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Game #5261
Hall of Belated Fame Inductee  Cave of Monsters    View all Top Dogs in this genre
Action   Platformer

Rating: 7.75 (4 votes)

Cave of Monsters box cover

Cave of Monsters screenshot
Cave of Monsters is a fun platformer coded with Game Maker. Darthlupi (of Mage Craft and Legend of Shadow fame - see reviews of his games on this very site) gave it a very favorable review and a score of 8/10, so that should give you a good indication of how good this underdog is. Some excerpts from Darthlupi's review:

"Cave of Monsters is a platform action game that places the hero, Hajime, on a risky rescue mission. You are tasked to go into a monster infected cave to rescue a child who wandered in and got lost. You are not ill-equipped for this mission. You have an array of Kung-Fu moves to help in your quest to save the child.

The controls in Cave Of Monsters are similar to your typical platform game. There is "jump", "attack", and the movement keys. That is where the standard gameplay ends, however. Hajime is gifted with many vicious attacks that help you punch and kick your way through this challenging platform game. Along the way you pick up new moves that are hidden throughout the game. The cool part of this is that once you learn the moves you can use them at any point before or after you found them. This gives the game a small level of replayability. Using the powerful moves you find late in the game in the earlier levels helps to alleviate some of the stress caused by some of the more difficult enemies.

Besides the moves that you learn there are no other power ups or abilities to gather. The lack of a health power up in some parts of the game will make you a bit frustrated after you have gotten rather far.

Wall Jumping is a fun addition to this game. It gives the player the ability to get creative with some of the attacks and moves that he/she performs. Some people complained about this feature being a bit of a pain to use. As long as you just stick to one wall and jump against it you will not have too many problems.

I had a really good time playing this game. It took me quite a bit of time to master the more subtle strategies that this game offers.

You have to use lots of timing and the right move at the right time to get ahead here. This does get on your nerves after a while though. I found that some of the moves were a bit tricky to pull off. If you needed to do a Boss Killer at the right second but you hit the wrong key you were doomed. Sometimes the controls felt a bit clunky and unresponsive. Given a couple of tries you could learn them though.

The graphics are all original, the character and background images being rather lovely. They have a nice 8-bit feel to them that I just love. The only things that bother me are some of the enemies. They look a bit flat and lifeless compared to others. All in all the graphics do the job that they were intended to do. The sounds are there. Nothing super special, but I never caught myself turning the speakers down either. I do believe that the midi files are originals too! Yay!"

Reviewed by: Underdogs
Designer: Guzu Ligo
Developer: Freeware
Publisher: Freeware
Year: 2004
Software Copyright: Guzu Ligo
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If you like this game, try: FlapFlapFlap, Medieval Clash, lockOn

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