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Canabalt

Use your Parkour skills to outrun the destruction of your city with just one button! One of the most popular and best-loved Flash games of 2010, Canabalt was created in 5 days for the Experimental Gameplay…

1 September 2009

Canabalt is an arcade developed by Semi Secret Software, released 1 September 2009 on Ouya, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable.

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What Canabalt is

Canabalt is an arcade game developed by Semi Secret Software and released in 2009. It was published by Finji. It is available on Ouya, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Android, Commodore C64/128/MAX, iOS, Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Use your Parkour skills to outrun the destruction of your city with just one button! One of the most popular and best-loved Flash games of 2010, Canabalt was created in 5 days for the Experimental Gameplay Project, and features a rad soundtrack by superstar indie composer Daniel Baranowsky (Super Meat Boy).
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Canabalt launched on 1 September 2009, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Asylum, Pokémon SoulSilver Version, Pokémon HeartGold Version and Halo 3: ODST.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Pokémon SoulSilver Version, Pokémon HeartGold Version, Halo 3: ODST.

Official trailer

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When did Canabalt come out?
Canabalt was released on 1 September 2009 for Ouya, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Android, Commodore C64/128/MAX, iOS, Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.

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