Super Nostalgia Zone

Super Nostalgia Zone is a Roblox game developed by CloneTrooper1019. It simulates the older game engine of Roblox, mainly focusing on the 2006-2008 era with a few extra bits and pieces from 2009–2010. Super Nostalgia Zone features 31 old Roblox games, with more coming soon.

The game allows the player to wear old shirts, pants, faces, T-shirts, and hats with the in-game currency "Tix". Tix is earned daily in amounts of 10, which is very similar to how Tix functioned.

Four special hats can be obtained in the game are:

• The Riddling Skull
• Sinister P.
• Ruby Serpent Mummy Mask
• Orange Paintball Mask
• Mystery Box III

They are earned by completing replicas of old event places from 2008 and 2009 respectively. However, they can only be obtained during October because they are Halloween-themed. (Note: acquiring these hats will only give you them in-game, meaning it doesn't give you these items on the Roblox site.)

List of Games

This is a list of all the current 29 Super Nostalgia Zone games, in alphabetical order.

• Balance
• Chaos Canyon
• Community Construction
• Crossroads
• Dodge The Teapots of Doom!
• Doomspire Brickbattle
• Glass Houses
• Happy Home In Robloxia!
• Haunted Mansion
• HERE, where the world is quiet
• King of the Hill
• Minigame World
• Mini Robloxia
• Nevermoor's Blight
• Pinball Wizards!
• ROBLOX Bowling Alley
• ROBLOX Halloween Paintball 2009
• ROBLOX Halloween Treasure Hunt 2009
• ROBLOX World Headquarters
• Rocket Arena
• Rocket Fight Advanced
• Santa's Winter Stronghold
• Sunset Plains
• Super Nostalgia Zone Sandbox
• Sword Fights on the Heights IV
• The Undead Coming
• The Underground War
• Thrillville
• Ultimate Paintball
• Yorick's Resting Place

Games

Balance

Balance is a Super Nostalgia Zone Game. The aim of the game is to fight other players on a baseplate, with a Superball. The Trowel is used for defense.

Tips

• Try to predict where your target is going to go next. While your predictions may not be correct, you can still try again.
• Try to move around a lot so you don't get hit.
• Try to be able to jump and move around while still having accuracy with your shots. This way it can get you more KOs and fewer wipeouts.
• You can still die from getting hit off the map by the ball even if you have the shield.
• If the map is flat enough, try using the trowel to block any incoming superballs. If the map is tilted, the bricks will slide right off.

Chaos Canyon

Chaos Canyon is a game where you have to fight with BrickBattle tools. Unlike most BrickBattle games, the map is larger and has a Wild West theme.

Community Construction

This game is about building structures with tools such as the Move Tool. The map has a blue river.

Crossroads

This game is an original BrickBattle game created by the user ROBLOX.

Dodge The Teapots of Doom!

The aim is to dodge teapots to avoid getting killed. When you complete it, you spawn on a platform.

Tips

• There are walls that you can go behind. They're not completely safe, but it's better to be behind them then stay in the open.
• As more people complete it, the difficulty is increased, and the teapots move more erratically.

Glass Houses

This is a game where you have to fight the opposing team with BrickBattle tools. There are also turrets to help fight the opposing team.

Tips

• The turrets can be destroyed, so stay away from the turrets if an opposing team member is targeting you.

Happy Home In Robloxia

This game is a place where you build around the house. This also used to be the starter house in 2010–14.

Haunted Mansion

This game is similar to other BrickBattle games, but all the tools are more Halloween-themed.

Tips

• Use the Halloween themed Jetboots to have less opacity, making it harder for opponents to see you.

King of the Hill

The aim is to capture the hill and become the 'king' by sitting on a chair to get the crown. The king has to throw boulders to stop the other people (peasants) from killing you.

Minigame World

This game is where you play minigames, similar to Person299's Minigames. Examples of minigames are Iceberg Stomp, Race to the Flag and Red VS Blue Soccer.

Mini Robloxia

This game is about exploring 'mini' structures.

Nevermoor's Blight

This game is about exploring different places, similar to Mini Robloxia.

Pinball Wizards!

This game is about fighting opponents with Pinball Guns.

ROBLOX Halloween Treasure Hunt 2009

This game is an event from 2009 where you have to find treasure chests.

Roblox World Headquarters

This game is a BrickBattle game where you have to fight near a fictional Roblox HQ.

Rocket Arena

This game is another BrickBattle game where you fight with rocket launchers. Jetboots and trowels are also included.

Tips

• If a bridge is broken, or you need to get somewhere currently inaccessible, use jetboots.
• Hiding under a bridge is a good strategy if you need to regenerate your health.

