NES

Spacegulls

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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 Spacegulls

Platform: NES
Developer: Morphcat Games (code and audio: miau6502; graphics and level design: Nicolas Betoux)
Year: 2021
Genre: Platformer
Players: 1-2
License: Homebrew

Morphcat Games' short platformer, which mixes the flapping controls of Joust with ideas from Mega Man: stop Dr. Beak and rescue the chicks.

Dr. Beak of OVO, the Odious Villains Organization, uses an army of cyborg birds to collect legendary fossil eggs in his search for eternal life. You fly and jump through a moon base, and a second player can join at any time.

Morphcat Games made the first version in about a week, and it won first place in the NESdev Compo 2020/21. Code and audio are by Julius (miau6502), graphics and level design by Nicolas Betoux. The itch.io release in April 2021 fixed bugs and added new music and some more content.

How to play

Controls: The D-pad moves, A jumps and flies. A second player joins by pressing A.

Facts

Made in about a week; won first place in the NESdev Compo 2020/21.
Code and audio by Julius (miau6502), graphics and levels by Nicolas Betoux.
The extended itch.io release came out on 17 April 2021.

Cartridge

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

65,552 bytes · CRC32 0E6EB220 · MD5 975d4fe8693cd9941b65aa8de7f6d5bd

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.