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Cave Story
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Initially a freeware "Metroidvania"-style 2D platformer game created entirely by Daisuke Amaya for the PC, Cave Story follows the tale of a silent amnesiac in a long-winding cavern filled with monsters (including the friendly rabbit-like Mimigas). It received numerous enhanced ports by Nicalis for computers and Nintendo consoles.
5 ★ (11)
4 ★ (13)
3 ★ (2)
2 ★ (0)
1 ★ (0)

Cave Story test review

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Brilliant.

This review stands for the most recent version of the freeware PC release of Cave Story, run as an .exe named “doukutsu” and updated with an English translation. It ignores features in “Cave Story+”,… Read more

Colossally Overrated

Cave Story is one of the first games to define the "2D retro platformer with pixel art" trend that has served as the default genre for much of the indie videogame scene for the last several years. Ori… Read more

While not particularly groundbreaking, it's still a good game.

Cave Story is a free game released many years ago for the PC. Apparently it was made entirely by only one guy over the course of 5 years. He designed the game, wrote the story, composed the music and… Read more

Review: Cave Story (WiiWare)

For a long time I've been wanting to build an art piece that centers around "cave themes" from videogames. The eerie ambiance has been handled in many different ways over time, each composer setting t… Read more

Swell Metroidvania action on the cheap

Cave Story is a classic example of what's considered to be an indie game these days. It's got retroesque visuals and music; its gameplay is a throwback to hits from gaming's past like Metroid and Cast… Read more

How can a robot drown?

Cave Story, created by one man band Pixel Studio is a cult PC indie game that has seen a commercial acknowledgement in 2010 by getting released on Nintendo 's downloadable services . The changes from… Read more

A standout title of the 2D resurgence.

Cave Story is a game that existed for quite some time as a freeware game before it was released as a WiiWare title with updated graphics and audio. The fact that it made the jump from a free PC game t… Read more

Cave Story Wii Review - Never too late!

Cave Story is a game that was originally released in 2004 on the PC for free by a Japanese man who goes by the name of Pixel. The game was re-released on the Wii in 2010 for $12 with updated graphics,… Read more

The caves are filled with treasures of dialogue

I once knew an emotionally unstable young lady that was very much into anime conventions, the dress-up that comes with them, and fan-fiction. She was the kind of person that wrote volumes worth of fan… Read more

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