Arlington Apple in an Interplanetary Pickle - NES Rom
About
Our second release for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Arlington Apple in an Interplanetary Pickle*, a short gravity defying platformer. Stuck on a small asteroid, prepare to frantically scramble over every available surface searching for the three crystals to power up your car and get off this rock.
Download the rom and use it on a NES or in an NES emulator of your choice
ONLINE
You can play the game online here (uses flash):
https://crunchpress.co.uk/nesbox/
Please note this is the post-ld version! Should you end up playing Mario, rate the emotions you feel. Should you play something by LJN, rate the opposite. We're working on a trust system here, people.
WINDOWS
You're awesome, thanks for trying our game. Here's the best NES emulator around for Windows:
http://www.fceux.com/web/download.html
Download the ROM file below and run it in this.
LINUX
You're the best. Hope you're using TOR too, champ. For NES emulators, you've either already got one, or: http://www.zophar.net/linux/nes/fce-ultra.html
*was originally called "A Small World before we decided on a title
changelog since LD deadline:
RC3 - bug fix on jump and platform collision
RC4 to RC7a - more bugfixes, most found courtesy of the lovely people on forums.nesdev.com.
post-ludum dare1 - disabled coins
post-ludum dare 2 - fixed side entrance for anyone who went out the exit before collecting the crystals. fixed unintentional level warp.
post-ludum dare 3 - coins now collectable. changed crystals posted the wrong file
post-ludum dare 4 - corrected file, coins now collecatble and changed crystals
comments on the game
the game currently has no sound or music. this may or may not be rectified.
In the LD version, the coins cannot be collected. They can in the post-LD version, but do not yet do anything. More soon!