NES

Solar Wars

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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 3 · CNROM, 32 KB / 32 KB
Emulator core: FCEUmm (EmulatorJS)

About Solar Wars

Platform: NES
Developer: Chris Covell (CMC Games)
Year: 1999
Players: 1-2
License: Homebrew

Chris Covell's two-player artillery duel in the style of Scorched Earth and Gorillas, set after a nuclear war has left factions fighting over the solar system.

Players trade shots across a rocky landscape that breaks apart. You choose the battlefield from ten worlds, from Mercury to Pluto, each with its own gravity and atmosphere.

Covell first released it in October 1999, making it one of the older NES homebrew games, and version 1.5 is a major bug-fix release. It was later included among the multiplayer games on Double Action 53.

Facts

Included on Double Action 53 (2014), whose contributors include Chris Covell.

Cartridge

Mapper: 3 · CNROM
PRG / CHR: 32 KB / 32 KB
Mirroring: Vertical
Saves: No

65,552 bytes · CRC32 2EC1E92E · MD5 6bcd3b7e0b6cc5a3b138ad3fb31e7621

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.