Ad Nauseum 2

By: Derek Yu

On: April 15th, 2008

Dear cactus has released another shoot ‘em up. Ad Nauseum 2 (direct download) features seizurific special effects, some slightly obscene artwork, and a soundtrack that I’m pretty sure is meant to induce bowel movements. It’s also very easy to die. You have been duly warned.

For those new to cactus, you may want to try out Cactus Arcade (direct download), a collection of 17 of his games, including a handy interface for playing them.

(Thanks a lot for the tip, Bas! And to the various peeps that brought Cactus Arcade to my attention.)

Posted in Freeware, Shoot-em-ups, Windows | Tags: cactus

OVRKLLR

Ran like 2 FPS once I hit something. Quit after 10 seconds, but somehow it seemed like a good idea to make it take 5 seconds to quit once Escape is pressed.

Also, the game errors every now and then (even unzipped).
Gainsworth

Gonna lie down now.
cactus

Yeah, the game requires a pretty decent graphics card. I’d add an option to turn off the motion blur, but there’s not much more than the pretty effects to the game… Err… I mean the game is amazing. You’re really missing out. Or something.
shinygerbil

I see why it’s called Ad Nauseum ;)
Cutman3030

I’m telling you guys, cactus made this game for me!

Even though it is a lot different from the original, it’s still loads of fun. I really like the shock wave effect that goes on in the game. How the explosions push stuff around and all, really nice.
Shuger

It’s simply awesome, or simple and awesome whatever you prefer ;)
http://0xdeadc0de.org Eclipse

nice effects, boring game
lecarl

great great great great great great great game
mio

Another game from Cactus? Didn’t see it coming…
Adam Atomic

cactus i love you
Bas

Again, those little twists make a game like this highly original. Briliant game. Very challenging and the graphics are beautiful.
Riegel

Ow my brain…very fun though.
Mazapán

I’m glad you finished it! :)
I really really love this game, that extreme blur effect is pure sex! If only I could beat it, I want to hit that highscorelist :(
Kian
http://www.lapausedugamer.fr Gressmon

Nice motion blur, but the game gets a bit repetitive :(
http://iterationgames.com jph wacheski

‘boring game’ really Eclipe ?? really? personaly I loves it! just haven’t yet been able to get to the smutty bits,. On easy I can last for a while on the white ASCII stage,. but alas have not been able to sustain long enouph to clear that,. the maxed out ver. of the ship with the auto guided missles is quite nice and powerfull but the letters keep killing me in the end,. I will be up all night till i beat this danm thing or my mind gives out,.
qnp

Do let us know what it feels like to have a fried mind, in that case.
Actually, no need. I shall play the game myself.
Kvalsternacka

This satisfies my need for high speed mass destruction. I see stuff blow up in clouds of pure awesome when I close my eyes…
xerus

Personally I found it to be rather fun, and will make love to Cactus the next time we meet.
Mazapán

I’m playing this the same way I look at magic eye images.
Melly

Beat it on Easy, found the naughty bits. :P

Fun game, if a bit repetitive.
lecarl

spoiler:

*money from vagina, meds from anus*
Albert Lai

My eyes hate me now.
mcbpete

Cor that is one tough little cookie. I can get as far as the white background area but I get destroyed pretty swiftly after that. For some reason the upgrade system reminds me of the game AgentX II for the C64
http://www.venbrux.com Jesse

I don’t like shmups very often, also not cactus’s ones, but this one is very addicting. However I keep getting killed by the vermicelli bullets.

I actually liked the slow down when playing on my own pc, but the fast paced-ness, when playing on a better pc, was also a plus.

I love the way the enemies work especially.
Sergio

My eyes hurt so much… and I haven’t even beaten it yet…
juv3nal

It’s very pretty, but I’m absolutely awful at this. I can’t even get more than 3 minutes in on easy. I need a has-the-reflexes-of-a-bar-of-soap mode.
http://0xdeadc0de.org Eclipse

well it’s a bit laggy on my laptop so was rather boring, also having the same enemies on the screen for an entire level is kinda boring in a shooter.
I really liked the effects and the graphics are, as always in newer cactus productions, simply but catchy
teknogames

amazing