![]() ![]() Oh hey, I think this is that Ikachan guy, crazy. (Happy New Year!) And then there were the family medical issues, and oh, let's not forget the eBay tussle my parents got into with Angry Clavichord Man.Īs it turned out, the highlight of my year got itself over with right at the beginning, when Gideon Zhi poked me on IRC and asked if I wanted to be the translator for some new freeware game he'd heard about, and if so, could I also contact the creator and ask permission. An initially very promising application to a government job dragged on and on for months, until on December 30 I finally got a letter clarifying that the position was no longer available. I had no real job outside of part-time library shelving and no idea what to do with my life. I'd come back from Japan after a year of English-teaching grind and moved back in with my parents. The year 2005 was rotten overall for me and my family, for various reasons. His site also featured some crazy-ass comics and something that looked like sprite sheets for a new game he had in development. Neat, so do I, I thought, we could meet up, haha. ![]() The author's profile said he lived in Kyoto. Way back sometime in the 2001-2002 school year, when I was in Japan for the first time, someone online pointed me to a Japanese freeware game called Ikachan, a short and unpolished but unique game about the adventures of a little squid. The Awesome Dreamcast Kiosks & Display Cases We Ne.Hey! Anyone remember this post? Probably not, that was over five years ago.The Mr Yukawa Dreamcast TV Commercials Have Been T.Cave Story: The Dreamcast's Subterranean Gem.A Strange Bizarre Creations CD Appears.The Email That Signalled The End Of The Dreamcast.Artist Owns Inktober With Series Of Shenmue Waterc.POD 2 / POD Speedzone Online Multiplayer Highlights.Atomiswave Dev Kit 'SystemX' Discovered, Contains.Intrepid Izzy Reaches Kickstarter Funding Goal.The Sega Dreamcast Software Creation Standards Gui.The burnable CD image is the one to go for in this case. Elsewhere, it seems that the SD card ISO file is a little bit hit and miss when it comes to stability, meaning that it crashes regularly. Traversing the various forum discussions regarding Cave Story for Dreamcast, some of these issues appear to be resolvable by turning off the music in order to enhance the frame rate and reduce the impact of other issues, but for me the music is one of the best bits so it's a tough thing to remove from the overall experience. The Dreamcast version does have a somewhat erratic frame rate in places, and while the music is utterly, utterly brilliant (see the Soundcloud player above for further details), this Dreamcast port has an odd glitch where the music sort of 'skips' when the player enters a new area or goes through a door or portal. Not that I'm complaining, but if you go into Cave Story expecting something bordering on perfection, you'll be a little bit disappointed. Sadly, Cave Story for Dreamcast isn't perfect and there's a definite feeling that this isn't as polished a port as it could have been with a full studio behind it. I won't go into too much detail lest you've yet to play Cave Story in any of its guises, but rest assured that the story gets pretty weird, and the character interactions raise a smile on most occasions. The over-arching storyline involves you becoming embroiled in the megalomaniacal plans of the evil 'Doctor,' and attempting to thwart his attempts to take over the world. You'll venture into all manner of bizarre locations, with lakes, farms, science labs, villages etc all represented and there's a ton of backtracking to previous locations and lots and lots of puzzles to solve. You basically assume the role of a little cluster of pixels masquerading as a bloke, and you run and jump around the stylised caves, all the while shooting nasties with your various guns, avoiding various hazards, collecting health boosts and interacting with the myriad citizens who happen to call the massive cave complex home. So, first things first - how does it play? If you've already experienced Cave Story you'll probably want to skip this paragraph as you'll already know most of what I'm about to say (type). Unfortunately though, I haven't played Cave Story on any other platforms so I can't really compare it to other ports, but what I can do is tell you what I liked about the Dreamcast version, and what's not so great. ![]()
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