Rescuer Boy

Why We Picked Rescuer Boy

Rescuer Boy is the sort of arcade game you lose before you have worked out what the score rewards. Checkpoints are rare, which sounds harsh and is, in fact, the point. It consumes a few minutes and gives back a number, which is a fair trade. We kept it because it loads before you have decided whether to play it. By the numbers: 201 plays, 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 442 of 500 on the arcade shelf.

How to Play

The page documents very little, so these are the things worth knowing before you spend time on it:

• Scroll the page until the whole frame is visible, since clipped edges swallow clicks near the border.
• A run ends when you are caught, and the score is the only thing that survives it.
• Aim for the gap you can reach, not the one that looks best.

Editor’s Note

Short by design; if you have longer than a few minutes, the shelf has deeper options. Scores on these pages belong to the game rather than the site, so a record does not follow you between visits.

Written by the UGFJD editorial team for this page. The publisher’s own description follows below, unedited.