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Oh, the memories that come flooding back when we recall 8-bit games. From Battletoads to Space Harrier the nostalgia of your answers made me smile. Thanks to all who entered our Darwinia+ contest and thanks to crafty masters at Introversion for donating the awesome Darwinia+ prize pack.

Congratulations to EchoGolfSierra for being our randomly selected winner! Keep an eye on your inbox for details on how to collect your prize. As for the rest of you, keep your eyes on the site, more contests coming soon.

Darwinia has made it’s presence known on the Xbox Live Arcade in the form of Darwinia+. This game has won multiple awards and received lots of attention in the past in it’s PC incarnations. Introversion Software has now brought it to the console where it is surprisingly easier and more natural to navigate. They even threw in the multiplayer incarnation ‘Multiwinia’ to boot.

The game exists in it’s own little digital Tron-esque universe. It’s an ecosystem populated with industry, civilization, wild life, and various stimuli. It’s a virtual ecosystem where evolution and artificial intelligence is studied. There is even religion as a component to the Darwinian’s lives.

The aesthetic is similarly digital – picture any visualization of computer worlds from the 1980s and you get the idea. It’s a delightful and refreshing aesthetic, both abstract and selectively specific, giving you just the right information with a streamlined yet technical coat of paint. Even the synth’ music harkens back to those glory days.

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