Smashin’ month for PortMaster users. Some classics, some hidden gems, and even a “single player co-op” game. Rock ‘n roll.
Free/Ready to Play PortMaster Games
- Chocolate Keen – Chocolate Keen is a reverse engineering of Commander Keen in C/C++ and SDL. The goal is to be as accurate to the original as possible.
- Crabjuice – Play as the monster for once in this fast-paced action game where you consume, smash, and escape through increasingly chaotic levels, featuring tight gameplay and addictive speedrun potential.
- Kudamono Merge – Kudamono Merge is a retro-style puzzle game made with Pyxel. Drop and merge identical fruits to evolve them into bigger ones. Keep stacking and aim for a high score! Inspired by Suika Game, but with a classic 8-bit twist.
- Lead Haul – Lead Haul is a short old-school first person shooter with an emphasis on powerful weapons and a sprinkling of secret hunting
- Make New Friends – The people of LudumDare Land are lonely and in need of friends! Use the Friend-o-matic to summon new friends out of thin air! Will you be able to create friends for everyone before you die?!?
- Moon Child FE – A modern source port of the 1997 Windows 95 classic, Moon Child. This (FE) Friend Edition is designed as a definitive way to experience the game on modern hardware. Remember, you’ve got the power to be his friend!
- Pull Chain – Carry a light source with you. Attract moths, weigh down buttons, and more.
- Puzzlescript PM – Minimalist, text-based engine for creating grid-based puzzle games, often in the Sokoban style, where simple rules produce deep emergent gameplay. This port includes 50+ games and supports adding more.
- The Saloon – Another reverse-sheepherder game. Rolling rolls your gun; rolling reloads your gun.
- U R 4 Guys – You are four guys, but you only have two thumbs. This “single-player co-op” game will test the relationship between your brain and your hands. Each of the four guys is bound to a different input (left stick, right stick, dpad, face buttons), and you control them all simultaneously. Survive waves of foes, climb the leaderboard, and clear the game to unlock a secret.
- Wizball – A remake of the classic Commodore 64 Wizball game by Sensible Software.
Paid PortMaster Games
- Antonball Deluxe – The breakout title from Summitsphere, Antonball Deluxe is a retro, high-octane smorgasbord of ballbusting arcade action! Antonball Deluxe quite literally turns the breakout genre on its head, blending traditional brick-breaking gameplay with tight, intense platforming.
- Bullet Beat – Bullet Beat is a shoot’em up, where everything at the levels is in tune with the music, even shooting. You can also upload your track and enjoy the experimental generated levels! Keep the combo to get stronger!
- Orcish Skies – Orcish Skies blends Roguelike deckbuilding, turn-based, Slay The Spire-styled gameplay with a grid-based map. Fire a missile into a cluster of enemies. Rain down lightning on an enemy Carrier from afar. Fly past a swarm of frigates to pick off the sniper shooting you from across the map.
- Pigments – Be a fruit locked in a room, dodge circular saws and paint as much of the level as you can! It’s a pretty addictive score-attack game with very short runs, perfect for a coffee break!
- SINGOU BREAKA ć·ć³ć“ć¦ćć¬ć¤ć« – Look carefully at the red and blue signals, and DESTROY them. It’s an eccentric action puzzle game where you destroy blocks modeled after pedestrian traffic lights.
- Spectrum Forces – Make up your squads out of 9 unique ships and save 3 planets from hordes of robots in this colorful horizontal shoot-em-up! Each of the 9 pilots in the Spectrum Forces has unique capacities. It’s up to you to select the right ones for the right job. You’ve been commissioned to clear 3 planets from the residing Abandonware. Try your best to not lose anyone while doing so!
- The Impossible Game – The Impossible Game is a brutally challenging rhythm-based platformer where you control a square navigating a course of obstacles. One wrong move and you start from the very beginning. With pulse-pounding music, pixel-perfect timing, and a built-in level editor, it’s simple to learn but nearly impossible to master.
