There haven’t been many posts here lately because there hasn’t been much news. Maybe next week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo will generate some news. In the meantime, here’s your weekly free game:

Title: 8bit killer
For: PC
Developed and published by: Locomalito
Rating: N/A

This great little first-person shooter is stylishly low-tech. It kind of looks like what you’d get if you could put “Doom” or “Return to Castle Wolfenstein” on the old Nintendo Entertainment System. It plays a great deal like those games, and draws inspiration from NES classics like “Bionic Commando,” “Mega Man” and many others. All you do is run around the levels shooting people and collecting items like ammo, guns and keys to open door. The violence is pretty tame with such blocky graphics, though there are little blips of pixelated blood when enemies are shot. In sum, it’s a fantastic little game for those of use who grew up in the ’80s playing our Nintendos.

The game’s Web site is in Spanish; here’s a translated version. Thanks to 1up.com for bringing the game to my attention.

(Screen capture taken by Justin Hoeger)