Description
Pyrite Monkey (based on
an old shareware game called Gold Monkey)
is a game played on a grid of random numbers from 1 to 9. At the beginning of
the game, a marker (or "monkey") is placed at a random square on the grid.
On each turn, you may move
the monkey N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, or NW by clicking on the appropriate square
adjacent to the current position. Once the monkey starts moving, it
doesn't stop until either: it hits the edge of the grid; it hits a number
strictly greater than the one it started on; or it runs across a position
it's already been to. If the latter happens, the game is over and the final
score is displayed. The final score is the sum of all numbers at all the
positions that were visited (counting the final position only once).
Reload the page if you want to start a new game. The all-time high score
is 535.