Rocket Fight Advanced

This game is similar to Rocket Arena, except you also have a superball and a sword.

Tips

• If someone is near the edge of the map, try knocking them off with a superball.

Santa's Winter Stronghold

This game is an event game from 2006. If you are on the Santa team, you have to collect as many presents as possible. If you are the Elves team, you have to fight the Santa team and collect presents.

Sunset Plains

In this game, you fight with BrickBattle tools over several maps

Sword Fights on the Heights IV

This game is a sword fighting game created by Shedletsky. There are a multitude of swords scattered across the map, and each sword has its perks.

Tips

• Use Trampolines to evade your foes.
• Go into a Teleportation Gate or use a Touchstone to warp to safety if you are low on health.
• If you have jetboots and an enemy is chasing you, use the jetboots and hover over them. This strategy also
  applies with the Ghostwalker.

The Undead Coming

This game is where the Humans team have to fight the Zombies team using a pistol while the Zombies try to kill the Humans. When a Human dies they respawn on the Zombies team and try to kill off the rest of the Humans.

The Underground War

In this game, you have two tools: the swuvel and the sniper. You have to use these to dig tunnels and fight the opposing team. You also have to try and capture the opponent's flag.

Thrillville

This game is a roleplay game situated in a fictional town called Thrillville.

Ultimate Paintball

This game is where you have to fight the opposing team with paintball guns.

Tips

• There is a river that loops behind both of the team's bases. Use this to sneak attack the opposing team.

Yorick's Resting Place

This game is similar to the ROBLOX Halloween Treasure Hunt where you can also gain items.

Shop

This is where you can buy 'Tix' with real Robux. This will show the prices for buying each amount of 'tix':

Image	Amount	Price
	15 Tix	6 ROBUX
	37 Tix	9 ROBUX
	75 Tix	22 ROBUX
	150 Tix	24 ROBUX
	375 Tix	44 ROBUX
	750 Tix	88 ROBUX
	1,500 Tix	78 ROBUX
	3,750 Tix	187 ROBUX
	7,500 Tix	350 ROBUX
	15,000 Tix	675 ROBUX
	37,500 Tix	1,600 ROBUX
	75,000 Tix	3,100 ROBUX
	150,000 Tix	6,000 ROBUX
	375,000 Tix	14,400 ROBUX
	750,000 Tix	27,500 ROBUX
	1,000,000 Tix	35,000 ROBUX

Nostalgia Club

Nostalgia Club is Super Nostalgia Zone's version of Roblox's Builders Club. It costs 500 Robux per 30 days. The description on the game says: "With Nostalgia Club, your daily login is increased to 250 tickets a day, and you get a cool hat to keep! You also receive a complementary 1,000 tickets for free.".

Settings Page

The settings page can change the aesthetics and performance of your Super Nostalgia Zone experience.

In-Game Music

This setting will toggle the in-game music.

Character Bevels

This option toggles bevels. Bevels were the smooth edges on bricks that were removed in 2013.

Classic Sky Style

This setting toggles the classic, less realistic skybox design.

Click To Move

This setting enables the classic click to move feature, removed in 2012. 

30 FPS Cap

This setting limits Super Nostalgia Zone's FPS to 30.

Follower Camera

This setting toggles the Follower Camera. The camera will follow your character, as opposed to it being free moving.

Reduced Particles

This setting reduces particles to improve graphics performance.

Retro Explosions

This setting toggles pre-2008 explosions, which were simple red spheres.

Tool Equip Sound Bug

This setting toggles the old sound bug that would occur whenever a sword was equipped.

Stencil Shadows

Turn shadows on or off.

Stats Page

The stats page shows how many knock-outs, and wipeouts you have. It also shows your knockout/wipeout ratio, how much badges you have, how many places you've visited, and how much friends you have encountered in games. Lastly, it shows the badges you have and don't have, as well as their descriptions.

​​​Badges

Combat Initiation

Description: "This badge is given to any players who has proven their combat abilities by accumulating 10 victories in battle. Players who have this badge are not complete newbies and know how to handle there weapons."

Warrior

Description: "This badge is given to the warriors of Robloxia, who have time and time again overwhelmed their foes in battle. To earn this badge, you must rack up 100 knockouts. Anyone with this badge knows what to do in a fight!"

​​​​​Bloxxer

Description: "Anyone who has earned this badge is a very dangerous player indeed. It is given to the warrior who have bloxxed at least 250 enemies and who has tasted victory more times than he or she has suffered defeat. Salute! Those Robloxians who excel at combat can one day hope they will achieve this honor, the Bloxxer badge.

