jakimpl / magnetizer

NES Port of Wackyjackie's Magnetizer

Magnetizer

Magnetizer is a not-that-simple logic puzzle game where the objective is escape the labirynth. Magnetizer can stop its movement only by hitting a wall or another obstacle.

The game has been originally written by Wackyjackie. This is a port for NES console, fully fully reflects the original logic of the game, along with originally composed levels and level sets.

Magnetizer contains 7 different level sets of varying difficulty and a main theme. In comparison with the original the game extends some level sets (Sandstorm, Ghostly Rooms). The medal thresholds have been reduced, so it is much harder to beat the score. But hey, we didn't say it is going to be easy! Also, there is a brand new level set, One-way Roads, with 6 thematic levels!

Controls

Menu controls:

• up/down arrows: level change
• left/right arrows: level set change
• START: choose a level
• A: toggle music ON/OFF
• B: toggle sound ON/OFF

Game controls:

• arrows: movement
• A: next level
• B: restart level
• SELECT: return to menu

Authors

• idea: Wackyjackie
• code: Jakim, Wackyjackie (original code)
• graphics: Wackyjackie
• music/sound effects: Jakim
• level design: Jakim, Wackyjackie, klapekboy
• sound engine: FamiTone2 by Shiru

Original game site: http://magnetizer.xn.pl/.

Compiling the source

The game is written in NESasm 6502 Assembler. To install the assembler, please download the source code from the GitHub repository and follow the instructions: https://github.com/camsaul/nesasm

After a successful NESasm installation, in order to compile the game, run:

nesasm magnetizer.asm

Moreover, if you want to debug the game for any reason, you may also want to produce a magnetizer.nes.0.nl file for FCEUX, containing helpful procedure labels. In order to create such file, please run the following:

python converter/fns2nl.py

after compiling the game.

Running the game

Game is compiled to a .NES file. It can be opened by any NES emulator out there. I recommend FCEUX. It also can be played on some mobile phones with possible emulators out there (like Nestopia for Android devices).

Please download the latest version of FCEUX. The game is reported to not working correctly on older versions.