February 1st, 2007 at 10:18 am
(autofire, cactus)
In Clean Asia, the eyes of mankind has decided to leave their hosts and take over the earth. Their first move was to escape to the moon, where they developed their hostile weapon technology. Ten years later they return and forcefully take over some prominent countries in Asia. Thailand and New Korea has both succumb to the hostile threat, while China insists on dealing with the eyes themselves and refuses any helping hands from around the world.
America sends a pair of pilot twins with extraordinary sixth senses to battle against the evil eyes. They both have designed their own space ships that seems to be about the only thing in existance that can be used to battle these terrible fiends.
It has three levels and two selectable ships with distinct controlling differences and abillities, fourteen bosses and ten regular enemies.
Name: Clean Asia
Developer: cactus
Category: Shooter
Type: Freeware
Size: 5MB
1 Comment
January 11th, 2007 at 9:18 am
(cactus)
Space is a stylish 2D vertical scrolling shooter. It’s got a pretty unique visual style, in that all the graphics are built from small cubes with black outlines. The gameplay is typical for the genre. Blast lots of different aliens and space ships to smitherines. After a while bosses appear, and you get upgrades to tackle the mounting difficulty.
The story. You were on your honeymoon trip with your hot new wife, when a meteor struck her down. Enraged by sorrow you turn your car into a space ship and venture into space to get revenge on everything you can find.
Controls are simple. Arrow keys to move, and Z to shoot.
Name: Space
Developer: cactus
Category: Shooter
Type: Freeware
Size: 1MB
3 Comments
January 1st, 2007 at 9:08 am
(cactus)
The Design is a 2D shooter with some unique quirks. You control two dots on a design, which can shoot at the angle from one to the other. New figures on the design appears and you earn points by removing them. This is what the shooting is for.
Note that the enemies can only be killed while they’re white. If you shoot an enemy while it’s red, the bullet will turn against you. Aside from the normal shooting, you also have three upgrades that’ll help you with getting a highscore.
Name: The Design
Developer: cactus
Category: Shooter
Type: Freeware
Size: 2MB
2 Comments
October 28th, 2006 at 9:08 am
(cactus)
Decontrologic is another short but sweet adventure game by cactus. Any clues or description would probably dilute the experience, hence no spoilers will be mentioned.
Name: Decontrologic
Developer: cactus
Category: Adventure
Type: Freeware
Size: 1MB
1 Comment
October 17th, 2006 at 2:18 pm
(cactus)
Ad Nauseam by cactus is one of the earliest SHMUP-DEV competition entries released in a playable state.
Current version includes five power-ups to collect and seven types of enemies to deal with. Expect more content soon, including new enemy types and boss encounters.
Gameplay is far better than what the screenshots may suggest. Definitely worth a try.
Name: Ad Nauseam
Developer: cactus
Category: Shooter
Type: Freeware
Size: 1MB
Comments
October 1st, 2006 at 2:18 pm
(cactus)
From cactus comes another effort that exists only to confuse. Made in one day, God Came to the Cave is simply a love or hate affair. The game sets you off on a task, and does the job extremely well though there is no actual moral or point to it. Easily recommended for fans of Illegal Communication.
Name: God Came to the Cave
Developer: cactus
Category: Adventure
Type: Freeware
Size: 1MB
2 Comments
July 21st, 2006 at 8:18 am
(cactus)
Illegal Communication is an excellent effort by cactus which takes the mouse cursor gameplay to the next level. The first few screens consist of fairly standard obstacles, but as you get further more ingenious elements begin to make their appearances.
No two challenges are the same, although it’s quite important to note that you will be returning to the first screen in order to collect the battery later. Don’t be fooled by the misleading screenshot, this is much better than it looks especially in the latter stages.
Name: Illegal Communication
Developer: cactus
Category: Action
Type: Freeware
Size: 2MB
1 Comment
July 21st, 2006 at 8:08 am
(cactus)
Retro Future is a pretty fun shooter by cactus, in which you control a gray object hovering above a city quite like the one featured in Shade. Use the W, A, S and D keys to move the ship around. Switch between primary and secondary weapons by pressing the E or Q key.
On the lower left section of the screen is an indicator keeping tab of your score and the amount of seconds you have left to destroy all enemies in the current wave. The game ends if your ship collides with another object as well.
Name: Retro Future
Developer: cactus
Category: Shooter
Type: Freeware
Size: 2MB
Comments
July 19th, 2006 at 8:18 am
(cactus)
Precision is another action game by cactus which plays a bit like the RunMan series, although you’re able to exert some degree of control over your character’s horizontal movements.
The objective is to collect green bottles and make it to the ladder located on the last building in each screen. Your leap height is determined by your running speed, and movements are only allowed when your feet touches the ground. Expect a lot of sliding thanks to the old pair of shoes that your character is wearing.
The sky changes depending on whether you’re playing the game in the morning or late at night. Only five levels, although the developer promises another twenty in the near future.
Name: Precision
Developer: cactus
Category: Action
Type: Freeware
Size: 1MB
3 Comments
July 19th, 2006 at 8:08 am
(cactus)
Retro II is a pretty good vertical shmup by cactus showcasing the use of simple vector objects and limited colors. Press the Z key to shoot, and tap the X key repeatedly to launch bombs. Weapon upgrades in the shape of the letter U can be collected to increase your ship’s firepower.
Name: Retro II
Developer: cactus
Category: Shooter
Type: Freeware
Size: 1MB
Comments
In Clean Asia, the eyes of mankind has decided to leave their hosts and take over the earth. Their first move was to escape to the moon, where they developed their hostile weapon technology. Ten years later they return and forcefully take over some prominent countries in Asia. Thailand and New Korea has both succumb to the hostile threat, while China insists on dealing with the eyes themselves and refuses any helping hands from around the world. 
