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Armadillo Run

Armadillo Run is a physics-based puzzle game. You have to build structures with the purpose of getting an armadillo to a certain point in space. There is a selection of building materials, each with different…

90 22 April 2006

Armadillo Run is a puzzle, released 22 April 2006 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Armadillo Run is

Armadillo Run was released in 2006. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Armadillo Run is a puzzle video game created by Peter Stock and released for Microsoft Windows in 2006. The aim of the game is to get Armadillo, a yellow basketball-like object to the blue goal by creating a structure using various materials that, when activated, will get Armadillo to the goal while keeping within an inconsistently strict budget. Peter Stock cites Bridge Builder and Stair Dismount for the construction and dynamic natures of the game, respectively.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Armadillo Run holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 25 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Armadillo Run launched on 22 April 2006, within three weeks of Ōkami, Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007, Virtua Tennis 3 and SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Ōkami, Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007, Virtua Tennis 3, SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars.

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When did Armadillo Run come out?
Armadillo Run was released on 22 April 2006 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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