Comments on: Dangerous trap, high difficulty map, and unexpected situation wait for you.

Dangerous trap, high difficulty map, and unexpected situation wait for you.

CrunchyFrog — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:53:04 -0800

Holdover is a difficult but compelling exploration platform game. Marie must escape from an abandoned scientific research installation, with no assistance other than recordings left by her father decades ago. Makes extensive and very good use of the "hold your breath" mechanics found in many such games. Available both in Japanese and bad English. A more reasonable English translation can be downloaded from the IndieGames weblog and dropped into the game's folder.

Has some nudity and a little blood. Recommended for ages 15+. Maps and Japanese-language walkthroughs can be found by clicking "Capture" on the Holdover home page.

By: WalterMitty

WalterMitty — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:39:44 -0800

I really did enjoy expanding the LZH archive!

By: idiopath

idiopath — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:56:42 -0800

Sadly, this does not run under WINE.

By: turgid dahlia

turgid dahlia — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:02:05 -0800

Jeez, even the loading page is hard.

By: egypturnash

egypturnash — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:28:52 -0800

Runs on a Mac under Crossover Games, but seems to be going at about 50% of its intended speed. Until you get to a water portion, and it drops to about 1fps. Unplayable!

By: krilli

krilli — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:55:01 -0800

Has anyone had the chance to try this in a virtual machine? VirtualBox or VMware? Thx. Looks good, on preview.

By: le morte de bea arthur

le morte de bea arthur — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:08:32 -0800

My vacuum cleaner won't run this. FAIL.

By: device55

device55 — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:57:10 -0800

You need to update the firmware on your vacuum by holding down the power and 'suck' buttons simultaneously.

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:02:55 -0800

device55: holding down the power and 'suck' buttons simultaneously. Ah, so it's Windows-native.

By: egypturnash

egypturnash — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:08:02 -0800

Played it on my boyfriend's Windows box. Cute game, fairly fun, but man the shooter section at the end is a pain in the ass.

By: vapidave

vapidave — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:32:00 -0800

When I installed the Engrish -> English file it seems to have busted the "crawl over small boxes" ability.