indiegames
March 9th, 2010, 03:40
Indie developer Derek Yu's Spelunky is making the platform leap from PC to Xbox Live Arcade some time this year, a release date we're starting to believe courtesy of a quartet of new screen shots.
The procedurally generated action adventure platformer, which Yu describes as "La Mulana meets Nethack"—or side-scrolling platformer meets roguelike—stars a wee Indiana Jones-like adventurer on the hunt for gold, exits and frequent deaths. The XBLA port promises new artwork, new gameplay modes and a new way to shave days off your life.
If you'd like to download the free PC version, you can grab it from Yu's web site (http://www.derekyu.com/games/spelunky_1_1.zip), then greatly anticipate the superior XBLA version (http://spelunkyworld.com/xbla.html).
Or you can just gaze at new screens in Xbox 360 resolution.
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/500x_spelunky-xbla-01.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/spelunky-xbla-01.jpg)
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/500x_spelunky-xbla-02.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/spelunky-xbla-02.jpg)
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/500x_spelunky-xbla-03.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/spelunky-xbla-03.jpg)
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/500x_spelunky-xbla-04.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/spelunky-xbla-04.jpg)
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The procedurally generated action adventure platformer, which Yu describes as "La Mulana meets Nethack"—or side-scrolling platformer meets roguelike—stars a wee Indiana Jones-like adventurer on the hunt for gold, exits and frequent deaths. The XBLA port promises new artwork, new gameplay modes and a new way to shave days off your life.
If you'd like to download the free PC version, you can grab it from Yu's web site (http://www.derekyu.com/games/spelunky_1_1.zip), then greatly anticipate the superior XBLA version (http://spelunkyworld.com/xbla.html).
Or you can just gaze at new screens in Xbox 360 resolution.
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/500x_spelunky-xbla-01.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/spelunky-xbla-01.jpg)
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/500x_spelunky-xbla-02.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/spelunky-xbla-02.jpg)
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/500x_spelunky-xbla-03.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/spelunky-xbla-03.jpg)
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/500x_spelunky-xbla-04.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/spelunky-xbla-04.jpg)
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