This is a run of Amazing Spider-Man for the DOS. It uses a glitch to complete the game very quick.
  • Emulator used - JPC-rr 11.2
  • Heavy glitch abuse
  • Genre: Platform
  • Genre: Action

Stuff to know

  • Jumping is faster then walking
  • In order to the glitch, Spidey must be standing and not crawling

How to do the glitch

  • Make your way to the foyer
  • Climb up on to the helicopter
  • When the helicopter reaches the bottom, get off.
  • If you are at Mysterio's End, climb back up on to the helicopter.
  • When the helicopter has reached its peak, jump to the left.
  • Hold spacebar and up+left to shoot a web. This will carry to the left easier.
  • If done correctly, spidey will be standing up in the wall. If he is crouching, crawl out and try again.
  • Press up to fall down through the wall, then pull yourself onto the platform. Make sure you go on to the platform on the bottom (spidey should be upside down)
  • Stand up, walk to the left, stand on the button. The bad guy will fall and the game is complete.

Closing Comments

Thanks to Vampier for linking to the glitched video on the forums, and revertebrae on YouTube for a glitch demonstration which can be found here.
I hope you like this short, glitchy run!

DarkKobold: Claimed, to give me an excuse to install JPC-rr on my new compy.

DarkKobold: Nitrogen, Nitrogen, does whatever a nitro can, glitches through walls, kills a boss, look out, here comes a publication!
accepted.


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Normally i would say Yes, but thennI thought "its not the same hack" so ill stick with meh.
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From IRC discussion: 17:39 <Ilari> How long would this game be if played "properly"? 17:39 <nitrogenesis> about 20 minutes 17:39 <nitrogenesis> it'd be really boring 17:40 <Ilari> Ah, goodie.
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It's now on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWOTPyw_tuI I'm still adding some info - that's why it's unlisted
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Normally i would say Yes, but thennI thought "its not the same hack" so ill stick with meh.
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It's now on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWOTPyw_tuI I'm still adding some info - that's why it's unlisted
Awesome run! And sexy final screen
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The mere fact of the game being completed start to finish in less than half a minute is a very amusing one. Voting yes.
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That was silly. Why not publish it?
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...what happened? No need to answer. I'm voting Yes.
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...what happened? No need to answer. I'm voting Yes.
Spidey seems to appear 1) on the other side of the screen 2) inside the wall at the moment the rest is obvious
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the glitch doesn't look optimized, but that's hard to judge in the last screen, is jumping to the platform (the one you remove) slower? voting yes
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Seemingly random movement causing the game to end.. We always need more of that. Voted yes.
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Ilari wrote:
From IRC discussion: 17:39 <Ilari> How long would this game be if played "properly"? 17:39 <nitrogenesis> about 20 minutes 17:39 <nitrogenesis> it'd be really boring 17:40 <Ilari> Ah, goodie.
Wait, really?? I recall this game being really long. It's divided up into save-point areas called "Takes" (like "takes" on a movie set), and I only made it up to Take 5. I don't know how long the game actually is, but I'm betting a non-glitched playthrough would take at least an hour! Anyway, apart from that, I was plenty frustrated with this game as a child, and I love how you've ripped it apart. You completely ignored all of the game's puzzles (except for how to beat Mysterio, but that's easy). Yes vote.
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ALAKTORN wrote:
the glitch doesn't look optimized, but that's hard to judge in the last screen, is jumping to the platform (the one you remove) slower? voting yes
I would like if you said what you saw was not optimized. You can't jump upside down. Well, you can, but gravity will pull you straight down.
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Normally i would say Yes, but thennI thought "its not the same hack" so ill stick with meh.
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Did not have time to get bored. Voting yes for stupid fast completion.
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Voting Yes. Would this be the shortest run on the site if it was published?
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Voting Yes. Would this be the shortest run on the site if it was published?
Nope. One single movie would be in on its way to become the shortest movie published. [1145] Genesis King's Bounty by gia & Aqfaq in 00:09.93
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This would be second shortest
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Normally i would say Yes, but thennI thought "its not the same hack" so ill stick with meh.
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Are we accounting for those monopoly runs?
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There are two shorter submissions, but neither got accepted: * ais523's NetHack "fastest death" in 69 frames * Alden's Minesweeper in 28 frames In fact, both of these were so short, they were encoded as animated images!
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I can't agree that it would be boring, I would like to see an actual playthrough as well.
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Neat little movie. I'm always in favour of glitched movies.
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Voting Yes. Would this be the shortest run on the site if it was published?
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Voting yes and on a side note: Why does Mysterio have an evil R2-D2 walking around?... or it's just the evil vacuum cleaner?
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lolwut? Funniest TAS I've seen this year, if only for that goofy picture popping up after only 18 seconds.