Cave Story (A.K.A. Dokutsu Monogatari)

[The Legendary Joe]

Not sure how many people here know of it, but there's this freeware game I've become quite hooked on recently.

http://www.miraigamer.net/cavestory/

It's free to download from this site, which also contains a translated patch (but you will need to get the original Dokutsu monogatari game in order to patch it.)

It's hard to say much about it without spoiling things about it, but It's like a metroid/Castelvania Platforming shooter. It's got a decent story, Kickass music, fun playthrough with challenges that range from easy to quite difficult.

Definately worth looking into if you're into the good old fashioned games.