For some reason this makes me think of roguelikes where the Xs represent death and arrows pointing back represent starting over from scratch. *shrug* I'm probably way off with that interpretation anyway. I definitely have no clue what this game is.

That's actually pretty good interpretation :D The only difference is it's not a roguelike and hence a lot of people were furious about it :)

OK, I got another picture so that you can actually see what kind of game it is :)

Super Meat Boy ?

No buzz saws on the picture so no :) It's a newer game than SMB

Lode Runner

Whoa, Lode Runner is 27 years older than Super Meat Boy and I did write that the game I'm thinking about in newer than SMB!

tinyE's logic! O.o

PoP: Sands of Time?

It's not newer than Super Meat Boy, now is it? ;)

Allow me to remind you that mistermumbles got the "X" marks correctly - whenever you die, you have to come back to the very beginning of the level. And the game is (in)famous because of that.

So....am I right? :P

Take a wild guess ;P

Ehm: ;-)

"Xbox Live Arcade
Xbox Live Arcade version.

On January 7, 2008, a remake of Lode Runner, developed by Tozai and Southend Interactive, was announced at CES '08, and was released on April 22, 2009. The game features revamped 3D graphics, additional game modes, cooperative and competitive multiplayer support, six new block types and a level editor, as well as Live leaderboards and a timeline of the game's history."

Man, it is so ugly...

But 2009 is still older than SMB! Correct me if I'm wrong but Super Meat Boy was released on 2010.

You know, there's quite a few frustrating platform games. I think you will have to give us a little more to go on. Also I'm wondering whether the game is known to GOGers anyway. You know, our kind is not too fond of new platform games. :P