Caves Of Mars
The Caves Of Mars is the new 2D action space shooter game set in the mysterious caves of the planet Mars.
Tharsis is a mountainous region on Mars where hundreds of caves have been discovered. These caves contain precious gems which are heavily guarded by enemies and alien life forms.
Navigate your spacecraft through these caves, destroy enemies and alien lifeforms and collect as many gems as possible. Collecting gems will increase your health and gain points. You will gain extra bonus points the more gems you collect and enemies you destroy.
There are 100 cave levels to complete, each one procedurally generated randomly so no two levels are ever the same. As you progress through the levels the caves will become larger, more complex and you will encounter more challenging enemies, aliens and obstacles.
Enemies
You will encounter many different enemies as you progress though the caves. Some guard their position and don’t move, whilst others form waves of enemy spacecraft which will follow you. The more powerful enemies will take serval hits to destroy.
Enemy Bosses
Watch out for enemy boss spacecraft. Some of the Key Cards are in the possession of enemy bosses so you will need your weapons to destroy these and collect the Key Card.
Aliens
Watch out for Alien lifeforms. Some of these can move, jump or fly and throw lightning bolts.
Fuel
Collect Fuel to Boost Your Health.
Power Ups
Collect vessels containing Weapons and Shield Power-ups. Collected power-ups are displayed in the right-hand panel. Activate / deactivate these by clicking them or selecting keys 1-8. Each power-up with change the appearance of your player spacecraft.
Key Cards and Laser Doors
Find and collect ‘Key Cards’ to unlock ‘Laser Doors’ to gain access to each section of these caves.
Map
To help there is a map of each cave system indicating the location of each Key Card and the laser doors they unlock. Open this by clicking on the map button. The caves get larger and more complex as you progress so you will need this map.
Laser Beams
Beware of the laser beams which you will need to negotiate your way through as they switch on and off. Each laser beam will turn off and on as you approach it. To return you need to navigate the sequence of laser beams before returning.
Moving Platforms
Navigate Your Way Through Moving Platforms.
Controls
Your spacecraft will automatically descend downwards until it hits the ground or an obstacle. Control your spacecraft using arrow keys or WASD keys. Fire using either Spacebar or Mouse Click.
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Martian Law
If you like classic 80’s style arcade games, you’ll love Martian Law. It’s recommended to use a controller and I found out why. I first thought a 3 button Sega Genesis mini classic USB controller would work but it doesn’t have the dual sticks needed. I used an Xbox One controller and it works perfectly with Martian Law.
Like classic arcades, this game can get quite tough, but that’s the point. When the power ups come, it can really help out when the screen is falling all around. I love the weapon upgrades, this can help rack up the score quickly. I’m a very old school gamer and I like that I can switch between windowed and full screen within the game menu, I hate having to fiddle with a keyboard trying to figure that stuff out, simple is better!
– Real player with 15.9 hrs in game
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it’s a cute game, but the controls kind of suck, and the graphics can be a bit eye-straining and the music is loud, kind of annoying, and gets repetitive fast. the gameplay itself is incredibly lackluster, with there only being a few powerups, and the way the game works encouraging sitting in a corner and doing nothing, the bombs can hit through the middle platform so trying to maneuver around is a chore, so i found myself sitting at the screen’s edge, letting the bombs fall. the saving grace is when you get the powerups as you no longer have to be so inert, you can shoot horizontally but there’s no real point in doing that cause by the time it is useful the bombs are already at the ground, though diagonal can help make it so you have to move even less. the game discourages movement, which from the get go makes it bad. not to mention the only reason to even move in the first place is to avoid megaton bombs or go and deal with the laser bots. that’s it, the corner of the screens provide protection from everything else and time will get you way more score than action. i dont think this was the dev’s intention but the game make it such.
– Real player with 6.4 hrs in game
Corridor 7: Alien Invasion
Another game from Capstone made in 1994 and was WAY better with WAY more resources than Doom!
– Real player with 35.1 hrs in game
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pretty awesome boomer fps game i am happy capstone put their games here
– Real player with 4.3 hrs in game
KUR
*updated after completion
This game does a lot right but does suffer from some minor bugs and glitches. Please keep in mind that at the time of my review, the game has been out for about 2 days and the game is in early access. I’m sure most of the bugs and glitches I mention here will be fixed down the road.
The pros in no order -
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The music is really damn good.
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The level design (or at least the levels I have played so far) are really well done, varied, and well thought out. So many nook and crannies to dig through and really pushes you to try your best to find the secrets. Pro tip - the secrets are worth looking for, except one.
– Real player with 12.2 hrs in game
Just beat this game, and I gotta say, this was one unique and fun experience. The game is a little clunky here and there but theres really not all that much jank. The developers are still patching and updating it.
