Play A Quick Run Around the House Online

Game Overview

Ever tried sprinting through your house as a kid, dodging chairs and leaping over laundry piles like some kind of domestic ninja? That’s basically A Quick Run Around the House in pixel form. It’s pure MS-DOS chaos—you’re weaving through rooms where the couch suddenly becomes a hurdle and rogue toy cars aim for your ankles. The first time I played, I wiped out spectacularly on a suspiciously placed banana peel (classic).

The controls are simple—just run, jump, and pray—but nailing the timing between the rolling marbles and your little brother’s abandoned skateboard takes practice. And that chiptune soundtrack? It’s weirdly intense for a game about avoiding household hazards, but it somehow fits. You’ll either beat your high score in five minutes or spend half an hour yelling at the screen because the dining room table has it out for you.

It’s short, ridiculous, and exactly the kind of game you’d find buried on a floppy disk in 1992. If you miss the days when games didn’t take themselves seriously, this one’s a time capsule worth booting up.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".