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« Reply #15 on: September 14, 2008, 11:45:54 AM »

Not sure if this is worth a shot really, but...

so which genre?
First-person pseudo-3D dungeon crawlers! Turn-based ones!

Brings back memories of Ultima Underworld Wink

EDIT: Oh wait, that wasn't turn-based, was it?
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« Reply #16 on: September 14, 2008, 11:49:58 AM »

But that didn't stop it from being awesome oh no it didn't.
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« Reply #17 on: September 14, 2008, 12:29:06 PM »

Arcana on the SNES sort of fits that definition, if you see some elements of it as a simplified dungeon crawl and count turn-based battles. Don't think anyone's remaking that, though. Smiley
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« Reply #18 on: September 14, 2008, 03:09:12 PM »

Ok going through my bookmarks, here are some (of the lesser known ones):
Warning: PICTURE HEAVY


Flippers: platformer with demo available.




Crimson Star: platformer - no demo available at present.




Purple: platformer with demo available.




Piccu Wiccu: platformer - no demo available.




Blastforce (look in 'More Games' section. No demo available.




Magic Pockets Remake: No demo available.




Gungirl 2: platform shooter - no demo available.




Out of the Past: Cave Story fangame/rip-off/whatever: currently on hold - demo available.

More later maybe if I can dig up some.
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« Reply #19 on: September 14, 2008, 03:15:13 PM »

Piccu Wiccu and Crimson Star's graphics are crisp. Soooo bookmarking them.
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« Reply #20 on: September 14, 2008, 08:08:20 PM »

Wow, Magic Pockets remake. The second level (at least in the version I played - some levels are different on different platforms) was one of the best platformer levels of all time, they'd better keep that intact.
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« Reply #21 on: September 14, 2008, 11:23:42 PM »

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The Underside

impressive looking action platformer with cave story graphics style.

trailers and a demo are available here
http://www.insignificantstudios.com/
go arthurlee!! fight the power!
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« Reply #22 on: September 15, 2008, 12:30:18 AM »

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Ninja: Party IMPACT!
Project Page
Download Demo


a promising ninja platformer.
double jump, wall jump, dive jump, slash...yummy fruits and smooth controls.
i recommend to play through the short test level. pretty fun. Smiley



the second demo is out.
i made a gameplay video (well my playthrough of the demo level is partially quite a bit embarassing...but anyways here it is  Wink

5 Min Playthrough of the Demo Level

(i think the fighting system needs a bit work...for example at 0:16 and 0:23 i got hit 2 times because there is a gap where you cannot attack. and therefore you are vulnerable big time. not very nice).

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Microbes
2 MB
http://www.agameaweek.com/2009/06/microbes/
Gameplay Video

jayenkai made a really cool and fast paced remake of an old amiga game.
swirl around full circle and shoot, shoot, shoot.
plus use the bullet-time wisely (will be recharged when you not use it)

completely mouse controlled:
move mouse to go around.
left mouse button to shoot.
right mouse button for bullet-time mode.

as usual with online high scores. Wink



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Luca's Contra/turrican/metroid "thing" (working title)
http://gmc.yoyogames.com/index.php?showtopic=437544

a promising platform shooter with keyboard controls. (no mouse aiming)
albeit the current demo doesnt show much gameplay mechanics except weapon testing and jumping around, it already shows a project with some good potential:



2 little demo builds are available.
the first without enemies and the second with a few helicopters.



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Doodle Balls
10 MB (version 0.17)
Development Thread
Gameplay Video

doodle balls is an arcade game with similarities to snake by the developer of neon runner.
survive for 1 minute by avoiding the spark and collect coins while doing so.
red coins decreasing your time and golden coins are giving you points.






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Gamma Cephei
http://www.shmup-dev.com/forum/index.php?topic=1991.0
Gameplay Video

a very promising star fox inspired shooter by the developer
who made the pretty good arena shoooter protozoa panic




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Sim War 5
http://teknopants.blogspot.com/2009/07/sim-war-5-coming-your-way.html
Gameplay Video

teknogames who made the excellent multiplayer base jump game das uberleben stated that "After a brief test-playing period, I shall release this game into the wild."





The island
http://theisland-marty.blogspot.com/

spotted some fine pixel art at the show us some of your pixel work thread of an platformer called the island.
the shown stuff in the gameplay video looks fantastic so far!





