Underplayed Gems

Cave Dave (2025)

Cave Dave cover
Developer
Thalamus Digital
Platforms
Game Boy Color
Genres
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How it feels

An old-school action platformer where limited ropes and bombs force clever thinking to plunder dangerous caves.

action platformerchallengingretropuzzle-heavyexplorationdark

About

Cave Dave is an action platformer in its purest form: armed with a limited supply of ropes and bombs - and your wits and cunning - the aim is to plunder the three caves in each system to find Dave's beloved PSP while avoiding the many enemy inhabitants which lurk in the darkness. There's even a secret system, should you have the chops to unlock it...

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