Game objectives
- Emulator used: BizHawk 2.2
- Aims for fastest time
- Luck manipulation
- Heavy glitch abuse
About the game
Metal Slug: 2nd Mission is a run and gun video game for the Neo-Geo Pocket Color handheld platform created by SNK. It was released in 2000 in both Japan and North America. (http://metalslug.wikia.com/wiki/Metal_Slug:_2nd_Mission)
Comments
Speed and movement
| Movement | Average Speed |
| Running | 512 |
| Bunny Hopping | 576 |
| Slug advancing | |
| Slug hopping |
Weapon and damage dealing
| Weapon | damage |
| Handgun | 1 |
| knife | |
| Heavy machine gun | |
| Fire gun | |
| Bazooka | |
| Missile pipe | |
| Pineapple |
Note that you can only have 2 grenades (or bazooka bullets ; 1 missiles shot) on screen, then you need to wait the end of the explosion animation to shot .
Maybe to prevent things like this : https://imgur.com/MWRTydO
(i found a trick that skip this waiting by offscreen the explosion, but uselessl until last boss, and it slower than actual sub).
Route planning
(incoming)
Glitches and tricks
- Event skipping : By jumping at a certain (tight) X position you can cancel the screen lock that trigger the event. I empty shot in the air to let you guys know when it used.
- Pineapple cap glitch : in stage 20, jump on the machine gun then rejump (after throwing pine).
- Instant trolley max speed : press down for two frames before landing in.
Stage by stage comments
Mission 1 The Front Line
Skip a shopfilter.
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Crash then Drop Pack is faster than complete slugflyer part.
Mission 3 Dire Straits
Sunk the submarine to reach mission 5.
There is one specific x/y position to reach in order to get incomplete screen faster (not necessary to say that i found it by pure luck).
Mission 5 Battlefield Bridge
Nothing here, just keep max speed as long as possible.
Mission 6 Turbulent Transmissions
Miss a shot, it just pass near the left ear of a soldier. I don't even try to tasediting it cause all my past try change the behavior somewhere later.
Skip an assault.
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Mission 7 Fatal Express
A veeeeeery long auto-scroller stage... I try my best to keep it "entertaining".
Mission 17 Contact
Skip a chopfilter.
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Mission 20 The Enemy Below
Pineapple glitch.
Usually this boss have multiple pattern/fights (with long introduction) that takes forever.
Mission 24 The Ice Queen
Keep the Slug to reach mission 31.
Skip a chopfilter.
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Frog bonus rng.
Boss : (incoming)
Mission 31 The Fortress
Skip a chopfilter.
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Skip an assault.
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Trolley trick.
I put here a link to another Lt. Colonel Macba fight that i found better...unfortunetly, rng/frames saving fu#@! me.
Mission 34 The Stronghold
Skip aliens.
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Skip a vehicle.
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Skip an assault.
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Skip aliens.
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Skip aliens.
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Skip aliens.
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Mission 37 Lone Assault.
Secret fight with Macba to save time.
Fool vertical shots to manipulate rng.
Skip a char.
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Mission 38
(incoming)
Other comments
(incoming)
Special Thanks :
lapogne36 as usual and fsvgm777 for the encode
Prefered screenshot : https://i.imgur.com/TD11I3u.png?1
Memory: Judging
Memory: Not sure where you got the 512/576 numbers from but jumping is definitely faster despite the long landing lag, so this appears to be well optimized.
I definitely liked the movie, the action was fast paced despite a couple of autoscrollers and the audience liked it too.
Accepting to Moons.
feos: Pub.