Freeware Game Pick: Cave Demon (kon)
Cave Demon is a freeware action game created by Japanese developer kon, featuring a story that is centered around a demon who lives inside a massive cavern and carries a steel ball around for protection. Creatures from another dimension have decided to pay him an unwelcomed visit, hence the player must take up arms and help drive these nuisances back to where they came from. Oddly enough, the abode of the beast is actually a rectangular platform with no walls on all four sides, allowing enemies to invade his personal space from all directions.
By pressing the Z key you are able to throw the steel ball towards the direction you are facing, Holding the same button causes the ball to travel back and forth, although the momentum will decrease as time passes and no enemies are hit. The special move gauge can be charged if you swing the steel ball around until it turns orange. Press the left shift key to activate the special move when this bar is at least half full.
The game will only work on Windows operating systems with the Japanese language pack already installed.
Name: Cave Demon
Developer: kon
Category: Action, Arcade
Type: Freeware
Size: 5MB
Direct download link: Click here (Vector site)
Comments
nice game.
works here on my machine without japanese pack installed.
but theres no sound.
tim have you checked out his other game "horizon".
seems to be a platformer...
but the download link doesnt work...
Posted by: AuthenticKaizen | February 15, 2009 10:46 AM
I'm still trying to figure out the correct English translation for the Japanese title actually.
The names of all sound effects and music files are in Japanese, so you would still need to have the language pack installed for in-game sound to work.
You can get Horizon here.
Posted by: Tim | February 15, 2009 11:34 AM
Download-Link for HORIZON is here: http://my.vector.co.jp/servlet/System.FileDownload/download/http/0/407906/pack/win95/game/action/horizon.lzh?ds
But beware, Antivir found a trojan inside so I didn't try the game.
Posted by: soilworker | February 15, 2009 11:37 AM
Files with Japanese names are sometimes detected as viruses by some anti-virus software, so that might be the cause...
MediaFire scans files for viruses before allowing users to download, so you could grab it from there as well.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/vmtdzgdfzdk/syoukidou.lzh
Posted by: Tim | February 15, 2009 11:41 AM
This game reminds me of Alien Syndrome for some reason.
Posted by: IceNine | February 17, 2009 10:23 PM