Air Hockey - NES Black Box
CONTROLS:
| NES Button | Keyboard Button | Action |
| A | X | Go back (menus) |
| B | Z | Mallet Boost (use this almost always) |
| DPad Up | Up | Move Mallet Up |
| DPad Down | Down | Move Mallet Down |
| DPad Right | Right | Move Mallet Right |
| DPad Left | Left | Move Mallet Left |
| Start | Enter | Pause, advance menus, etc |
| Select | Right Ctrl | |
| ESC | Emulator Controls, reset etc |
INFO:
AIR HOCKEY for the NES is an attempt to build a game in the style of the early NES "Black Box" titles.
All of the code for this game is available free and open source here:
BThacker/nes_air_hockey_public: A "new" NES game, Air Hockey! Built in the style of the original "black box" NES titles.
See the readme in that repo for more information.
It's a fully featured game, with 1 player vs AI, or 2 player.
First to 7 wins! Hold B for a speed boost, or let off so the puck bounces less to try and keep the puck in a particular place to line up a shot etc.
The rom for this game is free to download, but a small donation towards the development would be much appreciated! It should work in any NES emulator but also on a flash cart and real hardware!
This project was built using the awesome NESFab library by pubby.
pubby/nesfab: Programming language that targets the Nintendo Entertainment System
CREDITS:
Brandon Thacker - programming, design, art BThacker (Brandon Thacker)
Grayson Solis - music, sound effects Grayson Solis - Game Composer and Sound Engineer
grigoreen - art consulting, box art Igor (@grigoreen) • Instagram photos and videos
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One of the hardest parts of the game was selecting a game play mode because the title track was such a banger I didn’t want to leave.
This game does a great job of capturing air hockey, though. The replays on all the goals (even the self-goals) is a fun feature.
thank you! Grayson did a great job on the music and sfx
I love this so much!
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Wow, excellent work! I was pretty skeptical of being able to pull off the feel of air hockey on a d-pad, but you did an amazing job with the physics (both puck and paddle).
The slow-motion replay blew my mind!
Have you thought about adding SNES Mouse Support?
Mouse support would be sick, maybe for a sequel?
Thank you for the praise.
Fun little air hockey game for the NES. Love the jingles, feels very authentic as a nintendo black box game!
Thank you! Grayson did a great job.