Pixel terrain

Video game concept

Terrain and possibly rest of the environment is treated (in terms of physics, movement, destruction, etc.) per pixel rather than by tile or larger (graphics) entities.

games

platforms

Cortex Command

LIN 2012-09-28

Lemmings 2: The Tribes

OCS 1993

Lemmings 2: The Tribes

SNES 1994

Lemmings

OCS 1991-02-14

Lemmings 2: The Tribes

GB 1994

Crust

LIN 2012

Lemmings 2: The Tribes

GEN 1994-08-16

ANDR 2014-09

DOS 1998

GEN 1992

DOS 1995

WIN 2012-09-28

Implied: destructible world

This is essentially what voxels give for 3D environments.

The first Pixel terrain video game was released in 1982.

Psygnosis, Data Realms and Pixowl published most of these games.

Platforms

Linux		8
MS-DOS		5
Tandy Coco		3
Amiga		3
Windows		3
Mega Drive		2
Atari ST		2
Internet Only		1
Android		1
SAM		1
SNES		1
GB		1
Game Gear		1
Mac OS X		1
iOS		1

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