Simpsons Trivia

Simpsons Trivia game ported to the Sega MegaDrive / Genesis.

RELEASE

Monday, 15th November 2021

INTRO

The Simpsons is a hit TV show that has become a world wide phenomenon.
Therefore, it seems only natural to build a Simpsons Trivia game for the SMS!

INSTRUCTIONS

Simple: move joystick Up and Down to select a multi-choice answer: A, B, C, D.
Press button A to select an answer or progress forward through any prompts.
Note: Press button B to always go back. Joystick Left and Right are not used.

TOOLS

Programming: SGDK
Language: C
Visual Studio 2015
Graphics: RseizeImage.net / BMP converter
Music: Audacity / YouTube
Emulators: Fusion / Gens

SOURCE CODE

http://github.com/SteveProXNA/SimpsonsTriviaMD

ROM HACKING

You can hack this ROM!
Download and dump VintageVanHalen-1.0.bin into Hex Editor, e.g. HxD, and modify bytes:

0x01DF 0=debug on otherwise off.
0x01E0 0=there's no help at all.
0x01E1 0=randomly ask questions.
0x01E2 0=music on otherwise off.
0x01E3 0=sound on otherwise off.

CHEAT

Some of the questions may be tough so you can cheat if necessary!
Either hack the ROM [above] to show the answers for every quiz OR

Alternatively on the Title screen whenyou're prompted to "Press Start"
Press button B five times and you will have answers to current quiz!

CREDITS

Extra special thanks to: @MegadriveDev for the SGDK github.com/Stephane-D/SGDK
Plus big shout out to the MegaDrive community for their on line help and support esp:
@bigevilboss / @matteusbeus / @MoonWatcherMD / @ohsat_games / @SpritesMind

SOCIAL MEDIA

You Tube https://youtu.be/w1sGgfijtf0

DOCUMENTATION

Links to documentation on games written for the Sega MegaDrive using the SGDK:
https://steveproxna.blogspot.com/2020/09/sgdk-programming-setup.html
https://steveproxna.blogspot.com/2020/11/sgdk-programming-sample.html

COMPANY BIO

StevePro Studios is an independent game developer that builds and publishes 80s + 90s retro arcade video games!
Founded by Steven Boland "SteveProXNA" (Jan-2007) a "one man team of one" currently based in Dublin, Ireland.

CONTACT

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