Note: After the input ends, wait for the final Link to complete suicide so the credits would roll.
Game objectives
Emulator used: VBA23
Abuses glitches
(Very) Minor luck mainipulation
Colors a dinosaur the world game
Comments
In the previous run, Link had to take a detour to Ganon's Castle to make use of the stairs to go OoB. Now, Link skips that and completes his quest to save Zelda obtain Four Swords. This run takes on a different route to the Palace of Four Swords and ends up 3382 + 52 frames faster. Also, the ending has been changed to fix some desync issues that sometimes occurred in the previous run.
Other Comments
This run might be improveable with better luck (at the gaurd) and possibly ending the battle even earlier.
Thanks to the efforts of Tompa, the guards have been altered and the battle ended even sooner.
Special Thanks
Tompa - For his work on manipulation, optimizations and route finding/planning.
Greenalink - His discovery of the "Cursed Link" glitch
RexZemenheart - For discovering it's possible to get to the Palace of Four Swords.
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This time I'm going to test some faster strategies, something that I "forgot" with your last submission.
I saved two frames outside the castle before dropping down the hole. Possibly more to come!
This time I'm going to test some faster strategies, something that I "forgot" with your last submission.
I saved two frames outside the castle before dropping down the hole. Possibly more to come!
Good Luck! Also, did you managed to have better luck with the 2 guards? I can't seem to get them to cooperate. I'll try to see if the last battle ccould end sooner.
Edit: Ok, I've ended the battle 10 frames faster. Also, Tompa, incase you find a new strategy, I renamed the file to "LttP TAS v10 - jlun2,Tompa.vbm". Once you've finished your improvement, you can hex edit the 10 frame improvement in. =)
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Location: Australia, Victoria
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My lord, this game has terrible audio quality. Why didn't they use new samples instead of ripping them from the SNES?
Yes vote onto the TAS, either way. Uploading my own HD and SD encodes as soon as Team Fortress 2 finishes updating now.
Yes, I'm aware there is improvements, I'm slow, okay? :p
For a screenshot how about 4:57ish in Flygon's screenshot, where there's a minus sign in the rupee count?
Something like this screenshot from frame 17569?
EDIT: Removed my unoptimized screenshot. Looks like 17569 was used for the publication though. Glad I could help.
Thanks to Tompa, the run has been improved by 52 frames due to his work on mainipulation, optimization, and route finding. Can someone please replace the current file with this?
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Very nice! It's nice to see a different glitched route (sort of like the glitched run of Links Awakening vs. the DX version glitched run). Yes vote.
Used to be a frequent submissions commenter. My new computer has had some issues running emulators, so I've been here more sporadically.
Still haven't gotten around to actually TASing yet... I was going to improve Kid Dracula for GB. It seems I was beaten to it, though, with a recent awesome run by Hetfield90 and StarvinStruthers. (http://tasvideos.org/2928M.html.)
Thanks to goofydylan8 for running Gargoyle's Quest 2 because I mentioned the game! (http://tasvideos.org/2001M.html)
Thanks to feos and MESHUGGAH for taking up runs of Duck Tales 2 because of my old signature!
Thanks also to Samsara for finishing a Treasure Master run. From the submission comments:
Shoutouts and thanks to mklip2001 for arguably being the nicest and most supportive person on the forums.
Thanks to Tompa, the run has been improved by 52 frames due to his work on mainipulation, optimization, and route finding. Can someone please replace the current file with this?
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Location: United Kingdom
•Greenalink - His discovery of the "Cursed Link" glitch + method to get to the Palace of Four Swords
I wasn't the first to discover the glitched method to enter the Palace of Four Sword.
RexZemenheart was the first person to make a video on this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDlvliJMCow
But I was the first person to discover the Cursed Link glitch.
•Greenalink - His discovery of the "Cursed Link" glitch + method to get to the Palace of Four Swords
I wasn't the first to discover the glitched method to enter the Palace of Four Sword.
RexZemenheart was the first person to make a video on this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDlvliJMCow
But I was the first person to discover the Cursed Link glitch.
Oh, sorry! I fixed the submission text to reflect that. Thanks!
