

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