Super Press Space to Win Action RPG 2009 is a Flash game that, much like Linear RPG, attempts to get to the heart of what really makes an "RPG". More specifically, it's a Deconstruction Game that parodies particularly linear RPGs - all the player has to do is hit space repeatedly, and they'll win.
It is playable on Newgrounds online
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See also Dot Dot Dot.
Super Press Space To Win Action RPG 2009 contains examples of the following:
- Anticlimax Boss: Intentional. As Axman13 put it: "There is no way you can lose to the boss at the end!"
- Big Damn Heroes: The Rival saves you during the final battle and gives you the amulet.
- Blade Run: You get to do this to the king, striking at his chest while standing on the blunt edge of his sword.
- BFS: The King's sword is longer than you are.
- Blob Monster: A slime appears at one point, and poisons you.
- Criss-Cross Attack: The Limit Break is represented by your character turning white and flying through the enemy from several directions several times, before unleashing a final blow.
- Chekhov's Gun: The potion bought at the second town is eventually used to cure the poison status effect during the fight against a slime.
- Deconstruction Game: Of RPGs in general, particularly excessive linearity in the genre.
- Dramatic Disappearing Display: During the second phase of the fight against the king, the HP and MP bars disappear, along with the EXP and Gold counts.
- Dem Bones: You'll have to fight a skeleton at one point, who's immune to physical attacks.
- Desperation Attack: You pull out one against the ambushing enemies.
- Disc-One Final Boss: The Rival is set up as your main opponent, but after defeating him, he says "Go on, the King awaits you."
- Doomed Hometown: Played With; it's the second town that is doomed.
- Dual Boss: The second battle is an ambush against one foe on each side.
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: It's an action RPG made in 2009 where you press space to win. Only the "super" part is debatable.
- Groin Attack: The player, while on the ground, strikes at the king's crotch.
- Heroic Mime: The protagonist never says a word.
- He Knows About Timed Hits: The game has a playable tutorial, even considering you only use a single button.
- Heel–Face Turn: The rival is initially presented as a villain who commits arson in order to goat you into a fight, but at the very end, saves the player character's life.
- Heroic Sacrifice: The rival, possibly overlapping with Redemption Equals Death.
- Inn Security: While you're sleeping, the town gets attacked. Unlike most examples, you have to pay for the inn.
- Large Ham: The King. "PREPARE TO PERISH, FOOLISH MORTAL!"
- Level-Up Fill-Up: Gaining a level refills your health and magic.
- Light Is Not Good: The King's One-Winged Angel form is angelic in appearance and the background even changes to a Fluffy Cloud Heaven, but he's still not good at all.
- Limit Break: Two of them. The first is a Desperation Attack where the character swings around the area, while the second is used in the final battle and slashes the king several times before using a massive strike at the end.
- Luke, I Am Your Father: The rival is your brother.
- Empowered Badass Normal: You can throw fireballs and poke people with a sword after obtaining the Golden Sword.
- Mirror Boss: Two against your rival, one in the middle of the game and one right before the final battle. In both cases, you use identical swords and shields, with the only difference in the second encounter being that you can also use fireballs.
- Not Quite Dead: The King survives his initial boss fight, before transforming.
- One Stat to Rule Them All: Parodied. Strength is the only stat that can be raised at all, and it's maxed out the first time you gain a level.
- One-Winged Angel: The King turns gold and gets wings during the second phase.King: Hehahahaha, what a fool. Now, FACE MY TRUE POWER!
- Palette Swap:
- The main character, the rival and the sword-wielding mooks are identical in appearance outside of being black, purple and red, respectively.
- The golden sword is identical to your, rival and mook swords, but is obviously colored gold instead of being gray.
- Power Gives You Wings: The King's second form has them. Whatever benefit they have is unclear, since you effortlessly defeat him.
- Prepare to Die: The rival shouts this right before his initial fight against you.
- Press X to Not Die: The first battle against your rival has all the combat take place through three quick-time events. (Interestingly, it is possible to fail them, making it the only point in the game where you can actually lose.)
- Playing with Fire: The fireball is the only magical attack in the game, and is unlocked by obtaining the golden sword.
- Quick Time Event: Three during the first fight against the rival, where you have to press (what else) space while the sword swing animation is played to block his attacks. This is also the only spot in the game where you can lose.
- The game claims to be inspired by God of War.
- Railroading: The entire game is a tongue-in-cheek exercise in this.
- Retraux: Exaggerated. The game is so pixelated that it looks like a more colorful Atari 2600 game. Oddly enough, the music doesn't match the graphics at all, adding to the Stylistic Suck of the game.
- The Rival: The purple dude.
- Save the Princess: This is the initial plot of the game, though it is ultimately forgotten entirely by the end.
- Secondary Color Nemesis: The rival is colored purple.
- Stylistic Suck: The game has extremely blocky Retraux graphics, and the sound quality doesn't even match the graphics.
- Sword of Plot Advancement: The golden sword, which teaches you magic.
- Tin Tyrant: The King is clad in a suit of blue armor, which turns pink when he assumes his One-Winged Angel form.
- Universal Poison: You get poisoned at one point. Downplayed because it's one type of poison, although the potion you conveniently have on hand cures it.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: You never do find the princess.
- Who Dares?: The King says this:"Who dares to challenge me?"
