Submission #9544: eien86's NES Lunar Ball "minimum strikes" in 58:24.00

Nintendo Entertainment System
Lunar Ball
minimum strikes
Bizhawk 2.10 (Core: QuickerNES)
210586
60.0988138974405
6416
PowerOn
Lunar Ball (J) [!].nes
J
aa5c574a4743991a3523dfd78a39d782bede262a
Submitted by eien86 on 2/23/2025 8:35 PM
Submission Comments

Introduction

See [6368] NES Lunar Pool by eien86 in 22:53.62 for a detailed explanation of the TASing process for this game.
See [6398] NES Lunar Pool "no friction, minimum strikes" by eien86 in 1:33:39.68 for an explanation on the "minimum strikes" category.
The only category I had left to submit. This movie attempts to finish the game with the least amount of strikes while having normal friction. Here is a table comparing the number of strikes in this movie vs. the any% one.
        Strikes
Round This  Any%   Diff
1	3	4	-1
2	2	3	-1
3	2	4	-2
4	3	4	-1
5	2	3	-1
6	2	4	-2
7	2	3	-1
8	2	4	-2
9	2	5	-3
10	2	5	-3
11	2	3	-1
12	2	3	-1
13	3	4	-1
14	3	4	-1
15	2	3	-1
16	3	6	-3
17	2	5	-3
18	3	3	0
19	3	4	-1
20	2	2	0
21	3	4	-1
22	3	3	0
23	3	5	-2
24	3	4	-1
25	2	4	-2
26	3	6	-3
27	2	4	-2
28	2	3	-1
29	1	2	-1
30	2	4	-2
31	3	5	-2
32	2	3	-1
33	3	6	-3
34	3	4	-1
35	2	4	-2
36	3	4	-1
37	2	3	-1
38	2	5	-3
39	4	6	-2
40	3	4	-1
41	3	5	-2
42	3	4	-1
43	3	4	-1
44	2	4	-2
45	3	6	-3
46	3	5	-2
47	3	5	-2
48	3	4	-1
49	3	4	-1
50	3	4	-1
51	3	4	-1
52	3	4	-1
53	3	4	-1
54	3	4	-1
55	3	4	-1
56	3	5	-2
57	3	5	-2
58	3	4	-1
59	3	5	-2
60	4	6	-2
	158	249	-91
Ok, so I thought I was done with this game but some people started asking for max friction, so I guess I'll give that category a chance sometime soon.

Software + Hardware

Rom Information

  • Name: Lunar Ball
  • ROM: Lunar Ball (J) [!].nes
  • SHA1: AA5C574A4743991A3523DFD78A39D782BEDE262A
  • MD5: 26F1B77980A216767EA63C41397476E5

Emulator

  • EmuHawk 2.10 (Core: QuickerNES)

Routing Bot

  • Bot: LunarBot
  • Routing Core: QuickerNES
  • Platform:
    • 2 x AMD Epyc 7763 (128 cores, 256 threads) + 512Gb RAM
    • Exploration Rate: ~16k shots/s
Last Edited by eien86 6 hours ago
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