Photo: Rob LeFebvre/Cult of MacĪfter you’ve swiped up to the chooser, swipe all the way to the left to select 2 Player mode. 2 player magic on the Apple TV with Crossy Road. You’ll need to have at least two characters unlocked - play a few rounds of single player if you don’t. It even looks as if you’ll be able to cross those roads as the Android Robot, which will be a killer feature for many Android nuts.Launch Crossy Road on your Apple TV with the Siri Remote, then swipe up on the touch surface to go to the character picker.

Now it’s available through Google’s official channel, which is a far more agreeable state of affairs. Keep going until a truck, car, or perhaps a speeding train flattens your creature, and you might just beat your previous high-score.Ĭrossy Road has technically been available to Android users since December, but only through the Amazon Appstore. You tap to move and slide to shuffle left and right – essential if you want to grab all of the bonus collectibles. The idea is to guide your little animal (be it penguin, pig, or any of the game’s other unlockable creatures) across an implausibly busy endless-lane highway. Rather, Crossy Road takes its inspiration from the arcade classic Frogger.

However, the mechanics of play are very different to the usual tap-to-fly clones. Like Flappy Bird, it’s a simple one-button game with a challenging ‘get as far as you can’ premise. So what exactly is Crossy Road? Its name gives some pretty big clues to those who know their gaming history. Now Android gamers can see what all the fuss is about, as the game is available to download for free on the Google Play Store. Why, Apple even mentioned the game and quoted its developer, Australian indie developer Hipster Whale, in its recent end of year App Store report. Smash hit iOS game Crossy Road has finally made the leap to Android.Ĭrossy Road has been a surprise runaway hit since it launched on iOS towards the end of November.

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