Canabalt: The Best One Button Game You’ll Play Today

10:40AM September 2, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

Flash platformer Canabalt may be simple in concept, but what it lacks in gameplay variety, it more than makes up for in being awesome. This “daring escape” platformer is simply beautiful and beautifully simple.

Two things to note. One, my best performance is some 3500 meters. Likely easily crushed with the right randomly generated set of rooftops on which to jump across. Two, it took me a shamefully long time to see what it was I was probably running from. Don’t be like me. Be better. Play Canabalt. And turn the volume up.

Canabalt

Comments

Cerzel

September 2, 2009 at 6:02 PM

The randomisation really needs to be regulated better. It’s too often that you get thrown into impossible scenarios, like jumping over a missile straight into a hole.

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