Fairune

Fairune

Browser - Screenshot - Title screen - Original release.

Developer Skipmore, Gamedesign Publisher Skipmore Published 2009-??-?? Platforms Browser, Windows Genres Action adventure, Metroidvania Themes Adventure, Cartoon, Fantasy Distribution Freeware

Fairune is an action adventure video game developed by Skipmore published by Gamedesign and released as a free browser game in 2009. The game was written in Flash and is the first game in the Fairune series. The game was completely remade in 2013 as a full-length game with the same title. When the Fairune Collection was released in 2018, it included a Windows remake called Fairune Origin with redrawn graphics.

In the game, an evil villain imprisoned long ago is about to awake unless the heroine can find four fairies to keep him locked in place. You must seek the fairies in the now hostile wilderness using bump combat to defeat the monsters. The game appears influenced by early Japanese action adventure games like Hydlide and Ys.

Personal

Own?	No. The game was never sold.
Won?	Yes. Browser original.
Finished	2024-03-26.

After playing and enjoying other Skipmore games, I decided to play this one. I beat the browser version, but needed a hint to find the cave.

Review

4	3	6	5	3

Best Version: Browser

— This section contains spoilers! —

Good

• The pixel art style is quite nice.
• The music, though nothing special, is fitting.

Bad

• Player movement is a bit unresponsive. This is by design, but still annoying.
• The game is awfully short, and, because there is no optional content, you will see everything in your first play-through
• The hidden cave is hidden a bit too well considering how easy the rest of the game is. If you make a map, it's not too hard to find.

Ugly

• Nothing.

Media

Screenshots

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  Title.

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  Story.

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  One of the lost fairies.

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  Following the path.

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  Red slimes in the desert.

Videos

Longplay.

Play Online

Browser

Representation

Strong female character?	Pass	You play as a heroine who saves the world.
Bechdel test?	Fail	There is no dialogue.
Strong person of color character?	Fail	The only humans appear white.
Queer character?	Fail	There are no queer characters.

Titles

Language	Native	Transliteration	Translation
English	Fairune
Japanese	フェアルーン	Fearen	Fairune

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