Cave Story ~ Doukutsu Monogatari

Created by Studio Pixel Translated by AGTP Cave Story (Doukutsu Monogatari) is a five-year labor of love by a Japanese freeware developer who goes by the handle "Pixel". The game (made for Windows systems, although there's a way to get the translation running on the Mac port) an old-school 2D adventure-platformer in a Metroid-ish, Monster World IV-ish vein. So on one hand, there's lots of jumping and shooting and blasting things (awesome!), but on the other hand, you also get a cool story and no small amount of questing and exploring (awesome!). It's several hours long, it's packed with secrets, it's got pretty pixel art and a neat NES-style soundtrack, and it's totally free of charge. Pixel says he'd rather people discover the game on their own without any expectations. I'm not Pixel. Drop what you're doing and play this. • Links of interest: Interview with Pixel - On TIGSource.com which is down right now. A Cave Story fan site A Studio Pixel fan page Doukutsu Monogatari Oekaki BBS (in Japanese) Cave Story Livejournal community