It is a remake of the 1985 NES port of Irem's arcade version of Tim Martin's Spelunker and was available on the PlayStation Network's Store.

The game was released in Japan on March 26, 2009,[2] the rest of Asia on July 28,[3] in North America on November 23, 2010,[4] and in Europe on August 10, 2011.

This space was called the "Gathering Place for Spelunkers" and included a Message Board, a video screen, seating for the avatars, a Stone Monument which is a credits reel of the developers, eight artifact displays, three in-lounge avatars that tell the users something (Weedy Spelunker?, Wise Boy, & Muttering Old Man), and a full game launching support feature accessed by the Stone Statues of the Moon & Sun or the Stone Statues of the Wind & Rain.

An additional version, titled Minna de Spelunker Black, was released on January 7, 2010, for Japan.

It was later removed from the PSN alongside Spelunker HD when Tozai Games acquired the publishing rights of the series from Irem.