Smash T.V. (NES)

Smash T.V.

Platform: NES Year: 1991 Developer: Beam Software Pty, Ltd. Buy: Amazon

Smash T.V. is an action game which is a home console port of the arcade game. In this game, you (and a friend) must go through three levels, each containing many stages as well as a boss at the end of each one. The main goal is to wipe out all of the enemies in each level to progress to the next one.

Screenshots

The game's title screen. Obliterating enemies with the machine gun. "Big money, big prizes, I love it!"

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Music

The game has a very short soundtrack, especially for 1991. There are only four songs, one of them is unused, and the stage theme doesn't even loop. The stage theme and ending theme are ported from the arcade version composed by Jonathan Hey, and the other two songs (Game Over and Unused Song) were original songs composed by Marshall Parker. Marshall wrote the music in Music Macro Language using Brian Post's version of the Beam Software sound driver. The unused song sounds like it was meant to be for the title screen since there is no music there.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Programmer	Length	Listen	Download
01	Stage Theme	Jonathan Hey	Marshall Parker	Brian Post	0:47		Download
02	Game Over	Marshall Parker	Marshall Parker	Brian Post	0:03		Download
03	Ending Theme	Jonathan Hey	Marshall Parker	Brian Post	1:17		Download
04	Unused Song	Marshall Parker	Marshall Parker	Brian Post	1:02		Download

Credits

• Ripper: N/A
• Recorder: Doommaster1994
• Game Credits:
  • Not Credited Composer: Jonathan Hey credited as Jon Hey
  • Not Credited Composer/Arranger: Marshall Parker
  • Not Credited Sound Effects: Gavan Anderson
  • Not Credited Programmer: Brian Post

(Source: Arcade, verification from Marshall; game lacks audio credits.)

While the game has a staff roll after beating the game, it curiously leaves out any audio credits. Marshall isn't sure why his name isn't in this version, though we have received verification from Marshall that he worked on this game. While Parker was not credited in this version, his name would be credited in the SNES version.

The original arcade game also has credits, but only lists the names of the staff. Jonathan Hey has identified himself as the game's sound composer.

Game Rip

Format	Download
	N/A

Ripping NES music is an arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site. The music was recorded in VirtuaNSF.

Audio Devices

Smash T.V. uses the NES' Ricoh 2A03 sound chip.

Releases

EU Title: Smash T.V. Platform: NES Released: 1991-??-?? Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment     USA Title: Smash T.V. Platform: NES Released: 1991-09-?? Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment

Links

• mobygames.com/game/nes/smash-tv - MobyGames.
• https://gamefaqs.com/nes/587629-smash-tv - GameFAQs.