Canabalt

Canabalt
Publisher(s)
  • Semi-Secret Software (Flash, iOS)
  • RGCD (C64)
  • Beatshapers (PSP)
  • Kittehface Software (Ouya)
Designer(s)Adam Saltsman
Composer(s)Danny Baranowsky
Engine
Platform(s)
Release
2009
  • Browser
    iOS
    • WW: October 1, 2009[3]
    Commodore 64
    • WW: January 10, 2012[4]
    PSP[5]
    • EU: March 15, 2012
    • NA: April 3, 2012
    Android
    • WW: March 19, 2012[6]
    Ouya
    • WW: March 28, 2013[7]
Genre(s)Endless runner
Mode(s)Single-player

Canabalt is a one-button endless runner designed by Adam Saltsman for the Experimental Gameplay Project in 2009.[9] The 2D side-scrolling video game was originally written as a Flash game, then ported to iOS, Android, PlayStation Portable, Ouya, and HTML5. An authorized version for the Commodore 64 was released on cartridge. Canabalt has been credited with popularizing the endless runner subgenre.[10]

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