Runes Of Shalack is a videogame the way videogames are meant to be, simplistic, crude and with a soundtrack that sounds like a robot having a nervous breakdown.

Runes Of Shalack couldn't be any simpler if you made it out of Duplo – you play a skinny white man with a big square head collecting up circles, presumably the runes of Shalack, and dashing to the exit. And that's it. Obviously Runes Of Shalack gets tougher after a while with the addition of spikes and assorted other nasty crap, but running and jumping is pretty much the crux of it. Oh, and why have no idea why Runes Of Shalack is called Runes Of Shalack – with graphics this endearingly dodgy, the games creators could have said it was about a magical dog collecting diamond violins and nobody would be any the wiser.

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