[Platformer/Action] Hurrican

http://www.hurrican-game.de/

Closest thing to a direct download: http://www.poke53280.de/download/download.php?id=9

This is a remake of the classic Turrican game.  It's pretty much the best retro remake game I've ever seen; the graphics, gameplay, and level design are all awesome.  It's also quite a difficult game, so be prepared to die a lot.

The main game isn't that long, but there's a level editor.

I don't know how exactly to describe the gameplay...it's a platformer with a lot of crap blowing up, gameplay is somewhat reminiscent of the first two Duke Nukem games, but a lot more varied and modern.  (The crap in question is robots and fish, so it's not really "violent" in the hide-the-game-from-your-parents fashion.)

The game runs under WINE, but you need to do some weird crap to get it working.  Check its AppDB entry (basically when the game "hangs" at the end of a level and when you start a new game, you need to start another instance of the game...a bit more complicated than that, but just brute-force trying again and again should work).

I noticed a distinct presence of the word "crap" in your post.

In all seriousness... I downloaded this game before, and remember not liking it as much as the original.  I can't recall why, so I'm going to give it another try, tomorrow, and post a more recent opinion.

this has an editor, therefore i like eet! 

I played into this a little bit, but couldn't get into it.  Hurrican feels a bit dumbed down; there are great graphics but movement is slow, and the gameplay isn't that interesting.   I liked the original Turrican, for its simplicity yet ridiculous difficulty.

The gameplay gets a bit more interesting in the later levels.

I noticed a distinct presence of the word "crap" in your post.

Subliminal messaging.

Is anyone else having trouble with the editor or is it just me?