NES

D-Pad Hero

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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 4 · MMC3 / TxROM, 128 KB / 128 KB
Emulator core: FCEUmm (EmulatorJS)

About D-Pad Hero

Platform: NES
Developer: Kent Hansen and Andreas Pedersen
Year: 2009
Genre: Rhythm
Players: 1
License: Homebrew

A Guitar Hero demake for the standard NES pad: press the matching direction or button as each note reaches the line.

The songs are chiptune versions of rock and pop hits, including Sweet Child o' Mine, The Way You Make Me Feel, Countdown to Extinction and Burning Love. It is very hard: after a missed note the guitar drops out until you hit the next one. A listen mode plays a song and shows its notes without you playing.

Facts

Kent Hansen and Andreas Pedersen released it in 2009 as an NES homage to Guitar Hero, with a logo modelled on the Guitar Hero logo. A sequel, D+Pad Hero 2, followed in 2010.
1UP.com listed it among homebrew games worth playing. Wired's Chris Kohler found the learning curve steep.

Cartridge

Mapper: 4 · MMC3 / TxROM
PRG / CHR: 128 KB / 128 KB
Mirroring: Vertical
Saves: Yes

262,160 bytes · CRC32 3B34D264 · MD5 3bb7e838d3c60dc529ade9aa9abb3686

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.