Spelunk
Posted on January 28, 2006
Spelunker: A Study In Pain
In 1985 Broderbund unleashed a doosy of a Nintendo game on the world. Spelunker is a brutal fight for survival in the deepest bowels of the Earth where you shoot firecrackers at bats use your pocket machinegun to reduce the ghosts of failed travelers past to tiny pieces. This game hates you and it wants to eat your children.
So of course I had to play it.
Spelunker appears to be an average early Nintendo platforming game at first glance. However, after your first foray into these twisted caves of despair something becomes painfully obvious. Experts term this terminal velocity.
Our plucky hero can only fall about 2/3 of his own height before he dies. This wouldn’t be a problem if he wasn’t in a cave full of pitfalls, ropes, moving platforms and gently sloped hills. Keep in mind that it is possible to jump down a hill and fall to your death.
Stay tuned for more on this developing story
Jonathan
On February 10, 2006 at 21:38
So it’s like Donkey Kong, then.
Tim
On August 9, 2006 at 19:11
How do you beat level 6??? I cant get past this level cause I cant figure out how to make the keys appear.
Jonathan
On November 28, 2006 at 00:31
level 6? how do you get past all those ropes in level 2? i die so easily everytime.
Tim
On September 18, 2007 at 08:59
You have to be on the lowest most point and jump so you dont hit the ceiling rock area. That part is hard though.