Some amazing Flash-based online games like QWOP

BANGALORE, INDIA: Last Wednesday (Jan. 23), an Karnataka-based techie entered the Guinness Book of World Records for the world record in a 100-meter dash.

Hold on, it was not on any race track, but in an online game. The software engineer from Infosys Limited, Roshan Ramachandra, 23, achieved the feat by recording the highest score in the Flash-based game QWOP, stated a TOI report.

Apparently, the Guinness had set a target of completing 100 meters in 70 seconds. Earlier, he is said to have achieved it in 69 seconds on December 30, 2012. Ultimately, GWR announced that Ramachandra was the winner on January 23.

Among gaming fanatics, QWOP by Bennett Foddy is known as the fastest 100 meter Flash-based game, in which one can use four keys - Q, W, O and P - on the computer keyboard to control an athlete, Qwop, at a simulated 100-meter dash at the Olympics.

So, what makes such simple Flash-based games so popular among gamers and which are some of the most popular ones? Let's have a look.

QWOP

In this sprint game, only four keys should be used, out of which Q and W keys are to power the athlete's thighs, and O and P flex the calf muscles. It is believed among the community that it is easier to reach the target at the shortest time by using the W, O keys first, swiftly followed by depressing Q and P in an alternative fashion.

Kingdom Rush

Developed by Ironhide Game Studio, Kingdom Rush is basically to safeguard your kingdom from a deadly attack by orcs, trolls, evil wizards and such monstrous creatures in terrains including jungles, mountains and hinterlands.

Gamers can get special powers, target fire on adversaries, get additional troops, recruit eleven warriors and face legendary monsters, besides having equipped with an impressive array of warriors.

Cardboard Box Assembler

This is a 3D puzzle platform, in which you start within a cube and should find keys from all the directions in the interiors. Using the keys, you have to unlock a door to a portal.

Basically, you should attempt getting to the door in less than the target time, while collecting as many gems as you can. As you move further up the levels, the game gets more complicated, with switches that flip gravity and move gates.

The Great Gatsby

A platformer game, in The Great Gatsby, players get under the garb of Nick Carraway.

Then, you try to steer clear of drunken party animals and navigate through other such scenarios in search of the Gatsby. Good fun.

Super Mario Crossover

Created by Jay Pavlina of Exploding Rabbit, this game makes you guide your favorite games console hero, Mario, through the levels and do whatever a hero does.

It's also a simple game, in which you are expected to use arrow keys to move and Z and X for action buttons. It is touted as one of the best Mario games ever.