Cave Story Sega Megadrive Port

About

A rewrite and port of the freeware game Cave Story for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. It should work on any console or emulator, and the main story is finished, with only small things and bug fixes remaining.

Getting started

Download a stable release from the Releases tab. With a 6-button controller, C jumps and confirms, B shoots, A fast-forwards scripted events, Y and Z switch weapons, X opens the map and Start pauses or opens the item menu. On a 3-button controller A cycles weapons. Building from source needs a GCC cross compiler for m68k-elf.

Known issues & limitations

• Even with infinite health and ammo, you can still be crushed, drown, or fall out of bounds.
• While cheating, including using the counter, you cannot load or save the game.

What you need to run it

Features

• A port of the freeware game for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

Controls

• Enter up, down, left, right, then A + Start to use Stage Select.
• Enter up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, then A + Start for infinite health and ammo.

Licensing & legal

• The source code is MIT, the art and story are copyrighted by Studio Pixel, and the music covers are CC-BY-NC; the assets and game cannot be sold or used in commercial works.

Additional notes

Cheats

A stage select and an infinite health and ammo code exist, and the game cannot be loaded or saved while cheating.

FAQ

What is Cave Story Sega Megadrive Port?

Cave Story Sega Megadrive Port is an open-source port of Cave Story. An existing game or its source code brought to another platform. The original game ran on Genesis/Mega Drive.

How is Cave Story Sega Megadrive Port licensed?

project: MIT (Source Code); Studio Pixel: Copyright (Art and Story); project: CC-BY-NC (Music Covers). The repository itself is the authoritative source.