NES

Pwn Adventure Z

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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, 256 KB / RAM
Emulator core: FCEUmm (EmulatorJS)

About Pwn Adventure Z

Platform: NES
Developer: Vector 35 (Peter LaFosse, Rusty Wagner, Jordan Wiens and others)
Year: 2015
Genre: Adventure, Action
Players: 1
License: Homebrew

Vector 35's zombie survival adventure with crafting, made to be hacked at the CSAW CTF 2015.

You explore an overworld, a sewer and mines, fight the infected with weapons such as sniper rifles and grenades, and finally face Patient Zero. Finish on Normal and the game hints how to unlock Hard.

Peter LaFosse, Rusty Wagner and Jordan Wiens of Vector 35 made it as an NES entry in their Pwn Adventure series, with music by fuzyll. At the in-person CSAW CTF finals in 2015, each team got a physical cartridge with custom artwork and had to hack the game's built-in challenges; the carts were made with help from Infinite NES Lives. The developers left in some glitches they found in testing, such as the campfire glitch.

A changed version was used for the AGDQ 2016 TAS event, with the secret code removed and the drop RNG altered. Vector 35 published the ROMs, including the exact build students played, and the source code.

Facts

Made by Peter LaFosse, Rusty Wagner and Jordan Wiens of Vector 35; music by fuzyll.
Each CSAW CTF 2015 finals team received a cartridge with custom artwork.
An AGDQ 2016 edition removed the secret code and changed the drop RNG.
Source code and ROMs published on GitHub.

Cartridge

Mapper: 1 · MMC1 / SxROM
PRG / CHR: 256 KB / RAM
Mirroring: Horizontal
Saves: Yes

262,160 bytes · CRC32 BA0023AC · MD5 fac7dfa113359419a7a74e3d1f62d74e

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.