Side Kick 2007

Side Kick 2007 was one of those straightforward Flash games you'd find in the late 2000s. It didn't try to be anything more than a quick, accessible sports game you could play in a browser. The release year is right there in the title, which was common for that era of online games. It was a simple soccer game built for two people to play on the same keyboard.

You control a single player on a small field, trying to kick the ball into your opponent's goal. Movement is basic, using the arrow keys for one player and the WASD keys for the other. The action button, typically control or space, is used to kick. The main objective is just to score more goals than the other side. The ball physics are bouncy and a little unpredictable, which leads to chaotic scrambles in front of the net. Matches are fast, often ending with high scores because defending is difficult. It feels like a frantic, low-stakes version of soccer made for instant play.