NES

HBC Phutball

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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 HBC Phutball

Platform: NES
Developer: Wendel Scardua (code), M-Tee (graphics), Raftronaut (music and sound)
Year: 2022
Genre: Board and card
Players: 2
License: Homebrew

Homebrew Championship Philosophers' Football brings John Conway's 1982 board game for two to the NES.

Players take turns either placing a man or jumping the ball over lines of men toward the opponent's goal line. There are five arenas, among them the Arena of Thought and the Court of Intention, and a How to Play screen. At release it needed two human players.

Wendel Scardua wrote the code, M-Tee drew the graphics and Raftronaut wrote the music. It placed 9th overall in the NESdev Competition 2022.

Facts

Code by Wendel Scardua, graphics by M-Tee, music by Raftronaut.
Placed 9th overall in the NESdev Competition 2022, with 3.368 from 14 ratings.

Cartridge

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

65,552 bytes · CRC32 EF08BD70 · MD5 39e7690460f097e4ccdfd3b6031a25ed

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.