NES

Thwaite

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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 0 · NROM, 16 KB / 8 KB
Emulator core: FCEUmm (EmulatorJS)

About Thwaite

Platform: NES
Developer: Damian Yerrick
Year: 2011
Genre: Shooter
Players: 1-2
License: Homebrew

Damian Yerrick's missile defence game after Missile Command: shoot down the warheads falling on a row of houses.

Pino teaches you the basics. The game runs over a series of nights, some missiles split in two, and balloons bring supplies. There are one-player, two-player and practice modes.

Yerrick made it in 2011, and it won the NROM division of the 2011 NESdev competition. It is on the first Action 53 multicart and returned on Action 53 Vol. 4.

How to play

Controls: The D-pad moves the crosshair, B or A fires.

Facts

Won the NROM division of the 2011 NESdev competition.
Included on Action 53 Volume 1 and Vol. 4.

Cartridge

Mapper: 0 · NROM
PRG / CHR: 16 KB / 8 KB
Mirroring: Vertical
Saves: No

24,592 bytes · CRC32 F7D8766D · MD5 12e266a8da2321b52cdf4e48dcbe3e0c

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.