Portal transformed into a Flash game

by Justin McElroy { Oct 12th 2007 at 8:00AM }

There are only two groups of people reading this: People who haven't tried Portal yet, and people who have beaten it and desperately want more. (On the off, off chance you've only started Portal -- what are you doing? Stop reading the internet and go play more!) For the rest of you though, you may be able to find a couple of minutes of diversion (or solace) from Portal: The Flash Game.

Sure, this version may lack it's big brother's sense of humor and 3D graphics, but what is here actually manages to catch the Portal gameplay experience fairly well. Heck, the portals even sound the same. If you've just finished the brilliant game, this Flash outing might just bum you out more, like looking at pictures of an ex-boyfriend, or a recently-euthanized family pet. But we're more than grateful for the shot of methadone to help us kick our addiction.

[Thanks, BPMΩ]

Tags: flash, orangebox, portal, valve

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

NukeAssault @ Oct 12th 2007 8:39AM

CURSE YOU LVL 15!

NukeAssault @ Oct 12th 2007 8:42AM

Oh i got it. Silly me =P

Why did it take so long for someone to make this awesome flash version. =P

WiNG @ Oct 12th 2007 8:45AM

As someone who beat portal this is a damn fine 2d version and preserves the majority of the gameplay.

If you have not played Portal, this version will give you a good idea of the kind of tasks you will have in game. It does not however convey the sense of humor, or horror, and it does not probably have as AWESOME an ending as Portal (best game ending in a LLLLOOONGGG time)

Ben @ Oct 12th 2007 8:46AM

Awesome! This will tide me over until I can get Orange Box. Thanks!

LordMinogue @ Oct 12th 2007 8:48AM

Stop reminding me that I uthenized companion cube - I had to do it...

*sob*

BPM (FDF - Hypno-Toad) @ Oct 12th 2007 11:30AM

[pats on the back]
It's okay. I know how you feel.

riggs @ Oct 12th 2007 8:50AM

can anyone let me know if there will be extra content for download in the future?

ScreamingSkull @ Oct 12th 2007 9:06AM

I know they've said there will be free DLC for TFC2, so I don't see why they couldn't make more Portal levels available.

TJ0331 @ Oct 12th 2007 8:55AM

They did a very good job on this version.

For anyone who beat portal tell me, isn't the ending freakin hilarious? Great times.

WiNG @ Oct 12th 2007 9:46AM

Ending will live in gaming history forever.

The real question is, if you beat the flash version, do you get cake? hhahhaa

Keef @ Oct 12th 2007 9:14AM

RAWR!! DAMN YOU LEVEL 32!!!!

anyone manage to do it?!

ThornedVenom @ Oct 12th 2007 9:18AM

Nice exploit. Heard so much about portal, but never played it. Perhaps the time has come.

boulderhorn @ Oct 12th 2007 9:45AM

the music/song at the end might be one of the greatest endings of a video game ever. Just rent the game from gamefly if you don't want to buy it, but play this game.

riggs @ Oct 12th 2007 11:03AM

any tips for level 9? lol

incompleteunit @ Oct 12th 2007 11:20AM

You need to gain some momentum... and be a bit of a quick shot.

riggs @ Oct 12th 2007 11:43AM

thanks i got it right after i posted (which is happening alot huh?)

Justin McElroy @ Oct 12th 2007 11:49AM

OK, i give up, how do you beat it?

Shane @ Oct 12th 2007 11:32AM

ha ha, level 15 stopped me to.

DBuck_Eye @ Oct 12th 2007 11:38AM

What ever happened to "In the Flash?" I really liked that segment, but you only did it for three weeks. Any chance you could bring it back?

Christopher Grant @ Oct 12th 2007 12:15PM

We're working on it. :P

Daniel @ Oct 12th 2007 11:44AM

Here's a mirror of the game as well.

http://www.armorgames.com/games/portaltheflashversion_game.html

Bert @ Oct 12th 2007 11:55AM

I think there may be a glitch on level 37. When you are in the top box, the energy ball hits you even though you are not in it's path. I'm stuck here. Anyone been able to get around it?

Vaitork @ Oct 12th 2007 12:33PM

I experienced that glitch you mentioned once. Never happened again though.

I'm on level 38 right now. There seems to be some buggy behavior with boxes and portals. Somehow, the boxes return to their original position, thus getting me stuck in the middle of the level.

blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring) @ Oct 12th 2007 12:07PM

i'm stuck on 9 too, i just can't quite get to that first ledge. i got my yellow port halfway over the black part of the ceiling too

blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring) @ Oct 12th 2007 12:23PM

i have the other port on the floor, as far right as possible, and i get a running start into it

wtf

riggs @ Oct 12th 2007 4:00PM

only hint i can say without spoiling (if youre still stuck that is) is that u have to jump

blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring) @ Oct 12th 2007 6:16PM

still stuck

it's just a mechanic game dude, you don't spoil the story or anything

funny thing, i can get the portal on the roof to shoot me UP sometimes, and from there if I go left I can fall to my death off screen :)

Vaitork @ Oct 12th 2007 12:34PM

The newest version can be found here http://portal.wecreatestuff.com/Portal.swf

blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring) @ Oct 12th 2007 12:46PM

they didnt make lvl 9 easier :( still stuck

x876543 @ Oct 12th 2007 12:46PM

So fucking addicted. On level 28 so far.

