Battling (Keihiko Nakano)

Title – Battling
System – Nintendo Family BASIC
Author – Keihiko Nakano
Publication – Micom Basic (マイコンBASIC) August 1985
Page Scans – 1 2 3
Preserved By – ximwix
Recommended Emulator – Mesen

Download ROM

Files:

notes.txt – The file you’re reading now (wow!)
Battling (Keihiko Nakano).nes – Game converted to standalone NES rom
battling-prg.txt – The typed-up program listing
battling-prg.wav – WAVE file of the program listing, for playback to hardware
battling-prg.vtp – Virtuanes tape file of the program listing
battling-prg.fbt – Mesen tape file of the program listing
scan1.jpg – A scan of the program listing from Micom Basic (part 1)
scan2.jpg – A scan of the program listing from Micom Basic (part 2)
scan3.jpg – A scan of the program listing from Micom Basic (part 3)
screenshot1.png – Gameplay screenshot
screenshot2.png – Gameplay screenshot

Notes:

1.
The program listing uses a few non-text characters. In the battling-prg.txt,
these are typed between curly braces. “{M5}” is one “M5” background
character, and “{M5|M5|M5}” is three M5 characters in a row, etc.

2.
If pressing Start to start the game does not work, try holding down the
Start button until it starts.

Game Instructions:

This is a two-player game in which you try to shoot your opponent. The trick
is that you can’t see yourself or your opponent! Use the “A” button to fire
a shot and d-pad to move around. You can tell where your character is at by
watching carefully for where your shot appears. Your opponent can also see
this, though! You can use the “B” button to let out a flare, which will
temporarily reveal the locations of the other player.

There are some other characters that randomly appear. Shooting them will give
you some advantages, such as increasing your health or giving you extra shots.
The game goes on until one of the players loses all of their health.