Yeah, so, oops. In all the Fourth of July commotion I forgot to post a free game yesterday. I make it up to you today by offering two, and a lead on a third.

The first is “Minishoter RS,” a Japanese freeware game by Peposoft. And yes, the title is spelled like that. Anyway, it’s a very simple space shooter — there are several ships to choose from, each with two weapons, an energy shield and a limited dash ability. And it is very, very small — at its default setting the game display looks like this:

Not very big at all. But it’s fun, and it’s free (oh, and the display window can be boosted to about three times that size).

Also this week, I direct your attention to Game Giveaway of the Day, which puts up games each Saturday and Sunday that are free for that day only — you have to download and install them in that time, or lose the chance forever (though demos for many of the games are freely available, and you can always, well, pay). Today’s is called “Troll” — check the site tomorrow for another one.

(Screen capture taken by Justin Hoeger)