NES

Babel Blox

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Emulator

Frame rate: 0 FPS
Speed: 0 %
Uptime: 0:00
Controller: Keyboard

Emulated console

CPU: Ricoh 2A03 (6502), 1.79 MHz
Memory: 2 KB RAM
Video: PPU, 256×240, 54 colors
Video memory: 2 KB VRAM
Sound: 5 channels: 2 pulse, triangle, noise, DPCM
Cartridge: Mapper 30 · UNROM 512, 512 KB / RAM
Emulator core: FCEUmm (EmulatorJS)

About Babel Blox

Platform: NES
Developer: Rob Bryant (Robert L Bryant)
Year: 2018
Genre: Puzzle
Players: 1
License: Homebrew

Robert Bryant of Sly Dog Studios set this language puzzle at the Tower of Babel: recognise languages quickly to scramble the builders' speech and stop the tower rising.

Each word is shown in several languages at once, for example Bathtub, Baignoire and Bañera. The vocabulary is grouped by theme, from the bathroom and school to time, maths and animals, in nine languages including Swahili, Japanese, Hebrew and Latin. Picking the right language halts construction and scatters the people across the earth, as in the Genesis story. The game has an options screen and a built-in manual.

Facts

Developed by Robert Bryant and published by Sly Dog Studios in 2018.
Based on the Tower of Babel story in Genesis.

Cartridge

Mapper: 30 · UNROM 512
PRG / CHR: 512 KB / RAM
Mirroring: Vertical
Saves: Yes

524,304 bytes · CRC32 AD0A98CE · MD5 ac12dddbd9f64a78aa4445934711cbb2

Keyboard controls

D-pad: ← ↑ ↓ →
A: Z
B: X
Start: Enter
Select: V

Steam Controller

D-pad: D-pad
A: A
B: B
Start: Start
Select: Select

Xbox controller

D-pad: D-pad
A: A
B: B
Start: Menu
Select: View

DualSense controller

D-pad: D-pad
A: ✕
B: ○
Start: Options
Select: Create

Keys and controller buttons can be remapped with the Controls button under the game. Save and Load keep a snapshot of the game in your browser. Steam Controller works as a gamepad through Steam Input. On phones, on-screen buttons appear.