NES

Block Dude

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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 0 · NROM, 16 KB / 8 KB
Emulator core: FCEUmm (EmulatorJS)

About Block Dude

Platform: NES
Developer: Brandon Sterner (original); Mitch3a (NES port)
Year: 2018
Genre: Puzzle
Players: 1
License: Homebrew

An NES port of Block Dude, Brandon Sterner's puzzle game for TI graphing calculators, made by mitch3b as a learning project.

A small man has to reach the door on each level. He can pick up and put down one block at a time and climb one block high, so every level is about building steps in the right order. Movement was compared with the original in slow motion to match it closely. The title and help screens are new, and the port adds original music, which the calculator game never had. Levels have passwords.

It is written in C with cc65, starting from code by nesdoug, and the source is on GitHub under the MIT license.

Facts

Brandon Sterner created the original Block Dude for TI calculators.
Built with cc65 2.16, starting from a nesdoug.com project.
Source code on GitHub under the MIT license.
Included on Action 53 Vol. 4.

Cartridge

Mapper: 0 · NROM
PRG / CHR: 16 KB / 8 KB
Mirroring: Vertical
Saves: No

24,592 bytes · CRC32 33839BC0 · MD5 de846973582bc5499b09a744ed738f15

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.