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Inviter

​​​Description: "This badge is awarded to players who have invited 3 friends into a single game session."

Friendship

Description: "This badge is awarded to players who encounter a friend in-game over 10 times. Note that you don't have to encounter an individual friend 10 times, the counter just increases for every friend that you encounter in a game."

Ambassador

Description: "This badge is awarded to players who visit every single place in Super Nostalgia Zone."

Avatar Page

The avatar page will allow you to change your body color by clicking on the part you want to change. You can also wear any T-shirt, by putting in the AssestId of the T-shirt, image, or decal. There are also some pre assorted T-shirts.

Catalog Page

The Catalog page is right below the avatar page. You can browse and buy various hats, shirts, pants, and faces. You can also search for the said items using the search bar.

Hats

The following table will show the list of hats and their prices.

Needs a little fixing, so it is similar to above.

Image	Item	Price
	No Hat	Free
	2008 Roblox Visor	8 Tix
	2007 Roblox Visor	8 Tix
	Ribbons	20 Tix
	Lampshade	25 Tix
	Blue Winter Cap	29 Tix
	Kitty Ears	30 Tix
	Mouse Ears	30 Tix
	Chef Hat	35 Tix
	Firefighter Helmet	40 Tix
	Stage Prop	50 Tix
	Paper Bag	60 Tix
	Red Baseball Cap	60 Tix
	Screw	70 Tix
	Little Fluffy Cloud	85 Tix
	Sapling	100 Tix
	Astronaut Helmet	115 Tix
	Ninja Mask of Shadows	120 Tix
	Game Input Device	125 Tix
	Target Hat	150 Tix
	Lavender Baseball Cap	150 Tix
	Brickasaw Headband	160 Tix
	Antennae	200 Tix
	Headrow	210 Tix
	Blue Baseball Cap	240 Tix
	Hammerhead	250 Tix
	Headstack	280 Tix
	Satellite Dish	325 Tix
	Cheese Hat	350 Tix
	Picnic Hat	390 Tix
	Superbrick Visor	400 Tix
	Monstars Visor	400 Tix
	Blue Snipers Visor	400 Tix
	Roblox Rogues Visor	400 Tix
	Question Mark	420 Tix
	Wizard's Hat	500 Tix
	Vegetable Hat	500 Tix
	Bandana	600 Tix
	Chessboard	640 Tix
	Arrow Hat	670 Tix
	Bighead	700 Tix
	Green Baseball Cap	750 Tix
	The Agonizingly Ugly Yellow Baseball Cap	750 Tix
	Native American Headdress	760 Tix
	Police Cap	770 Tix
	Emerald Eye	850 Tix
	Thunderstorm Hat	860 Tix
	Biology Textbook	900 Tix
	Chemistry Textbook	900 Tix
	Helmet	930 Tix
	Straw Hat	980 Tix
	Traffic Cone	1,000 Tix
	Hunting Hat	1,050 Tix
	Princess Hat	1,090 Tix
	Red Stetson	1,150 Tix
	LOL Sign	1,200 Tix
	Viking Helm	1,250 Tix
	Teakettle Hat	1,337 Tix
	Fruit Hat	1,500 Tix
	Police Sergeants Cap	2,000 Tix
	Striped Hat	2,050 Tix
	Brown Cowboy Hat	2,140 Tix
	Bunny Ears	2,420 Tix
	Italian Ski Cap	3,000 Tix
	Tan Stetson	3,540 Tix
	Navy Captain Hat	4,050 Tix
	Sombrero	4,500 Tix
	Golden Crown	5,000 Tix
	BiggerHead	5,500 Tix
	Jester's Cap	5,950 Tix
	Tiara	7,000 Tix
	Bucket	7,331 Tix
	Fedora	9,000 Tix
	Coif of Glory	9,500 Tix
	Got Milk Visor	10,000 Tix
	Teapot Hat	13,337 Tix
	White Cowboy Hat	14,000 Tix
	Pirate Captain's Hat	20,000 Tix
	The Void Star	20,000 Tix
	Kaiser Helm	27,500 Tix
	Valkyrie Helm	30,000 Tix
	Clockwork's Headphones	33,920 Tix
	Purple Banded Top Hat	50,000 Tix
	The Crimson Catseye	50,000 Tix
	JJ5x5's White Top Hat	100,000 Tix
	Happy 100K Day	100,000 Tix
	Ninja Mask of Awesome	150,000 Tix
	The Bluesteel Bathelm	250,000 Tix
	The Ice Crown	250,000 Tix
	The Agonizingly Ugly Bucket of Doom	300,000 Tix
	Sparkle Time Fedora	500,000 Tix
	The Kleos Aphthiton	750,000 Tix
	Domino Crown	1,000,000 Tix

Shirts

The following table will show the shirts and their prices.

