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December 28, 2010 3:01 AM   Subscribe

Metroidvania flash game with backtracking? Check. Antagonistic motherly narrator? Check. Wonky camera effects? check. Go play K.O.L.M. (via JIG)

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posted by juv3nal (9 comments total) 21 users marked this as a favorite
 
omg metrodvania games tiem?

A wonderfully cute series is the Robot wants series. Robot wants Kitty, Puppy, Fishy, and finally Ice Cream. You fall in love with the silliness, but not the trickiness (perfect pixel jumping).

Even more retro than that and more massive in size is a voyage entitled Endeavour in which you must prove to yourself that you are indeed a worthy dwarf.

And if your a fan of the genre you absolutely MUST download Escape from the Underworld. Its very minimal which is very surprising because the story is powerful. It's a bit on the harder side (initially) and it has an absolutely wonderful soundtrack.
posted by BurN_ at 5:52 AM on December 28, 2010 [2 favorites]


That was pretty fun, the camera effects were a neat touch. Don't worry if it seems a bit daunting at first, it only took about half an hour and it's actually fairly linear.
posted by lucidium at 7:15 AM on December 28, 2010


I like the style of it, but could they just make the game resolution larger? In the big rooms, it feels like I'm controlling a dot.
posted by tastyhat at 9:02 AM on December 28, 2010


Holding down the jump button when you're in a fan increases the boost that the fan gives you. This is important to know if you don't want to have flashbacks to Carnival Night Zone.
posted by Katrel at 12:54 PM on December 28, 2010


That took me back to being around 16 years old, playing a demo of switchblade on the Sinclair Spectrum, gave me the actual feeling of being a teenager and enjoying a platform game. Odd, but it was fun.
posted by yaxu at 4:11 PM on December 28, 2010


I CAN'T EFFING DOUBLE JUMP THE FANS.

SO. FRUSTRATED.
posted by maryr at 8:28 PM on December 28, 2010


I CAN'T EFFING DOUBLE JUMP THE FANS.

You get more of a boost if you enter the fan stream at the bottom, so if you're buffeting around at the top of the fan, instead drop down to the bottom and try again (if it's possible in your situation, I think there's one room where it isn't because there's not enough space at the side to fall back down)
posted by juv3nal at 11:32 PM on December 28, 2010


Yes I was stuck in that fan for a while. I eventually found a sweet spot in the fan, surprisingly far to the left, and didn't need to double jump.
posted by yaxu at 1:05 PM on December 29, 2010


That was a lot of fun. Thanks for posting. I love these sort of games (although I got -160 pts on this one).
posted by brundlefly at 12:56 AM on January 2, 2011


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