Defender of the Favicon

Mathieu ‘p01′ Henri has developed “Defender of the Favicon”, a tiny version of the classic arcade game Defender that can be played inside the website’s 16×16 pixel favicon (currently the game only supports Firefox and Opera).

The game was inspired by the favicon VU meters created by Scott Schiller.

via Waxy


filed under Games

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Joe Hall July 16, 2008 at 10:46 am

Surprise! it doesn't work in IE!

Scott Beale July 16, 2008 at 12:43 pm

On their website they mention that it only works with Firefox and Opera. I've updated the post.

Mathieu 'p01' Henri July 16, 2008 at 12:46 pm

DEFENDER of the favicon uses Canvas and the toDataURL() method, therefore it does not work in IE8- and Safari 3.1.2. Sorry, you'll have to give it a shot in Opera or Firefox.

Notice that if you find the favicon too small you can press ENTER to play in a MASSIVE 32×32 Canvas, and then use your browser's zoom feature.

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