Messenger Pairs
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Messenger Pairs

Find pairs to outrun a rival messenger. Race a rival messenger with pixel Pheidippides by finding matching pairs of Greek pictures. Every pair moves him forward on the track, and the board must be clear before the rival finishes, in this free memory game.

Twist: A rival runner replaces the clock: clear the board before the rival reaches the finish.

Parody. Pheidippides has no involvement in making these games and does not endorse them. The character is an original pixel-art caricature.

How to play

  1. Tap or click a card to turn it over, then pick a second card. Matching pictures stay face up.
  2. A rival runner crosses the track at the top of the screen. Every pair you find moves your runner forward.
  3. Clear the board before the rival reaches the finish, about 45 seconds on level 1 and faster on later levels, or the round ends. There is no other clock.
  4. On a keyboard, move with the arrow keys and turn cards with Space or Enter.
  5. Press M for sound and P or Esc to pause. When the round ends, share your score and challenge a friend.

Top 10 high scores

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The story

Two messengers have been sent with the same happy news: a new baby goat at the temple farm. Whoever arrives first gets to announce it in the market square. Pixel Pheidippides is fast, but his rival had a head start, so he needs every shortcut in Messenger Pairs.

Each pair of cards he finds, laurel with laurel or owl with owl, pushes him further along the road at the top of the board. The rival keeps jogging steadily towards the finish. Clear the table first and the good news is his to tell.

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