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Captain Failcon NoClip Adventure
http://www.youtube.com/user/martyman3175
Gameplay Video of Level 1 (co-op)
Gameplay Video of Dual Rocket Launchers

just wanted to check out the current progress of MartyMan's the island and found a new game called captain failcon noclip adventure on his youtube channel.

its a very very promising platformer / platform shooter!
just look at the gameplay videos!
i mean the controls look smooth, it has great retro graphics, and there is even a coop mode.
plus nice splatter effects






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JaPong
5 MB
http://japong-game.blogspot.com/
http://gamejolt.com/freeware/games/sports/japong/241/
Gameplay Video

JaPong is a pretty interesting variation of pong.
it mixes the pong theme with the jump n run genre.
its a bit hard to get into at first but its worth to give it a try.





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Castlevania - The Bloodletting
Development Thread
Gameplay Video 1
Gameplay Video 2

a very promising castlevania game.
about 80% of the game is finished.

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Any die hard Castlevania fan will know that there is an unreleased game for the Sega 32X that was canceled called Castlevania - The Bloodletting. The Sega 32X was not selling well and Konami feared to release the game on it, so they reworked what they had and made Symphony of the Night.

...I have opted to use the unused Belmont sprite (some call him Hanz Belmont) and craft my own tale of the long lineage of the legendary Belmont's.



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The Rim
9 MB (version 0.21)
Development Thread
Gameplay Video (Free-Play Mode) - Highscore Hunt -
Gameplay Video (Story Mode)

The Rim is a promising horizontal shooter with emphasis on destryoing thousands of asteroids.
(game features also online highscores)
power up your ship with lots of different weapons and use z powers when needed.

the game has also a story mode.
in that mode you control a little space cat (in a platformer kind of way)
and talk to others, upgrade your ship and enter different missions.

controls:
cursor keys - movement
space - shoot
z - bomb-styled approach



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Skullpogo (Flash Version)
http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=3190.msg224248#msg224248
http://properundead.com/2009/06/pogo-pogo-pogo-pogo.html

out of the excellent skullpogo will be developed a flash version.
very promising.




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Outcast (Horizontal Shooter)
http://mycorner-davidp.blogspot.com/2009/06/been-while.html
Gameplay Video

a nice horizontal shooter with an interesting style.






Unnamed Jump n Shoot
http://mycorner-davidp.blogspot.com/2009/06/been-while.html
Gameplay Video(starts at about 1:16)

a nice platform shooter with mouse aiming.





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Links Awakening Remastered
http://www.create-games.com/project.asp?view=main&id=1614

A remake of the gameboy game Link's Awakening, featuring updated graphics (SNES) and interface.

"We've had some questions on the terms of "remake". To clarify, this is a "Remastering" of Link's Awakening DX for Gameboy Color. Our game is featuring updated graphics, an updated game engine (will run on the SNES engine), remixed music, and a few changes in the overworld to accomodate the engine switch. The storyline and game script, however, will remain unchanged. No worries, we are not "ruining" the game"

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The Blue Forest
http://leebleforest.wordpress.com/

I have just found out about The Blue Forest, which appears to be rather unknown as of now.

It seems to be a classic RPG in the vein of the Secret of Mana series, made using the RPG Maker XP if I didn't get that wrong. There is a 4-5 hours long demo which I haven't tried, yet, but at the very least it sure looks beautiful:
http://leebleforest.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/izaya-with-sunbeams.png
http://supershigi.googlepages.com/ImprovedLeebleVillage2.jpg
More info and the demo can be found there: http://leebleforest.wordpress.com/
On the blog it says that she hopes to release the game around the end of 2009, but I don't know if that plan is still up-to-date.

It's being developed by Laura Shigihari, a sound artist, composer, singer and apparently also not a bad graphic designer and developer Grin I actually found out about her through this cute Plants vs. Zombies music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N1_0SUGlDQ (She did the sounds and soundtrack for that game)

source: thanks to MisterX

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« Reply #23 on: September 15, 2008, 12:33:48 AM »

Is Gunlimb 2 being made or did I just dream that?
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« Reply #24 on: September 15, 2008, 05:38:57 AM »

http://www.radnomgames.com/games/gunlimb2.html ?
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« Reply #25 on: September 15, 2008, 06:15:10 AM »

The Underside makes me really happy. It looks like a more action-based version of Cave Story (which is pretty much all I've ever wanted).

We need more Gunstar Heroes-type games.
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« Reply #26 on: September 15, 2008, 06:56:07 AM »



Solar Blue: shmup - demo available.

Edit: forgot to mention that Crimson Star won't actually be freeware. Misread the title of the thread when I posted it.
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« Reply #27 on: September 15, 2008, 07:04:15 AM »

no problem...  Smiley
but the rest will be freeware, right?

solar blue looks interesting.
you make good contributions.  Smiley
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« Reply #28 on: September 16, 2008, 02:21:08 PM »

played the demo of purple. that game is very polished. great platformer.  Gentleman
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« Reply #29 on: September 16, 2008, 03:12:20 PM »

Crimson Star looks pretty.
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