Haunted House: By Matchlight

Atari 2600 Haunted House, rule for rule, as a native NES game - in a new mansion with a cellar and four floors. Happy Halloween

ROM

With music Each floor has its own song. Ambient No tunes on the floors. Only the house, and whatever else is in it.

Keys

`←↑↓→`	walk
`X`	light a match; put down what you hold
`Enter`	start a game
`Shift`	choose the game, 1-9
`Z`	a hint (on the title: the help)
`Z`+`Shift`	lights on (a cheat)

How to play

You're the pair of eyes, in the dark. Find the three pieces of the urn and carry the whole urn out of the front door, on the Foyer's right-hand edge, where you start.

Light a match to see what's near you. A monster in the room blows it out. You can hold one thing at a time: the scepter keeps monsters from chasing you; the master key opens locked doors.

Game 1 is the gentlest: the walls always show. Stairs are at the rooms' edges.

Download the ROMs for any NES emulator, or a real NES with an MMC3 cartridge.

How it's made, on GitHub.