Freeware Gameclub #2, Cave Story Options

[Darth-Paper-Boy]

The game:

Cave Story is a charming sort of shooter similar in some respects to Metroid. You'll hunt for items and secrets as you blast your way through environments. Unlike Metroid however, it has a variety of characters and a more laid out story rather than sorta looking for it yourself, as was the case of the last Gameclub game. This is another Japanese-made game built by a one man team that managed to snag the attention of western audiences when a translation patch was made by Aeon Genesis; a site well known for it's work fantranslating quality titles. The game eventually met enough success that it was released properly on such services as WiiWare and upcoming is even a 3D version of the title for the 3DS. Thankfully, the original is still free.

Download: http://www.cavestory.org/downloads_csdeluxe.php


General Gameclub practice:

The general idea of the gameclub is to play through free games we can all find and play easily and for anyone to jump in and discuss them. The games should typically take about a month or so to play and afterwards we will move on to another game someone has found/knows about or if the game is particularly short (or uninteresting) the change could happen sooner. This not only encourages people to play games, but to also go out and find them. Hopefully this works out.

[Harvest Moon Rac...]

Oscar: Wiiware was 11 dollars, but if you think you'd like it better then I say it's a nice game to have. Oh and Curly took me a few tries. My method was to have max on all weapons, then when the Mimigas are up and attack blast em with your rockets, then switch quickly to the Fireball or Star Shooter and unload on Curly. Takes a while and you have to pay attention to her shooting and the up Mimigas, even if you shoot them and their mid tackle they stilk do damage. I dunno, that's how I did it. Kinda approached it like I woulda Mega Man game, and just learned her pattern, still was a slim win though.

Novi: Good to hear. The reload is a bit slow now for my tastes.