38: Alto’s Adventure and Endless Runners

This week our podcast literally can not stop running/falling/snowboarding as we discuss the Endless Runner genre. This sometimes celebrated, sometimes maligned mobile focused offshoot of the platform genre is (believe it or not) full of awesome games amongst all the shovelware. We talk in depth about the beautiful new endless snowboarder Alto’s Adventure, as well as run down the short history of the genre while calling out notable, quality examples. Raygan would like to re-iterate that his high score in Alto’s Adventure is 130,881. Thank you. Links: Alto’s Adventure – out now on the App Store CANABALT (on the web) CANABALT for iOS The Secret of Bryce Manor, by Tiger Style Crash Bandicoot Moon Patrol The Most Officialest SkiFree Home Page Aladdin 1993 Level 7 Rug Ride Battletoads Level 3-Wind Tunnel Pitfall! Tiny Wings Jetpack Joyride Sonic Dash Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the App Store Sonic CD on the App Store Temple Run Temple Run Arcade Don’t Run With A Plasma Sword Flappy Bird Race The Sun: An Infinite Speed Experience Bit.Trip.Runner RUNNER2: FUTURE LEGEND OF RHYTHM ALIEN Banana Kong Boson X Off The Leash Crossy Road: Endless Arcade Hopper Game Time Surfer Ski Safari You can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame See our list of upcoming games, and make suggestions.. Like the show? Support us by writing a review on iTunes! Your hosts this week were: Raygan Kelly – @raygank Shane Kelly – @8bitShane Nate Heininger – @natestl Laura Nash – @laurajnash