Submission #4265: MESHUGGAH's NES Wrath of the Black Manta in 09:52.51

Nintendo Entertainment System
baseline
(Submitted: Wrath of the Black Manta (U).nes USA)
FCEUX 2.2.2
35609
60.0988138974405
63034
Unknown
Submitted by MESHUGGAH on 4/6/2014 12:26 PM
Submission Comments
This TAS improves adelikat's last effort by 1425 frames using new glitches and improving positioning and boss battles.
edit: LUA script can be found here.

Game objectives

  • Emulator used: FCEUX 2.2.2
  • Aims for fastest possible time
  • Uses ninpo arts

List of improvements

For a list of techniques, read the GameResources/NES/WrathOfTheBlackManta page.
Legend: Comparison point, adelikat, MESHUGGAH, total improvements
Part 1 - New York City 821	752	69
Boss start	         5412	5256	156
Boss death	         5788	5500	288
Part 2 - Tokyo, Japan	 6283	5995	288
Boss start	         13006	12606	400
Part 3 - Rio De Janeiro13752	13331	421
Boss start	         20302	19320	982
Boss death	         20619	19582	1037
Part 4 - New York City 21200	20124	1076
Boss start	         27083	25743	1340
Boss death	         27812	26422	1390		
Final boss start	 36404	34993	1411
End of movie	         37033	35608	1425

Miscellaneous

  • Thanks to adelikat for his previous published TAS, so I could compare my improvements easily.
  • Thanks to igorsson for his video, which actually demonstrates what adelikat has done on the last level (going to weapon menu while moving forward and leaving it advances the player’s on screen X position).

Noxxa: Judging.
Noxxa: Had I judged this without considering the audience feedback, I would have accepted this run to Vault - movement just seems too slow at times, and it came across to me as dull unless I sped up the movie about threefold or so. The entertainment rating for the published movie also is mediocre at best. Despite that, this submission got 7 yes votes (out of 7) for entertainment. So based on that, accepting to Moons as an improvement to the published movie.
I suspect this is another case where votes will not match up to ratings when the movie is published, so its tier may very well be changed in the future, if entertainment ratings turn out low.
Last Edited by ThunderAxe31 on 12/17/2021 7:46 PM
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