The freeware PC game thread

[rapidfire187]

I've never been much of a PC gamer mostly because I hate using the keyboard to play a game, but last night I downloaded a few games and I must say that I am glad that I did. I downloaded Cave Story, Iji, and Passage.

I know Cave Story is awesome but I haven't played any of it yet other than like 2 minutes just to make sure I installed the translation patch properly.

I haven't tried Passage at all yet. Anybody here ever played it and is it good? I've heard that it's kind of polarizing.

I did play Iji last night and my god that game is fun. I'm not sure why I like it so much since it doesn't seem to really do anything new at all, but it's just so much fun to play. The keyboard controls are also really good on that game.

So do you guys have any suggestions? I'm mostly into oldschool-ish games but I'll take any suggestions. All I know is that I don't think I can handle La-Mulana.

[Turd Ferguson]

EGA Trek FTW

[rapidfire187]

Going a little TOO old school for me there buddy lol. Then again I might be willing to play it if I was a Star Trek fan.

[VenomFang]

I like Streets of Rage Remake and Golden Axe Myth. I'm a fan of old school beat em ups and these games are pretty good and they use new sprites and not rehashed ones from the old games.

[rapidfire187]

I'll try those. beat em ups are pretty fun sometimes. Might as well bring EWR into this discussion too, it's way too easy to waste hours in that game.

[Push R Truth]

Super Mario Crossover is stupid fun

[rapidfire187]

Oh yes, I love Super Mario Crossover. What a great idea that was. Even if playing as the Contra guy is kind of game breaking.

[VenomFang]

I was looking forward to the Mortal Kombat style game with all the horror movie characters but I guess its never getting finished due to copyright issues.

[Phosphor Glow]

I know keyboards can be weird for gaming, but I have a weird piece of advice:

If a game has custom controls, try using this control scheme:

Up: E
Down: D
Left: S
Right: F

Main action: J
Jump/secondary action: K
Any other buttons: L ; N M

I just feel like it...flows right, and really helps for gaming. But then, I learned how to type on home row, so my fingers are always in those areas anyway.