Hmm...surprised no one brought up La-Mulana. You know, that game heading to WiiWare, that started out as freeware? Similar to MetroidVania?
Anyway, here's the download if you wanna check it out:
http://agtp.romhack.net/project.php?id=lamulana
This game is news to me. But from I'm watching so far on FailTube, I like the music.
Posted on: June 14, 2010, 06:42:14 PM
I got more freeware doujins for you...
and a flash game. *UPDATED!*Vanguard Princess / ヴァンガードプリンセス
Release date: July 7, 2009
Developer: Suge9Version: v1.08 (as of January 14, 2011)
Platform: Windows
Genre: 2D > Action > Fighting
Content: Violence, Suggestive Themes, Partial Nudity
400MB of free space and Japanese Unicode settings or AppLocale are required!A 2D fighting game that is actually made by Tomoaki Sugeno, an ex-employee of Capcom who previously worked on games such as
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis and
King of Fighters EX: Neo Blood. He's the one who solely worked on the game's programming and illustrations. There's ten playable characters and five support characters (one of them is only accessed through VS. Mode on Random Select). The visuals definitely something you'd expect from a commercial 2D fighting game like Street Fighter and the audio is pretty good. It was made by using Enter Brain's 2D Fighter utility. The game itself is well made, but its also going through a lot work fixing any bugs and balancing the game. And this game is 100% free. Be sure to keep an eye on this game because version updates come up often around this time. Here's the readme file in English the Shoryuken fourm from an earlier version of the game:
[spoiler=Vanguard Princess readme file]
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2 on 2 Fighting Tournament Game- "Vanguard Princess"
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Concept：
In the PC fight game, Vanguard Princess...
Gorgeous battle unfolds for 14 female characters.
Target age group： All ages.
Number of players： 1~2 people.
Minimum System Requirements:
OS： MS - Windows 98/Me/2000/XP Japanese Edition (or Japanese Locale).
CPU ： Pentium III 400MHz.
Memory： 128MB.
HDD： 400MB Free Space, DirectX 7 required.
Install：
In the extracted folder, "Vanguard Princess",
click the red icon to start.
Uninstall:
Simply delete the folder.
Operation：
8-direction joystick + 4-button system.
User first selects from 10 Player characters.
Then, select from one of 4 Support characters.
In reality, there's no 1 VS 1 fighting game, it's 2 VS 2 battles.
The art of certain kills means setting up combos with support characters.
Victory isn't until your opponent's strength is zero.
To learn more, please see "Operation.jpg" and "ScreenLayout.jpg" in the "Manual" folder.
Support Character Control Method：
Joystick Neutral + D Button: Weak Attack.
6 + D Button: Medium Attack.
3 + D Button: Strong Attack.
2 + D Button: Ultra Attack can be drawn out.
4 + D Button: Guard Player from projectiles and support character attacks.
The support gauge at the bottom of the screen is consumed when the
support character rises to action.
When a support character's level is 0, she becomes useless.
While a support character is attacking, damage against the player counts as a counter,
and the support character will become responseless for a set time.
Practice Mode：
First, select any character in VS Mode.
(If you don't have a second controller, change the curson with the keyboard number pad, select with the J key.)
When the round has begun, press the keyboard P key.
Once done, 'PRACTICE" will appear at the top of the screen.
Press the keyboard E key to enter Practice Mode.
Press keyboard P Key once more to cancel.
Miscellaneous：
F4 Key: Fullscreen. Esc Key: Pause.
Configure controller buttons with Option→JoyStick at the top of the screen.
Warning:
Game settings are available through Option→Game at the top of the screen,
please do not alter GameSpeed or GameTimer.
It will inconveniently affect the game.
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Backstory
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Those who wish to preserve the present, those who wish to abolish it-
Within the world is opposition and conflict; ruined, that future is nearing...
In the intensifying war, a passenger plane is mistakenly shot down.
One by one, casualties are confirmed, but...
One standing person, an uninjured little girl, comes out alive.
Before long, she was a lovely, fully-grown woman.
Although, with the passing of time, mysterious abilities began to awaken.
At first, she was moved to private research facilities.
These were halted by the eye of the Government, however.
Analysis was initiated for military purposes.
The power that but bent Cosmic Law, people call "Planar Manipulation Sorcery".
In combat, eyes opened to the soaring military prowess in wake of this woman-
At the demand for such a solidified military presence...
Boundlessly severe and cruel human testing developed.
Perhaps, in the initial event, her magical power surged out of control,
unintentionally causing the "Astral Impact".
The awe-inspiring magical shockwave extensively, as well as in mass,
bestowed the blessing of Planar Manipulation Sorcery in young girls.
Soon, the forms of girls harnessing magical power became visible in large quantities.
Because of that beautiful fighting figure, they were called,
"Vanguard Princesses", inspiring the elite soldiers.
One year after, around the time the war also faced its end
following the Astral Impact, a thought to be missing little girl
reincarnated as "Executive Overseer" to the destruction of mankind.
And so, the created-to-lead Vanguard Princesses battle engulfed the world...
Creator： Sugeno Tomoaki スゲノトモアキ
Creator Blog：
http://suge9.blog58.fc2.com/Application Tool： 2D Fighter Maker 2nd.
Original Software Copyright; Unauthorized reproduction of any and all content is prohibited。
The author is not responsible for anything should the original software be used or altered outside of it's intended purpose.[/spoiler]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C08EI1bOEII&fmt=18[/youtube]
Test video of the animation sequences.-Instructions for using AppLocale with Vanguard Princess-For those who want to use applocale to run this game, just rename the two files ヴァンガードプリンセス.exe and ヴァンガードプリンセス.kgt with an English name (e.g. Vanguard Princess.exe & Vanguard Princess.kgt); you can choose a name yourself, but the two files need to have the same name, while keeping their original extentions. After the renaming of the two files, start applocale and follow the instructions, don't forget to choose Japanese (日本語) and choose to make a shortcut for accessing the game later easier. After all this the game should be able to start via applocale.
Have fun!
Suge9's blog (Japanese) |
Download Vanguard Princess v1.08 (Mediafire)
Blue Wish Resurrection Plus
Developer: x.x
Version: v1.11
Platform: Windows
Genre: 2D > Shoot 'em Up > Vertical
Content: Mild Violence
A freeware Cave-style shoot 'em up. Basically an enhanced version of Blue Wish Resurrection with better soundtrack and more playable fighters ships to chose from. Fun game (if you can handle dodging a storm of bullets). Check out other shooters from x.x if you're interested.
Download Blue Wish Resurrection Plus
I'm surprised no one brought up
Raiden X. Its a pretty good flash shoot 'em up game.