Battling 2 (Keihiko Nakano)

Title – Battling 2
System – Nintendo Family BASIC v3.0
Author – Keihiko Nakano
Publication – Micom Basic (マイコンBASIC) December 1985
Page Scans – 1 2
Preserved By – ximwix
Recommended Emulator – Mesen

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Files:

notes.txt – The file you’re reading now (wow!)
Battling 2 (Keihiko Nakano).nes – Game converted to standalone NES rom
battling2-prg.txt – The typed-up program listing
battling2-prg.wav – WAVE file of the program listing, for playback to hardware
battling2-bg.wav – WAVE file of the background, for playback to hardware
battling2-prg.vtp – Virtuanes tape file of the program listing
battling2-bg.vtp – Virtuanes tape file of the background
battling2-prg.fbt – Mesen tape file of the program listing
battling2-bg.fbt – Mesen tape file of the background
scan1.jpg – A scan of the informational page from Micom Basic
scan2.jpg – A scan of the listing from Micom Basic
screenshot1.png – In-game screenshot
screenshot2.png – In-game screenshot

Notes:

(1)
The background is based off the screenshots, so the starfield might not be
exactly right. I made the clouds match the screenshots, but you can edit them
if you want more or less cloud obfuscation.

(2)
The spelling of BUTTON as BOTTUN is in the printed listing as well as the
screenshots, so I left it as-is.

(3)
The {M5} text in the comments represent the white M5 block. You could skip
these since they are just comments, or use the keyboard GRAPH key to type
them in.

Game Instructions:

This is a two-player game, so grab a friend (or fumble around controlling both
players in an emulator like I did).

Mario and Luigi are having a fight using their home-made planes. Each plane is
equipped with a typhoon cannon that knocks the other player off-balance. If
a player smashes into the ground, they take damage. Try to be the last one
to survive!

Press the Start button to begin a new game. Use the “A” button to use your
thrusters and move around. The game has a lot of momentum and gravity is
quite strong, so it takes some getting used to. Use the “B” button to fire
off your typhoon cannon. If the typhoon cannon hits your opponent, it will
knock them off-balance and (hopefully) get them to crash into the ground. The
faster they are moving when they hit the ground, the more damage they will
take. You can also fly into your opponent to push them around.

The game has two meters for each player — balance and damage. The balance
meter controls how far off-balance you will be when you get hit by a typhoon
blast. The lower the number, the less off-balance you will get. The damage
counter goes up the more damage you take — if you hit 100 then you lose!

The title screen introduces a few characters who will walk along the bottom
of the screen to provide some advantages:
– Turtle reduces your damange
– Penguin increases opponents balance (puts them more off-balance)
– Crab decreases your own balance (makes you more balanced)
– Mario (“god”) swaps the damange of the two players

The game keeps track of how many games each player has won, and displays this
on the title screen. You can press “Select” here if you want to clear the
scores.