Banana (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Victor Musical Industries[1] |
| Publisher(s) | Victor Musical Industries[1] |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo Family Computer |
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| Genre(s) | Puzzle-solving strategy[1] |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Banana (バナナ) is a video game for the Nintendo Family Computer released only in Japan, although at least one copy of a reproduction ROM translation cartridge for the North American/European NES is known to exist.[2]
[edit] Summary
The player gets to control a mole which digs through dirt collecting various fruits and vegetables.[1] In most stages, the produce must be collected in a specific order, or the player may become stuck and be forced to restart the stage. During the stages, the player must also retrieve a female mole.[1] When all objectives are complete, the player must make his way to the exit.[1] If the player dies, his character says something along the lines of "I'm beat.[2]"
A more detailed overview for Banana is available.[3]
Among the fruits the player must collect are bananas.[1] These are special fruits which give the player one of four items: a bomb, a ladder segment, a rope, or a rock. The player may use these if he takes a misstep in a stage and gets stuck. If a player walks under a rock, that rock shakes. When the player moves out from under the rock, the rock and any rocks on top of it fall. The player cannot die from a falling rock, but he may become stuck if it blocks his exit. There are 105 stages in Banana. Each stage progressively becomes more difficult. At the end of each stage, the number of steps the player took is totaled. This step count negatively affects the total score. A complete textual walkthrough of all 105 stages is available,[3] as are demonstration videos for the first several stages.[4]
[edit] Technical information
Banana was released in a green box containing a hot pink Nintendo Family Computer cartridge, with a yellow nine-page instruction manual printed exclusively in the Japanese language (aside from English game text references). The cartridge contains 48KB of ROM space (32KB PRG, 16KB CHR),[5] and used Mapper 3 as defined by the iNES mapper[6] numbering scheme. The catalog ID for Banana was 'VFR-B1-01'.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Banana game overview at MobyGames
- ^ a b Banana (NES translation cartridge)
- ^ a b GameFAQs: Banana FAQ/Walkthrough by A. Schultz
- ^ YouTube: Nes - Banana (1986)
- ^ a b NesCartDB: Banana
- ^ NesDev Wiki: iNES
