Cave Story / Dōkutsu Monogatari / 洞窟物語
Developer: Studio Pixel & histat
Genre: Metroidvania / Platform / Adventure
Released: 2013
Image format: CDI
Size: 501 MB
About
Cave Story is a side-scrolling, rogue-like platform adventure set in a labyrinthine complex of weird and wonderful caves.
There are hit points, NPCs to interactive with, fetch quests to embark upon, and all manner of weird enemies to engage in
combat with; and the whole game has a charming pixel art style which is complimented by an outstanding chip tune soundtrack.
The origins of Cave Story make for an interesting read, with the initial PC release coming in 2004. Since then developer
Daisuke Amaya has gone on to create a plethora of critically acclaimed games; and Cave Story has been ported to an astonishing
range of systems, one of which just happens to be the good old Dreamcast. The Dreamcast port came in 2013 thanks to the work
of programmer 'histat,' when Cave Story's NXEngine was completely re-written specifically for Sega's hardware and a couple of
variations of the game were released in different flavours. Namely as an SD card ISO file, and as a burnable disc image.