I’ve been playing a free sidescroller RPG called Cave Story. It’s low res, with minimalist midi music, but it’s also full of tons of different characters, environments, enemies, and weapons. The story and dialog are surprisingly developed for a free game.

After the first five minutes I was about to quit, but I ended up playing for a couple hours. I’m not sure it’s great, but Cave Story does have a charm that grows on you. (It also has some die hard fans working on homebrew DS and PSP versions.) It’s somewhat Metroid, but a lot less solitary– and perhaps because of that, Cave Story’s atmosphere isn’t quite as strong as Knytt. If that sounds like your sort of thing, download the game first, then download the patch (it’s an English translation) and install in that order. If you’re not sure, here’s a lengthier writeup at 1up.

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