Orange Pixel’s Stardash is a challenging platformer available now on Android and iOS (universal app). These GameBoy inspired aesthetics are definitely for those who have missed (either in the nostalgic sense or the being born into gaming a little bit later than us old folk) good ole fashioned, knuckle-biting game design.

Stardash presently spans four worlds, with nine levels and one temple in every world. The game offers replay through earning multiple stars; players have to collect all the coins in a level and run through the level within the time limit to earn extra stars.

Don’t be turned off by the virtual control scheme shown in the header picture above. The Android version is playable with Touch, Hardware keyboard, GameGripper, Xperia-Play, or Wii-mote (how cool is that?!).  The iOS playable with Touch-screen, iCade / iControlPad, or the Joypad app.

Stardash is available now Android Free (with Advertising) version , $2.17 (weird price?!) Android Advertising-free (Paid), or via the all in-one $1.99 iOS version.

Interested in sprite-based fun? Follow the developer on Facebook/Twitter. For those that want a little more color in their platformer, try the dev’s highly lauded Meganoid.

[Orange Pixel]