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Show HN: 4-bit Brick Game emulator in ASCII graphics

11 points by jpegqs 3y ago

gus_massa 3y ago
Do you have some screenshots?
- jpegqs 3y ago
  Does it count as a screenshot? Game select screen: HI-SCORE 0 /--------------------\ | | | | NEXT | | | [][][] | | [] [] | | [] [] | | [] [] | | [] [] | SPEED 0 | [] [] | | [][][] | LEVEL 12 | | | [][][][][] | | [] | | [][][][] | ROTATE | [] | | [] | --> | [] [] | | [][][] | | | | | \--------------------/ Tetris game: SCORE 1000 /--------------------\ | | | | NEXT | | | | [] | [][] | [][] | [][] | [] | | | | SPEED 0 | | | | LEVEL 0 | | |[][] | |[][] [] | |[][][][] | ROTATE |[][][][] [] [][][]| |[][][][][][] [][] | --> |[][][][][] [][][]| |[][][][][][] [][][]| PAUSE |[][][][][][][] [][]| |[][][][][][] [][][]| \--------------------/
acheron 3y ago
Oh, “brick game” like Tetris, I initially assumed “brick game” like Breakout.
CodeWriter23 3y ago
I taught myself probably 5 languages making an ASCII version of Space Invaders way back in the day.
iamjackg 3y ago
This is very cool! I had one of these N-in-1 generic block game consoles when I was a kid. I was very surprised at the variety and surprisingly acceptable quality of all available games.
- jpegqs 3y ago
  Sadly, the Brick Game model from which the ROM dump was taken doesn't contain a racing game, which was in the Brick Game that I had as a child.
fattah25 3y ago
Is this the first design of tetris?
- jpegqs 3y ago
  I think not. There is not only Tetris, but also Snake, and two types of "shooters" - one removes blocks, the other creates. And many variations of these four basic games.
emersonrsantos 3y ago
I added Mac OS compatibility: https://github.com/ilyakurdyukov/brickgame-4bit/pull/1 https://github.com/ilyakurdyukov/brickgame-4bit/pull/1

11 points by jpegqs 3y ago

gus_massa 3y ago

Do you have some screenshots?

jpegqs 3y ago
Does it count as a screenshot? Game select screen: HI-SCORE 0 /--------------------\ | | | | NEXT | | | [][][] | | [] [] | | [] [] | | [] [] | | [] [] | SPEED 0 | [] [] | | [][][] | LEVEL 12 | | | [][][][][] | | [] | | [][][][] | ROTATE | [] | | [] | --> | [] [] | | [][][] | | | | | \--------------------/ Tetris game: SCORE 1000 /--------------------\ | | | | NEXT | | | | [] | [][] | [][] | [][] | [] | | | | SPEED 0 | | | | LEVEL 0 | | |[][] | |[][] [] | |[][][][] | ROTATE |[][][][] [] [][][]| |[][][][][][] [][] | --> |[][][][][] [][][]| |[][][][][][] [][][]| PAUSE |[][][][][][][] [][]| |[][][][][][] [][][]| \--------------------/

acheron 3y ago

Oh, “brick game” like Tetris, I initially assumed “brick game” like Breakout.

CodeWriter23 3y ago

I taught myself probably 5 languages making an ASCII version of Space Invaders way back in the day.

iamjackg 3y ago

This is very cool! I had one of these N-in-1 generic block game consoles when I was a kid. I was very surprised at the variety and surprisingly acceptable quality of all available games.

jpegqs 3y ago
Sadly, the Brick Game model from which the ROM dump was taken doesn't contain a racing game, which was in the Brick Game that I had as a child.

fattah25 3y ago

Is this the first design of tetris?

jpegqs 3y ago
I think not. There is not only Tetris, but also Snake, and two types of "shooters" - one removes blocks, the other creates. And many variations of these four basic games.

emersonrsantos 3y ago

I added Mac OS compatibility: https://github.com/ilyakurdyukov/brickgame-4bit/pull/1 https://github.com/ilyakurdyukov/brickgame-4bit/pull/1