NES

Ball n Flag

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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 1 · MMC1 / SxROM, 32 KB / 8 KB
Emulator core: FCEUmm (EmulatorJS)

About Ball n Flag

Platform: NES
Developer: Lionel Barasc
Year: 2013
Genre: Puzzle
Players: 1
License: Homebrew

Roll a ball through a random maze and reach the flag before the timer runs out.

Bombs destroy blocks in the maze, and you earn one more with each level you finish, so the trick is to save them for the hard ones. The game starts straight away, with only the controls shown on the opening screen.

Lionel Barasc wrote it in BASIC rather than assembly in 2013, in under two days, as a personal challenge to make an NES game with minimal tools and time. He tested it on an Everdrive N8 and says it also runs on a PowerPak.

How to play

Controls: The D-pad moves the ball, A uses a bomb.

Facts

Written in BASIC in under two days in 2013.
Tested on the Everdrive N8; also runs on the RetroUSB PowerPak.
Sold on itch.io for 5 dollars.

Cartridge

Mapper: 1 · MMC1 / SxROM
PRG / CHR: 32 KB / 8 KB
Mirroring: Horizontal
Saves: No

40,976 bytes · CRC32 4032FA0C · MD5 d3737589591ace34f8d4545317b26c81

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.