Pekka Kana 2 is a charmingly old-school platformer where you must help Pekka the rooster save his friends after they were abducted by an evil crow. The author cites other platform classics such as Super Mario and Jazz Jackrabbit as his inspiration for the game.

As you journey across each of the 24 levels looking for the exit, a healthy array of bonuses, secrets and pickups are scattered across the landscape for you to make use of.

Name: Pekka Kana 2
Developer: Janne Kivilahti / Piste Gamez
Category: Platform
Type: Freeware
Size: 7MB

Labels: freeware, pl0707, platformer

Ninjah is a fast paced action-puzzler by Chris Raz, developer of Pogo Fred. The general idea is to get from A to B as quickly as possible with the help of an elastic ninja rope and your ability to move into slow motion.

You may only come into contact with blocks the same colour as your belt. To help combat this strange allergic reaction to the evil blocks, you can change the colour of your belt by hitting the corresponding checkered blocks.

Use the W, A and D keys to move. Hold the left mouse button to shoot, and press the right mouse button to use your rope. Use the space key to activate the slow motion mode.

Name: Ninjah
Developer: Chris Raz
Category: Platform
Type: Freeware
Size: 2MB

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Endless Fluff's Valdis Story was recently updated to version 3.0. This Castlevania-like platformer is now Vista-compatible, and comes with two new techniques (dodging and parrying).

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Muon is a short platformer by Kvalsternacka with simple rules and controls. Complete ten levels in the quickest time possible to earn a decent score, but avoid falling off the screen as this will incur a time penalty.

Boosters can be collected and used in two different ways but with the same method. Press down to either smash a block underneath the moving object or jump higher in the air. Multiple jumps can be performed for as long as you have a booster stock in your possession.

Name: Muon
Developer: Kvalsternacka
Category: Platform
Type: Freeware
Size: 1MB

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Boss Arena is an action game based of boss fights, unlike the heavy reliance on platforming skills as demonstrated by Lazrael's earlier release entitled Poyo.

Use the D or V key to attack. Hold the C of F key to jump. Push the F4 function key to switch between windowed and full screen mode.

There is only one boss battle to contend with at the moment, though the author has promised several more in the coming weeks.

Name: Boss Arena
Developer: Lazrael
Category: Platform
Type: Freeware
Size: 1MB

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Metroid Cubed is an almost complete web-based version of the original NES Metroid, but using pre-rendered voxels based objects.

The website is also home to many other Nintendo-inspired demos.

Requires Shockwave.

Name: Metroid Cubed
Developer: Qubed Studios
Category: Platformer
Type: Browser

Labels: nes, pl0707, remakes

Graham reviews Hurrican. Excerpt:

Hurrican is Turrican Megamix essentially, and I can't think of a more fitting tribute to the series. I don't think I've seen many remakes which have lavished such care and attention on updating an old game while remaining true to its roots.

Although the basic exploratory gameplay shines through - and has even been bettered thanks to signs pointing the way to the exit - there is a problem, in that more doesn't necessarily mean better. Hurrican boasts no less than 5 different fire buttons, one for a switchable main weapon, one for a rotatable beam weapon and three more for various limited resource weapons. And some of these can even be combined with other buttons to activate secondary functions. It's just too much, they should have just picked a single one of the extra weapons and got rid of the others for the sake of simplicity.

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