Bug#230663: ITP: efp -- Escape from Pong
Magos> > > > This game is distributed as an NES ROM. You will need an NES emulator
> > > > in order to play it. FCE Ultra is recommended (and tested).
> > >
> > > nestra cannot play it.
> >
> > This is a bug in nestra/tuxnes. I have tried it on multiple NES
> > emulators and this is the only one that has problems. Here are the ones
> > I tried (version in parens):
> >
> > FCE Ultra (0.97.5) -- good
>
> SDL version does not work on my 24bpp X.
> I won't use svgalib version of anything.
> (And can't, without major reconfiguration
> of my system.)
That's odd. What exactly is the difficulty with fceu-sdl? Please file
a bug on fceu-sdl and we can take it up there.
> I have also tried znes and snes, they did not work.
I have never heard of these and they are not in Debian. Do you have a
URL where I can check them out?
> At the end I am still curious how the game looks like,
> as I could not play it.
It has very simple graphics, as the game was made to compete in a
contest with a 1K limit. There's a screenshot on the homepage:
<http://hcs.freeshell.org/efp.html>
--Joe
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