Mad City Matrix

Why We Picked Mad City Matrix

Mad City Matrix is one action repeated until the run ends, and the score is the only thing that survives it. The loop is old, and it is old because it works. Difficulty arrives in steps rather than a wall; the run gets faster before it gets harder. It has drawn 145 plays without a story, a save file, or a reason beyond the next number. On the record: 477 of 500 on the arcade shelf, and 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings.

How to Play

Three rules cover almost everything this game asks of you:

• Resize the window before starting, since some embeds redraw the canvas and reset the round.
• Survive the waves; the score is how long you last, not what you destroy.
• The middle of the screen is safer than the edges, in almost every game on this shelf.

Editor’s Note

Playable on touch, though twitch games always lose something when the buttons are glass. Fullscreen is worth using here more than anywhere else on the site, since the play area is the whole point.

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