Spelunky

Spelunky is a 2008 platform video game created by Derek Yu and released as freeware for Microsoft Windows. It was remade for the Xbox 360 in 2012, with ports of the new version to the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita in 2013, which was also ported back to Microsoft Windows.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The slogan says it all.
 * 2) Lots of items to find.
 * 3) Multiple characters that you can unlock by finding them in coffins.
 * 4) It's a roguelike game, which means that every time you die, the level changes!
 * 5) If you rescue the damsel found sometimes in the mines, you get an extra heart.
 * 6) Shops.
 * 7) Speaking of shops, you can also shoplift. However, the shopkeeper becomes wild when you steal from him, and it's really hard to kill him since he has a shotgun.
 * 8) 5 main places, the Mines, the Jungle, the Ice Caves, the Temple, and Hell. Plus some secret ones, like the Worm.
 * 9) Monsters that are in tune with their places, for example, in the Ice Caves, there's the yeti, and in the Jungle, monkeys.
 * 10) You can find big treasures, like a Crystal Skull or an Ankh.
 * 11) There's local multiplayer for 4 people.
 * 12) A mode exists called "eggplant run", where it consists in carrying an eggplant to the final boss of the game. This mode was originally meant for co-op only, where the creator thought that beating it solo was impossible. However, a Twitch streamer, Bananasaurus Rex, completed the mode successfully in solo mode.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) There's no online multiplayer.
 * 2) The controls are quite difficult to master.