Cave Story

Cave Story

Steam - World - Title card.

Developer Studio Pixel Publisher Studio Pixel Published 2004-12-20 Platforms Amiga, Dreamcast, GP2X, GP2X Wiz, Linux, Macintosh, Nintendo DSi, Windows Genres Action, Adventure, Metroidvania, Platform shooter, Platformer, Shooter Themes Adventure, Cartoon, Science fiction Distribution {{{Distributions}}}

Cave Story is a Metroidvania game developed and published by Studio Pixel on 2004-12-20 for Windows. The original version is now freeware.

Your character finds himself in an underground cave system amid intelligent bunny-like characters who are being abducted and enslaved by an evil doctor from the surface. You quickly become mixed up in the scheme and try your best to save them.

Personal

Own?	Yes. Cave Story+ on Steam.
Won?	Yes. Easy difficulty. 35/76 achievements.
Finished	2015-05-09.

My friend Cody introduced me to the game, and I played it only enough to beat Balrog in the first encounter. I put it down for quite awhile after that, but eventually picked it back up and played it through properly.

Review

9	8	7	10	6

Best Version: Cave Story+ for Windows

— This section contains spoilers! —

Good

• The story is like an exciting cartoon.
• Daisuke Amaya's music is wonderful, especially with the remastered music in Cave Story+.
• The graphics and art are really quite beautiful, again, even better in the upgrade.
• The fact that the low-res game is free is also a bonus.

Bad

• While they packed an awful lot into the game, it still feels too short.
• In easy mode at least, most of the bosses are -very- easy and can be defeated with the following strategy: Switch to missiles, get close, shoot rapidly, boss dies.

Ugly

• Nothing. A well-made game all-around.

Media

Maps

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  Mimiga Village map.

• More maps

Graphic Sheets

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  Ending scenes.

Fan Art

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  Fan art.

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  Fan art.

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  Fan art by Ohmonah.

Videos

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Longplay.

Representation

Strong female character?	Pass	Curly Brace is a strong heroine.
Bechdel test?	Unknown	I don't know if the women ever talk to each other.
Strong person of color character?	Pass	There are several Japanese people, a couple of which are strong.
Queer character?	Fail	There don't appear to be any queer characters.

Titles

Language	Native	Transliteration	Translation
English	Cave Story
Japanese	洞窟物語	Dokutsu Monogatari	Cave Story

Links

             

• mobygames.com/game/cave-story_ - MobyGames - Cave Story+.