Aron @ Oct 12th 2007 2:03PM

Level 39 at the moment havnt messed with this level much. 38 was a bitch, it took forever to have the boxes when you needed them

Raven Blade @ Oct 12th 2007 3:04PM

I just finished it all. It's actually quite good and true to the gameplay mechanics of the actual Portal. I was very impressed. I just missed what that little caption said after the cake eating because my window was too small to see it. Anybody able to tell me? Thanks.

blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring) @ Oct 12th 2007 3:11PM

IS THERE A FAQ FOR THIS ANYWHERE ARRRRGH

i can't beat lvl 9

sam @ Oct 12th 2007 3:45PM

i thought someone might be interested inknowing that the father of Portal is a game called"Narbacular Drop". it's a free download if you can find it made by a group of students before they where nabbed by valve.

Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 12th 2007 5:32PM

So damn good. I'm stuck on 15 right now. I know what I'm doing, but I can't time it right yet. I'm so coming back for more later. Damn I need some Orange Box worse than ever now.

blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring) @ Oct 12th 2007 7:01PM

hah, i beat 9, you gotta be fast on the trigger, switching a portal from the roof to the floor while falling

blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring) @ Oct 12th 2007 8:37PM

now i'm on like 32 iirc, but i kept dying. i know what to do, it's tricky tho :( break time

Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 12th 2007 9:54PM

32? Damn. I'm on 29. Time to get cracking.

Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 12th 2007 10:36PM

Damn. I hate level 32.

Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 12th 2007 10:44PM

I PASSED IT! BUT SHIT THERE'S MORE!

blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring) @ Oct 12th 2007 11:34PM

yeah 32 was a bitch, it took me like 6 deaths at the top by the ball before i tried just putting the block up there

Bluebrake @ Oct 12th 2007 11:55PM

Managed to finish it. That was the best flash game I've played in a long while.

I suppose EA is going to sic their lawyers on this, but what they ought to do is cut these guys a cheque and put this thing on the official website.

And maybe rewrite the text... "The box weighs more than you when you were 32." What the hell was that?

blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring) @ Oct 12th 2007 11:57PM

what does EA have to do with portal?

Bluebrake @ Oct 13th 2007 12:03AM

They're the publisher, according to the google search I did just before that post. A deeper look shows some places just calling them the "distributor," so maybe Valve will handle the legal threats. I don't know, I haven't been following this Orange Box thing very closely.

Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 13th 2007 3:22AM

I BEAT IT!!!! YES! I must go buy Orange Box now!

I don't think anybody will fuck with this game. If anything, it just doubled my drive to buy the game. It's totally free advertising. If somebody asks "Hey what's Portal?" I can link them to this page and say "THAT BUT IN 3-D WITH THE HALF-LIFE SOURCE ENGINE BITCH!" and they'll have to buy it immediately, especially once I tell them all the other magic in the Orange Box.

k @ Oct 15th 2007 3:01AM

that was fun! i got a little frustrated, but that ending was sooooo worth it. still makes me laugh...

Arpit @ Oct 21st 2007 5:15AM

hey, do anybody know how to cross the 13 level??
it sucks!!!!!!

MikedaSnipe @ Nov 7th 2007 5:29PM

Tips -
Level 15 - If you can get your guy beside the door, and a portal before the blue fryer, the rest should be obvious.
Walkthrough
Portal above entrance, portal down in area after first drop. Jump (don't fall) into portal to gain momentum to launch self over glass wall into area before blue fryer. Use the portal color used in the area after the first drop to make a portal below you. If you are in area near the enterence, and there is a portal near the blue fryer, you are good. Make a portal the same color as the one above the door to make one on the floor. Wait for the blue fryer to turn off - and jump into the portal. Use the momentum to jump up to the blue fryer, jump across the gap, and escape!

I found that level the most devious and the best, because it wasn't a series of puzzles, rather, it was just one big puzzle.

Level 12 - make portal in grey area on the roof. Make portal on floor. Time when you go through so you will land on that moving platform.

Level 9 - Make portal on grey area on roof, make a portal directly below that and jump in. Wee, it never ends! Now make a portal the same color as that one on the roof on the floor, and use the momentum to jump up! On the next gap try to make two portals and jump into one to get up. If you fall - make an infinity portal but make one on the wall as far up as possible and one on the ground. Jump through the ground portal and try to land in it again. If you are successful, you should be launched sufficently!

Level 32 i'll address in a separate comment if i can.

MikedaSnipe @ Nov 7th 2007 5:30PM

Level 32 - I made a vertical infinity portal to start. Using the bottom portals color i put a portal on the wall parellel to the first turret. Then i made another portal to lead the energy orb to knock out that first turret, then portaled up and walked. I grabbed the cube quick with portals and left before the firing started. Then i positioned a portal above the turret to knock it out with the cube. I moved the cube to the button on the bottom. Check - Both turrets knocked down, cube on bottom button. Next, i made a turret parellel to the energy orb receiver, near the top button. I got down to the tiny ledge below the top button area, and made a portal so the energy orb could access the portal near the button. Once it got thru, i made a portal behind me, went through, and stood on the button. The orb was received! I made a portal over there, and another portal for me and the companion cube to go through. I launched the companion cube into the turret, amazingly with success this time. Then i made a portal near the bottom right turret, then one that would launch me into the exit platform. Amazingly, i did it the first try. If you DON'T knock over the turret, try not to stay down at the bottom for too long! I've died after getting that far T_T.

This game is great, very well designed. I'm not getting the real portal till christmas, but i had a load of fun with this one. 15 and 32 we're the best levels in my opinion, although i liked 15 more because it didn't have an SOB turret at the end! Good stuff!

MikedaSnipe @ Nov 7th 2007 5:37PM

Double post was intentional - Triple post wasn't T_T
I just realized (my friend realized) in level 32 a better way to do it is to leave the companion cube on the top and you go to the bottom button when you have to press both buttons to get the orb into the receiver. That means less positioning and timing! Ciao.