Yeah it's good :D You can get the 2004 freeware version at cavestory.org, and cave story+ is on steam and switch (although the switch version has more features such as native widescreen and 2 extra soundtracks). Source: 12 months ago

IMO, the soundtrack and translation are both better in the cavestory.org version. To me, the soundtrack point is very important. Source: 12 months ago

Cavestory is free if you get it from the website cavestory.org. Source: about 1 year ago

If you're only looking for the story and main game itself, go for freeware on cavestory.org. Source: over 1 year ago

I got the good ending, what do I do after the ending screen? Is there a way to exit it? If I exit and start a new game (didn't got best ending because... I always fell down on the waterway house door :( ), will it count I got it? I'm playing the aeon genesis spanish translation from cavestory.org (the vagrante traducciones one), so yeah. Source: about 2 years ago

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