Wobble Jump, a free game made by skilled pixel artist and developer castpixel, really captures the look, feel and sound of old LCD systems, despite existing only as a digital browser game. With its anime stylings, I doubt it would have been released outside of Japan, but I can see it in a gaming shop in Akihabara in the early 1990s—and you could have done worse, in that fictional scenario, than to pick it up.
With one button to play with, your job in this fairly addictive and musically catchy game is to hit it at the correct time, to climb an increasingly teetering totem of platforms. The girl jumps automatically, and then a new platform shoots across the screen, under her feet. By pressing the button, you cause it to stop, hopefully in a position where it will catch her, over and again. If it doesn’t, or if she’s just wobbling on the precipice, she’ll fall, and you’ll have to start her Jenga-like climb over from the beginning.
Go on the wildest of adventures. Just be sure when you come back, a steady foundation is waiting for you. Build it up and you can reach for the stars.
Wobble Jump
Your goal is to stop the platforms at the right moment, so the girl won’t fall.
Climb high enough, and you’ll reach the ending.
Cheaters can press F12
Retro LCD game, 1-bit music using Shiru’s PCSPE vst.