Some of the best free games are made when creative ideas cross old-school fun. Mu-cade is one of those games. Like any Kenta Cho shooter, it's filled with funky neon shapes getting blown into smaller funky neon shapes, while bullets whiz past your tiny ship and pounding techno blasts through your speakers.

Mu-cade takes a few minutes to get used to, but after that you'll be able to have some fun and rack up a few points. It's one of those games where you have to play it to understand it, but I'll make it easier for you and tell you about it anyways. Basically, you lose a life when you're knocked outside of a little arena, and you score points by knocking enemy snakes outside the arena. When these enemy snakes shoot you or you knock them out of the arena, their tail becomes a part of your tail and you're knocked back a bit. The tail weighs you down, makes you easier to hit, and follows the rules of inertia. You can get rid of your tail and use it as a powerup to send your enemies flying, and the more baggage you're getting rid of, the more fun you can have.

Obviously, the game's a little more complex than some, but it's great once you get used to it. The music, graphics, sound effects, and gameplay are good, as expected, and the game itself is unique and deep enough to keep your attention. Definitely recommended

System Requirements:

Windows 2000/XP

1.1 GHz CPU

256MB RAM

64MB GeForce4 Ti or ATI Radeon 9600 or equivalent with hardware T&L and pixel shader support