Tag: Physics

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The Physics Nightmare and Bizarre Jumping of Strider (NES) – Behind the Code

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NES Strider feels janky. We’ve known that since it was released. But how bad could it be? … Oh! Absolutely terrible! Jumping, running into a wall, and falling – simple things in any other game seem to be half-baked in Strider. The physics are worse than you could possibly imagine. Why do you slam your […]

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The Bad Jump Design and 30 FPS Gravity of TMNT (NES) – Behind the Code

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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, […]