It is the summer of TMNT, and here is another Behind the Code video for the first entry on the NES. This video focuses on the application of gravity with respect to frame rate for jumping in the game and also breaks down the frame timing for making the three types of jumps – short, […]
I thought it would be fun to dig my nails into the code of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for NES – a popular game that seems rather rushed. No surprises – the code is sloppy in more ways than one. Swimming, water current, that infamous Seaweed Screen of Doom, and some weird collision problems on […]
A viewer named Mike Schiraldi contacted me with a discovery he found in the code for Super Mario Bros. Apparently, there is a scrolling bug in the setup for the underground Warp Zones that involves a hidden enemy object! This video dives into how Super Mario Bros. levels are built, how scroll stops work, what […]
