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Getaway Shootout is a short, slapstick score-chaser built around a very simple idea: a wobbly character, a lot of jumping around, and a stage where only one thing really matters at a time. Rounds are quick and rarely go the way you planned, which is exactly why people keep hitting restart. It runs in the browser with nothing to install.

It is a different flavour from most of the games on Super Smash Flash. There are no combo lists or character rosters to learn. The fun comes from awkward physics and from playing against a friend on the same keyboard, so it slots in beside House of Hazards and Gun Mayhem 2 for anyone who likes chaotic two-player rounds.

How to play

Controls are minimal: the game uses a couple of keys per player, with jumping doing most of the work, and the first screen shows the exact keys. Treat that on-screen prompt as the final word, because the catalogue notes for this title are generic. Expect to spend your first round simply learning how your character moves, since it does not behave like a standard platformer hero.

A round is a scramble over a small arena. You move, you try to reach the objective before the other side does, and you try not to get knocked out of position. Rounds are short, so a bad start costs seconds and not minutes.

Tips

• Spend the first round just moving about. Getting a feel for how far a jump carries you is worth more than rushing the objective.
• Small, controlled hops usually beat big panicked ones when the physics start to wobble.
• If you play with a friend, agree on which keys are whose before the round starts so you are not fighting over the keyboard.

Similar games on Super Smash Flash

If you want another loose, party-style game, try House of Hazards, where a household full of traps works against both players. Gun Mayhem 2 is the better pick for a more traditional arcade shooter, and Get On Top keeps the awkward-physics humour with a wrestling theme. For the main attraction, Super Smash Flash itself is a proper platform fighter.

It suits short breaks and shared-keyboard sessions, and the HTML5 build works fine on a Chromebook or laptop. A keyboard is the more comfortable option.