The gunplay and movement is where this game shines and excels. You got your basic arsenal of weapons for a FPS but the developers really went above and beyond making each weapon have its own Kur twist. I think the voiceacting was great. The story, I kinda get. The ending came suddenly, and that was kinda surprising in a bad way.
– Real player with 8.6 hrs in game
Children of Apollo
This is a lovely twin stick shooter with great gameplay, and beautifully redered 8-bit graphics.
My only complaint is the inability to save. I know that the intent is that the game be approached like an old-school arcade title, but the fact that I can’t save my game means that if I ever want to beat the game I’ll have to block out several hours of uninterupted play time, which is rarely feasible for me. As it is, it looks like I’ll be playing the first couple of levels over and over until my kids or some other obligation interupts me.
– Real player with 677.8 hrs in game
Enemies take to long to kill but its a fairly nice game. Second to last boss is tricky, last boss is easier.
– Real player with 8.5 hrs in game
Rock Boshers DX: Directors Cut
Charming! I finished this now and finally realized that there are a few bonus arcade games too. Actually, even the main game feels like a collection of the type of little home-made games we made for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64, just with a lot more enemies. I am happy that I played with a controller, since this is a twin-stick shooter which can be somewhat unforgiving at times. The collision detection sometimes seemed to detect collision before I did, which caused some frustration, but it may be my own fault for beginning to getting used to games where you can graze bullets. It was in any case easier than many vintage games. The light-hearted story ties all the different levels together well, but don’t be mislead into thinking that this is just a shallow game about steampunk mining on Mars. If looking deeper, it actually teaches an important life lesson: Never be without scones, cheese and tea.
– Real player with 14.2 hrs in game
Bit conflicted about this game. Sometimes it’s just an annoying crowd control shooter game (with added difficulty as you run around ‘laps’ in certain levels that require that) and sometimes it’s a clever blast from the past action game and a well designed one too.
Love the MSX-era look. The 16-bit graphics option that was added in the latest patch is very nice looking too.
Unlockable arcade games puts your old arcade skills to test. Loderunner anyone?
Check actual gameplay videos to get a better picture of what this game is and skip the stuff on the store page. Store page gives a false impression there are adventure elements in the game. In reality they are non-existent.
– Real player with 5.8 hrs in game
Planet Surf: The Last Wave
Big game! It a very different experience from the games I’ve played lately, a true surprise on Steam. If you like casual-style games with a good vibe, this game is definitely for you.
– Real player with 1.8 hrs in game
Great game!
I already imagined it would be fun to surf the waves of the planets but I was surprised because it’s so much better! Congratulations to the Devs!
Besides being fun, it’s relaxing :)
To infinity and beyond!
– Real player with 1.8 hrs in game
Mars Power Industries Deluxe
Powering Mars for the Future
_Developed by Rarykos during Global Game Jam 2018 and later picked up by 7A Games and Kurki.games for friendly development and publishing help, “Mars Power Industries Deluxe” describes itself as an “atmospheric puzzle game set on Mars” released in 2019.
While making sure that all inhabitants of our red neighbor have their needs met, strange things start to happen which threaten the hospitality of our newfound home._
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– Real player with 8.4 hrs in game
june 2020 edit: 24 new levels and a new mechanic got added in a patch.
march 2020 edit: 12 new levels got added in a patch.
in a world where mars is not just a candy bar, you are tasked with providing resources to martian settlements. and collecting strawberries, because it’s a video game.
– Real player with 8.0 hrs in game
Bullet Wave
Even though it’s short and quite buggy, Bullet Wave is a fun way to kill half an hour. I’ve played it for about twice that, 58 minutes to be exact, and I don’t really plan to go back to it anytime soon, but considering it’s only a dollar, why wouldn’t you try it?
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
Pretty good for what it is. Short, fun to play. Could use a few fixes here and there but other than that it’s not bad. The boss is a little too tanky in my opinon but other than that it’s good.
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
Outergalactic Aliens Pinball
fun table, same wonderfully complex table layout, LOVE the length of play per game, i feel like it almost never ends; and reaching target and goals feels much smoother of play than previous table. lots of fun ingenuity.
overall, 8/10. just still not a fan of the style of the graphics/art, and the DMD still without much option to adjust/relocate/hide/resize, etc, but I play on a VCab, so i know im a minority for certain features. highly recommend for fans of the game.
and again, great background track, major earworm
– Real player with 1.9 hrs in game
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Outergalactic Aliens Pinball :: a space/alien themed pinball game :: while a bit rough around the edges (especially in terms of UI) this is an interesting pinball board to play on, with levels. 6/10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i78m1-FTaMk
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game