5nake

5nake
File:5nakeds.png
General
Author(s)	JustBurn, MattTS, Kepler
Type	Arcade
Version	31072009
Licence	Mixed
Links
[Media:5nake31072009ds.zip Download]
Website

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5nake is based on the oldschool Snake games but with a few new features and modes.

It was voted the 16th Top DS homebrew in the 2009 best DS homebrew contest.

Features

• 6 graphical themes with unlock-able ones
• 3 modes including Mission, Survival and Practice
• A variety of power-ups
• Save feature(can be disabled)
• Level editor

Installation

1. Download and extract file
2. DLDI patch it and copy it to your card

User guide

Themes

• Default
• Arcade
• Vector
• Electro (Complete Easy mode to unlock)
• ASCII (Complete Normal mode to unlock)
• Editor (Complete Normal mode to unlock)

Modes

Mission

• Play the game by collecting the required
• number of fruits to complete the level.
• Once you complete a level it is unlocked in practise mode.

Practice

• Play the levels you already unlocked with no time or score limit.

Survival

• You need to keep eating fruits to survive.
• If you run out of steps it's game over!

Difficulties

Easy

• Less fruit to collect but each one is worth only 75%.
• "Slow motion" powerup lasts 20 secs.
• "Don't grow" powerup lasts 33 secs.
• "Score multiplier" powerup lasts 40 secs.
• Survival start with 401 steps, 41 step per fruit.

Normal

• Maximum of 1 power-up per fruit.
• "Slow motion" powerup lasts 15 secs.
• "Don't grow" powerup lasts 25 secs.
• "Score multiplier" powerup lasts 30 secs.
• Survival start with 300 steps, 30 step per fruit.

Hard

• More fruit to collect.
• No powerups.
• Survival start with 224 steps, 21 step per fruit.

Gameplay

Control the snake to collect fruits and avoid obstacles.

Collecting the fruits will increase your score and make your snake grow.

Watch out for power-ups such as slow motion, don't grow, shrink, score multipliers and extra lives (Easy and Normal difficulty only).

The game can keep track of your high scores using the save features on libfat compatible cards (NDS) and savegame (GBA).

Controls

Basic

Y or Left - Move snake left

A or Right - Move snake right

X or Up - Move snake up

B or Down - Move snake down

Shoulder R - Enable super snake

Shoulder L - Disable super snake

You can also control the snake using the touch screen.

Map Editor

D-Pad or Stylus - Allow to move around the map

Keys L or R - Select the drawing tile (or 5nake position/direction)

Key A or Stylus in Paint mode - Insert the tile into the map

Key B - Insert a empty tile into the map

Keys START or SELECT - Go back into the menu

Compatibility

• Flashcard iTouchDS with firmware 3.7g
• EDGE Flashcard with firmware 1.7
• Cyclo Evolution DS flashcard with firmware 1.58
• Flashcard R4 DS firmware 1.24 (Bate) and YSMenu Unofficial
• Flashcard TTDS / DSTT with firmware 1.17a12

Troubleshooting

Q: The game crash each time i enable the save feature.

• Make sure you patched your game if your card doesn't patch it automatically and if the card supports homebrew.

Q: When i start the game, there's no music or the music keeps playing even if I turn it off in the title menu.

• It seems to be a problem with Maxmod on some cards, can't solve it, sorry.

Credits

Programming: JustBurn and MattTS Music & Sound: Kepler

Thanks to: Ph0x, Guyfawkes, Tom and Deww