Cave Story
I’d heard that Cave Story was a stupendous free game from Japanese developer Pixel, but I only recently got around to trying it.
I want you to close your eyes and imagine. You’re ten years old again. It’s Saturday morning in the middle of summer vacation. Just last night your parents finally gave in and bought you that game that all your friends have been raving about for the last month. Your mother isn’t going to bug you; on the contrary, she’s looking forward to having eight uninterrupted hours to herself. You’ve just finished your bowl of Choco-Bombs and you’ve settled in front of the TV with your NES (or SNES, depending on how old you are). You plug the game in and turn on the console, picking up the controller with trembling fingers…
Do you remember? Good. Now go play Cave Story, because it will make you feel that way again.
(Get the Deluxe Package, it’s the easiest way to start playing the game. And use a gamepad if at all possible).
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You forgot to mention replaying it to get the different endings and fighting different bosses
Well, I haven’t beaten it the first time yet
I’m aware that it’s got very good replay value, though.
I gave up after a dozen hours or so. I saw some friends play it to the end (or near the end), and it became so impossible that I figured I don’t have the time =)
It’s still *very* cool though.
Word has it that Pixel is going to attempt to make an RPG next.. but he said he can’t promise he’ll finish it
great game. when i think about it, sometimes its hard for me to accept that every aspect of the game was made by a single man. that a single person can do something of this calibre.. that’s great coding feul.
This game needs even more attention than it’s already getting. Such a fantastic piece of entertainment.
Reminds you why you loved games in the first place.
Given enough time.. I recall hearing or reading that he worked on it for years.
5 years, to be exact.