Image	Item	Price
	No Shirt	Free
	White Shirt	20 Tix
	Camo-Shirt	40 Tix
	Link	100 Tix
	Bone Armor	100 Tix
	Stanford Sweatshirt	125 Tix
	Cloud	200 Tix
	Battle Shirt of Awesomeness	200 Tix
	Nuke the Whales	250 Tix
	Spartan Armor	250 Tix
	Emerald Armor	250 Tix
	Wave	300 Tix
	Offer	300 Tix
	Ruby	300 Tix
	Vision	300 Tix

Pants

The following table will show the list of pants and their prices.

Image	Item	Price
	No Pants	Free
	Toxic	100 Tix
	Bone Armor	100 Tix
	Jeans	125 Tix
	Grey Wizard Robes	125 Tix
	Cloud	200 Tix
	Battle Pants of Awesomeness	200 Tix
	Emerald Armor	250 Tix
	Red Wizard Robes	250 Tix
	Twisted Metal	300 Tix
	Offer	300 Tix
	Dark Armor	300 Tix
	Ruby	300 Tix
	Vision	300 Tix
	Wave	300 Tix

Faces

The following table will show the list of faces and their prices.

Image	Item	Price
	Default	Free
	Lazy Eye	100
	Drool	150
	Good Intentioned	150
	Glee	250
	Alright	250
	Winky	450
	Fang	500
	Chubs	800
	Toothy Grin	950
	O.o	1000
	Classic Goof	1000
	Daring	1000
	Uh Oh	1050
	Mysterious	1230
	Chippy McTooth	1440
	It's Go Time!	1500
	:-/	1500
	Slickfang	1750
	Fearless	2500
	I Am Not Amused	2500
	Aghast	3000
	RAWR!	3000
	Hmmm...	3333
	Frightful	4500
	Frightening Unibrow	8000
	Sad	9000
	Classic Vampire	10000
	Sinister	10001
	Emotionally Distressed Zombie	20000
	Stitchface	40000
	Existential Angst	50000

Games Page

The Games page shows all of the available games, as well as how many players there are, and how much servers are active. It also gives you the option to create a solo server that friends can also join which is very similar to VIP Servers except in the older versions of Roblox.

Friends Page

The Friends page shows what your friends are playing. (Only if your friends are currently playing Super Nostalgia Zone.)

Interview

The following interview was between Thundermaker300 and CloneTrooper1019 on Jul 15, 2019, as part of the Developer Connections Project.

What was it like developing Super Nostalgia Zone?

What challenges did you have to overcome while developing? What was the most challenging?

Ironically enough, the challenges I ran into revolved around accurately replicating how gimicky and awkward Roblox felt to play back then. Super Nostalgia Zone's mechanics clash heavily with Roblox's more modern polish, and a lot of the time I found myself having to reimplement lots of features and mechanics that either no longer existed on Roblox, or no longer behaved like they used to. The key focus for me was accuracy and attention to detail. I tried to replicate every minor quirk and feature I could observe, striking a balance between authenticity and user experience. Every feature and mechanic in the game has a meticulous amount of detail put into it. From accurately emulating how the old character animations felt, to the explosion and forcefield effects, the user interface, camera, controls, cylinders, humanoids, lens flares and skybox, really everything in the game is something that I put a lot of attention to detail into, and I'm quite satisfied with how everything has turned out.

The biggest challenge by far was the restoration of Roblox's bevel feature. This is something that I introduced fairly recently, and it required me to do things that I feel confident saying no Roblox developer has ever had to deal with. I wrote an external program that would procedurally generate bevel meshes for me, and these meshes would be turned into MeshParts which I would then batch into .rbxm files that I could load into Roblox Studio. Bricks in the game are swapped out at runtime with these bevel parts, so I had to adjust a lot of existing code in the game to compensate for these new constraints.

I ended up adding write support to a C# library I had written earlier in the year to accomplish the automation of this task. There were a few other attempts I made prior to arriving at the procedurally generated MeshPart solution (such as utilizing the in-game CSG API and having a custom LOD system written in Lua) but I'll spare you the details as it would take up several more paragraphs for me to explain all the hiccups and issues I ran into getting this all to work. Solving challenges like this is the kind of thing I live for, I love to push boundaries and using newer Roblox technology in ways that were not expected.

What did you enjoy most while developing Super Nostalgia Zone?

Is there anything else you'd like to share?

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