Cameraman (SNES)

Cameraman is a homebrew game for the Super Nintendo. Take the hero through 30 film scenes to the EXIT door, using only the camera.

You never touch the hero. He walks on his own. Everything off camera freezes, the hero included. Point the camera to wake up bridges, presses and lifts. Look away to hold danger still. Every shot counts.

✨ Features

• 30 scenes in 5 films: The Ruins, The Factory, The Docks, The Castle and The Backlot.
• One rule for everything: what is on camera moves, what is off camera freezes.
• Two lenses: WIDE and CLOSE-UP, from Film 2 on.
• 3 stars per scene, par times, six ranks and a scene select.
• Battery save with 3 files, autosave and adjustable music and sound volume.
• Hidden secrets to discover.

🧩 How to Play

• The hero walks right on his own. Get him to the EXIT door.
• Freeze: anything outside the camera frame stops where it is, the hero too.
• Film to activate: bridges, presses, lifts, ferries, gates and springs work only while they are in the shot.
• Danger in the dark: a frozen object is still solid, and a falling one still hurts.
• A hit, a fall or a guard who sees the hero means CUT! RETAKE!
• Each scene gives up to 3 stars: SCENE FILMED, ONE TAKE and UNDER the par time.
• Watch the hint line at the top of the screen: it tells you what the scene needs now.

🕹️ Controls

Button	Action
D-Pad	Move the camera
Y (hold)	Fast camera move
L / R	Switch lens: WIDE or CLOSE-UP (from Film 2)
B (hold)	Scene at double speed
X (hold)	Scene at quadruple speed
SELECT (hold)	Retake the scene
START	Pause menu
A	Confirm / next scene
B	Back / shoot the scene again (clapper boxes)

FAST MOVE, LENS L, LENS R, SPEED X2 and SPEED X4 can be changed in OPTIONS > CONTROLS.

🏆 Achievements Suggestions

A suggested set of achievements. You can get all of them in a single playthrough.

• Action! — Clear Scene 1: First Steps.
• The Ruins — Wrap Film 1: The Ruins.
• The Factory — Wrap Film 2: The Factory.
• The Docks — Wrap Film 3: The Docks.
• The Castle — Wrap Film 4: The Castle.
• That's a Wrap! — Wrap Film 5: The Backlot and reach the premiere.
• Perfect Scene — Earn 3 stars in a scene.
• One Take Wonder — Clear 6 scenes in a row, each on take 01.
• Print It! — Wrap a film without a single retake, starting from its first scene.
• Perfect Film — Wrap a film with all 18 stars in one run, starting from its first scene.
• Rising Star — Clear a scene with 45 stars or more in your file.
• Star Power — Clear a scene with 75 stars or more in your file.
• Legend of the Lens — Reach the premiere with all 90 stars.
• Good Dog — Send a guard dog all the way back into its kennel.
• Timber! — Bring down a chandelier.
• Spring Loaded — Let a spring throw the hero up.
• Open Sesame — Open a door with its pressure plate.
• Fast Forward — Clear a scene of The Backlot in under 80 seconds of timecode.
• Stunt Double — Clear Scene 28: Stunt Day on take 01.
• Director's Cut — Clear Scene 30: The Premiere with 3 stars.
• Quiet on the Set! (Easter Egg) — On the title screen, the clapper answers to the shoulders.
• Wrong Floor (Easter Egg) — Not every lift ride goes up.

💾 How to Run

• ROM file: Cameraman_v1.smc (LoROM, NTSC, 1 MB, 2 KB battery save).
• Tested emulators: Snes9x, bsnes and Mesen-S (also as RetroArch cores).
• The manual (PDF) is in the download.

📝 Version

v2 — November 2026: Hold B or X to fast-forward a scene (2x / 4x)
v1 — November 2026: Initial release