Line Rider

Line Rider
Developer(s)Boštjan Čadež
Publisher(s)inXile Entertainment (remake)
Genius Products (DS)
Deep Silver (remake, Europe)
Designer(s)Boštjan Čadež
Platform(s)Microsoft Silverlight, Adobe Flash, Nintendo DS, Wii, Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS
ReleaseSilverlight, Flash
September 23, 2006
DS
  • NA: September 16, 2008
  • EU: July 17, 2009
Windows
  • NA: September 23, 2008
  • EU: May 22, 2009
Wii
  • NA: October 7, 2008
  • EU: July 31, 2009
Mode(s)Single-player
Two-player (remake only)

Line Rider is a browser game or software toy, with versions available for Microsoft Silverlight, Javascript, Windows, and Flash. It was originally created in September 2006 by Boštjan Čadež (also known as "fšk"), a Slovenian student.[1][2] Soon after its initial appearance on DeviantArt, Line Rider became an internet phenomenon.

Line Rider received coverage from several outlets, such as Yahoo![3] and Time Magazine,[4] and appeared in several McDonald's commercials for the Snack Wrap in 2008. Line Rider was also selected by staff and voted by Jay is Games users to be the Best Webtoy of 2006.[5] A two-page article about the game was published in Games for Windows: The Official Magazine.[6]

  1. ^ "News". Linerider.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
  2. ^ "About Line Rider". Linerider.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2007. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  3. ^ Featured on the front page: November 9, 2006
  4. ^ Ressner, Jeffrey (October 19, 2006). "The Newest Time Waster: Line Rider". Time. Archived from the original on November 21, 2006. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  5. ^ Best of Webtoy 2006 Results Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine at Jay is Games Archived 2006-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Murdoch, Julian (August 2007). "Line Rider". Games for Windows: The Official Magazine. pp. 36–37.