Minekart Madness - Arcade Platformer

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Minekart Madness - Arcade Platformer

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A new classic coin-op arcade game for your NES!

Minekart Madness is an homage to the simple coin-op games of the 80's. It takes inspiration from classics such as Donkey Kong and Pac-Man.

In Minekart Madness you are a dwarf piloting an out of control minecart! There is no way to stop, only slow down slightly. Navigate the winding tracks, while avoiding hazards and collecting precious gems.

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But you only have a few minutes; when the clock hits zero it's game over! So optimize your route, exploit the looping levels, and shoot for that high score!

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Download the game for free: https://mhughson.itch.io/minekart-madness
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Wow, Just played this today, a good friend (gab75) told me about it. This is pure greatness, thank you! :D

I think this would be a nice candidate for a VS system game, what do you think?

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I'm thinking about it. I would need to reduce it to NROM to avoid dealing with a daughter board. Wouldn't be too hard.
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dink wrote: Thu Nov 03, 2022 5:18 pm I think this would be a nice candidate for a VS system game, what do you think?
I just started seeing how hard it would be to get it down to an NROM board, and it looks pretty doable. I have it compiling and running for Vs Arcade now, but haven't hooked up dip switches for the PPUs variants so the colors are messed up.
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But I figured that all out for Vs. From Below already, so it should be easy.

I'm not sure I want to do much work to make it a true arcade game, but I'll at least make sure the watchdog timer doesn't trigger. Maybe put in a credit counter...

Graphics will take a hit, likely dramatically simplifying the title screen and game over screens.
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Well that was easy. :lol:
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Title screen needs some work though...
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Remember that Vs. System doesn't actually have "NROM" - the least you can get is mapper 99 :)
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Awesome!! :D
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