NES

Blazing Blocks

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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 2 · UxROM, 64 KB / RAM
Emulator core: FCEUmm (EmulatorJS)

About Blazing Blocks

Platform: NES
Developer: Antoine Pantys (code and graphics); Ma2e (music)
Year: 2023
Genre: Puzzle
Players: 1
License: Homebrew

Antoine Fantys (Vectrex28) of FG Software made this block puzzle, with music by Stian "mA2E" Gudbrandsen.

You get three random blocks to place on a square grid. Once all three are down, three more arrive, and full rows or columns clear to make room; bigger combos and streaks score more. Select sends a block to the hold area for later. You also start with three one-use helpers: a bomb that clears blocks around where it lands, a hammer that pushes blocks down and can set off a big combo, and a cross-out that clears a whole row and column.

There are six backgrounds, four of them animated, and an attract mode. The game runs on both NTSC and PAL consoles; Fiskbit helped with hardware testing. It is a free download, released in 2023.

How to play

Controls: The D-pad picks and moves blocks, A places, B returns a block to the tray, Select sends it to the hold area.

Facts

Programming, graphics and sound effects by Antoine Fantys; music by Stian "mA2E" Gudbrandsen.
Released by FG Software in 2023.
Compatible with NTSC and PAL consoles.

Cartridge

Mapper: 2 · UxROM
PRG / CHR: 64 KB / RAM
Mirroring: Vertical
Saves: No

65,552 bytes · CRC32 677EACC7 · MD5 31b988139d4f1d5788b44719bb97a79a

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.