Brick Game emulator

The emulator of a portable Brick Game console that uses a 4-bit microcontroller from Holtek.

Works only on Linux.

How to run the game

1. Download the only known ROM dump here.

2. Run make to compile.

3. Now you can start the emulator:
   ./brickgame --rom E23PlusMarkII96in1.bin

• Run ./brickgame --help to show the configuation options.

• Use --save <filename> option to save game state on exit.

• Sound is not supported. At the beginning of the level the game plays a melody (which you won't hear), mute the sound (M key) so you don't have to wait.

• Here is a disassembler module for IDA to explore the ROM.

Experimental decompiler mode

Decompiles the ROM into C code. Not recommended.
Save states are incompatible with the emulator mode.

$ make DECOMPILED=1 ROMNAME=E23PlusMarkII96in1.bin
$ ./brickgame --save bricksave.bin

Made for ROM code research.

Controls

Key(s)	Action
Up/Space/W	rotate
Left/A	left
Down/S	down
Right/D	right
R	reset
M	mute
Escape	exit
P/Enter	start/pause
Tab	memory map

Gamepad controls

Key(s)	Action
Left Stick	L/R/down/rotate
D-Pad	L/R/down/rotate
A/B/X/Y	rotate
L1/R1	memory map
Select	mute
Start	start/pause
Mode	reset

Compile with GAMEPAD=1 option to enable gamepad support.

"Screenshots"

Game select screen:

      HI-SCORE              0

/--------------------\
|                    |
|                    | NEXT
|                    |
|      [][][]        |
|    []      []      |
|    []      []      |
|    []      []      |
|    []      []      | SPEED  0
|    []      []      |
|      [][][]        | LEVEL 12
|                    |
|    [][][][][]      |
|    []              |
|    [][][][]        |  ROTATE
|            []      |
|            []      |    -->
|    []      []      |
|      [][][]        |
|                    |
|                    |
\--------------------/

Tetris game:

         SCORE            1000

/--------------------\
|                    |
|                    | NEXT
|                    |
|                    | []
|            [][]    | [][]
|            [][]    |   []
|                    |
|                    | SPEED  0
|                    |
|                    | LEVEL  0
|                    |
|[][]                |
|[][]  []            |
|[][][][]            |  ROTATE
|[][][][]  []  [][][]|
|[][][][][][]  [][]  |    -->
|[][][][][]    [][][]|
|[][][][][][]  [][][]|  PAUSE
|[][][][][][][]  [][]|
|[][][][][][]  [][][]|
\--------------------/