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Play Nervous Brickdown (US edition · English / French / German / Spanish / Italian) Online
Nervous Brickdown
Play Nervous Brickdown online and explore its Nintendo DS gameplay. Guide a ball with the stylus through brick-breaking worlds that keep changing the paddle's role. See how to start and use the original controls.
Browser play
Nintendo DS (NDS) — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B / X / Y | Z / X / A / S |
| L / R | Q / E |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
| Microphone | Not assigned |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Nervous Brickdown
Quick start
Choose Arcade, use the arrows to select an available world and tap an unlocked level, then OK. Position the paddle with the stylus and wait a few seconds for the ball to be served automatically. Follow the rebound and move into its return path; check the new world's rules before advancing.
Controls
Move the paddle with the stylus on the touch screen. Some games allow movement around the screen, while others keep it at the bottom. Menus and level selection also use touch. START pauses. Blow into the microphone when a world or unlocked blow feature requires it; keep the paddle under control while responding to those hazards.
Nervous Brickdown — About this game
Nervous Brickdown starts with a ball, paddle and breakable targets, then reshapes that familiar idea across ten DS worlds. Some stages let the paddle move more freely, while others ask you to draw it, handle unusual hazards or adapt to a different visual theme. Ghosts, rescue scenes and microphone interactions keep the task from becoming the same wall of bricks every time. Arcade advances through the worlds and their bosses, with medals and bonuses providing reasons to revisit levels. Read each world's instructions before assuming the previous paddle rule still applies.
Nervous Brickdown Game manuals
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · nds
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
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