Mattock Mike

[NESLurker]

Mattock Mike: The Legend of Pete

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File: Mattock Mike TLOP [US] [Dec22].NES
Size: 512KB (ish)

EDIT:
updated, final release, MATTOCK MIKE TLOP [US] [JAN23].
released map files.
Is attached to this post in .zip format.
Free to share.

Zip
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it's a big game but no save or password, so you'll have to rely on emulator save slots.

it's massive, but pretty easy. i started it YEARS ago but came back to it recently to make it for my mother whom has Parkinson's and playing vid games together is one of the few things we enjoy. unfortunately it can't run on the cheap emulator box we got so i'll have to shop for another. i didn't plan it for public release, but i'd hate to see it go to waste.

if you beat it please let me know.

for quality, consider it a beta.<---

credits:
me - some stuff.
NESMaker product creators - infinite stuff.
Dale_Coop - more things than i can list.
Bucket Mouse, TurtuleRescueNES - enemy AI
stevensheperd - edge collision fix
ChroniclerOfLegends - bank switching
nesmaker community - endless odds and ends.

tested on
Mesen 0.9.9

 

[Lord_Klump_Of_Kongo_Bongo]

Cool! What's your game about when I have time to download and play it?

 

[NESLurker]

Mattock Mike enters the mines to hunt for Pickaxe Pete [link]

you don't know where to go, you don't know what to do. You just know that Pete disappeared somewhere out there in the mines. Last seen 20 March 1984 when his console was discontinued.

when you find the objective it will be simple, but take a while to complete.
(game uses all Overworld and Underworld space)

Spoiler: Mattock:

mattock: a hand tool used for digging, prying, and chopping. Similar to
the pickaxe, it has a long handle and a stout head which combines either a vertical
axe blade with a horizontal adze (cutter mattock), or a pick and an adze (pick mattock).
A cutter mattock is similar to a Pulaski used in fighting fires. It is also commonly
known in North America as a "grub axe".

You have no health bar, all damage kills.
you have infinite lives.
you have checkpoints.
you take fall damage.

and it's probably buggy - like i said, i didn't plan it for public release.
And even i haven't actually played it start to finish because playing on a keyboard kills my joints.

(1 known bug so far - you can slip when walking through ladder blocks if there is no solid block under your feet)

And if you go into the Dark Place... be careful. "Things" sort of... move.... in the dark.

 

[NESLurker]

Spoiler: Random Screenshots

 

[dale_coop]

Looks nice. Great work!

 

[JamesNES]

Think you've got a good base there! I had Digger T Rock as a kid, like those cave diving vibes.

 

[NESLurker]

I wasn't going to do any more work on it, but, alas, as is always the case, my dear mother playing it managed to find a broken spot.
Original post updated.

Repaired:
- unlinked door in Troll World resulting in super easy first key grab in Castle World
- misaligned screen joint resulting in being kicked to neighboring screen
- unbreakable breakable block is now a breakable breakable block ( did i say that right? )
- added missing ladder in troll world

as always, rememer i really just made this for an elderly family member with Parkensons so expect it to be a fairly easy-though long- game.