Emulator

  • snes9x rerecording 1.43 v17
  • Use WIP1 Timming
  • Allow Left+Right / Up+Down

Uses death to save time

In King fortress 2, uses death to quickly go to next level.

Takes damage to save time

Upgrade item "Counter attacker" is available when Rockman's HP is lower 8, and it increase offensive power.

Abuses programming errors

TrickFirst used frame
Going into upper right or left corner18200
Going into upper right or left corner by L.bolt55500
<new> Going into lower right or left corner and erase I.Wall22150
Going into moving block19000
Going into belt conveyor26000
Passing through wall, ceiling and ground18200
<new> Sutter warp87750
Floating in the air (can't move)19650
Air walk9250
Air T.Blade dash55500
<new> Sliding under the ceiling33800
Skipping mini boss18600
Instant kill Tengu Man50250
<new> Instant kill Wily98550
Remote attack53250
Mess up the screen53250
(new means comparison with previous run)

Luck manipulation

  • Getting weapon energy and bolts.
  • Enemy's action pattern.
In this game, RNG doesn't change depending on time. How to manipulate RNG that can be manipulated by Rockman's action without waste time is shown below. You can see its appearance at 0x7E00FB (2byte, hex).
  • Hit buster or a part of special weapons to enemy or object.
  • Beat the enemy which have possibility of dropping item.
  • Spread S.Drill once or twice.
  • Use W.Burner in the water.

Table of improvements

LevelFrames
Intro3
Cold-1
Astro26
Dynamo35
Shop10
Burner202
Pirate199
Tengu114
Grand349
Magic259
Shop2-32
Crystal6
King1176
King2328
Wily835
Total2499
(41.65sec)

Thanks

Alomost glitches were found by parrot14green. He is a genius!

klmz: Claimed for judging again.

DarkKobold: Replaced submission at author's request.

mmarks: Added DailyMotion module
mmarks: Replaced DailyMotion by YouTube module

klmz: Accepted as an improvement to the published "Rockman any%" movie.


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FUCKING YES! This run is highly entertaining and glitched as hell.
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While it is very similar to the 100% run, this movie was still pretty entertaining. Is it just me, or did the background glitch up even more than it the 100% one? So, voting yes as an improvement to a published run and being well worth the watch anyways.
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Awesome improvement to an already awesome run. Yes vote for sure.
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Instant wily? Automatic yes vote :) great job!
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Starting HD + SD encode
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mmarks wrote:
Starting HD + SD encode
Please wait encoding for a day. I have already reviewed this run a lot of times, but I might find any improvement again like previous run.
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Sonikkustar wrote:
Suggested Screenshot:
Optimized (5.20KB)
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Adjust the location of weapons glitchs The beauty of using king stage2 boss fight surprised to me cold man fight (king 3) Gate by climbing I am surprised Yes , vote
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Improve so quickly,pretty entertaining. Wait another run from you.
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Now, I improved this 41 frame. (in Grand level) I will keep looking for improvement a little more.
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mmarks wrote:
Sonikkustar wrote:
Suggested Screenshot:
Optimized (5.20KB)
made it 44 bytes smaller for the sake of it. I will vote later, now I don't have time to watch the movie.
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Encodes: http://undie.no-ip.org/encodes/rockmanforte-tas-sparky.mkv [SD][75MB] [HD] Will be encoded later...
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[HD] Will be encoded later...
sorry, too later
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Finished. http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1704273676/Rockman%20%26%20Forte%20%28J%29%20%5B%21%5D%2027min21sec.smv Improved 57 frames. Please update submission file.
Encoding in HD
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Predictably incredible. The wily 1-shot was nice. Yes.
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What are the requirements to perform the quick kill? It seems strange that it's only used twice. Still, looked good. What is it about the Mega Man series that leads to glitched-out runs?
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Derakon wrote:
What are the requirements to perform the quick kill? It seems strange that it's only used twice.
To perform the quick kill, the boss must be damaged just when he has started his charge-up sequence from 0 to 1 HP. However, it is necessary to have a fired weapon active in that room, and lasting long enough to be able to hit the boss. Remote Mine does the trick. The other issue is to be able to fire the weapon in the room. The glitch at Tengu Man allows control of Rockman to fire the Remote Mine. The other glitch at Wily 1 is due to an exploit that allows both a normal shot and Remote Mine to be on screen at the same time, so that the Remote Mine is still active when Wily 1 is defeated. There are also quick kills in the Mega Man 7 TAS.
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FractalFusion: I got that you needed to have a weapon active when the boss starts filling his health meter. Presumably only the mine is capable. I was wondering what was required to be able to do that. I'm guessing that normally going through a shutter takes control away from the player until the boss is done with his introduction and health charge-up, but there's some way to bypass that so you can maintain control and fire a weapon; the question is why can't this be done more often?
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I suppose there is something special about the Tengu shutter, presumably that because the room is long, you regain control. In rooms that are normal small boss rooms, doing that would only result in getting stuck in the bottom-right corner while walking. However, Burner Man's room is long like Tengu's room, and it seems not to work either. I can't explain it. Only other thing is, it can't be done in Wily 3 Stage, except on the final boss, or else Rockman will be stuck. I can't say for sure how it works, but I'm sure parrot14green and sparky have tried every way to do it, so they should know.
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FractalFusion, thank you for explain. My summary about instant kill trick. The two things are necessary for instant kill. 1) Set R.Mine close to the boss. 2) Equip Counter Attacker and it's active. Only the fight with Tengu Man allow for control in boss room. If I try same way to other bosses, character stuck in bottom corner, and it become impossible to continue playing game. Here is its screenshot. http://twitpic.com/3w0iqx Burner Man room is similar to Tengu Man's, but acus and bridge obstruct it. Instant kill Wily is realized by other way, using two weapons at the same time, normal shot and R.Mine.