Post by TASVideoAgent

Game objectives

Emulator used: VisualBoyAdvance rerecording v23.5 svn421
Manipulate luck
Takes damage to save time
Hard mode
Abusing game errors

I improved x2poet's published run 1986 frames.

Nicovideo (account): http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm20128049

Monmory address

address	byte	notes
0200024E	2	screenX
02000252	2	screenY
0200491E	2	pixelX
02004922	2	pixelY
0200CDE2	2	enemy which you killed in 1 mission
0200CDE4	2	all soldiers be killed
0300485C	2	prisoners you saved
warning!		HP address are all random
02004DF8	2	boss1 HP
02005478	2	boss2 HP
02005FD8	2	boss3 HP
02005C98	2	boss4 HP
02008128	2	boss5 HP

Improved list

(I compared with the adress 0x0200491E pixelX)

mission	end frame	save	all	detail
open	1566	4	4	Thanks for x2poet told me press S and A alternately.
1_part1	3227	32	36	I saved one grenade. Shoot back to skip a fighter helicopter.
1_part2	4114	9	45	Kill some soldiers to reduce lag.
1_part3	5634	55	100	Throw metalslug at the first time.
1_boss	6745	24	124	BossHP 5400. when boss in the air or the front wheel of tank rise 45°, I have the chance to use shotgun damage 232 point.
2_part1	8781	378	502	Give up to take metal slug, because it is very slow. I found the way to skip the first fighter helicopter(650HP). First, I can't save a prisoner to get H. 2nd, wait for blockhouse fire. If I save this prisoner, I can't skip helicopter.
2_part2	10445	368	870	I left 5 firebottles(80 power) after beat submarine(600HP). It didn't cost any more frames. If I can't skip next 2 helicopters, I would use these 5 firebottles to hit them. But luckily, I succeeded to skip them. Throw fire bottle back to face back to skip helicopter.
2_boss	13991	-65	805	BossHP 2496x2. I lost some frames here, because I must hit 3 soldiers first, the yellow soldier would appear. I found a best way to save Laser's arms. 10 frames, 32 damage and 0.5 arms!
3_part1	16212	57	862	Avoid some foes appear.
3_part2	18325	122	984	Manipulate luck and kill some bats, make the last bat appear early. Which bats should be killed is all luck.
3_part3	21877	149	1133	Manipulate luck to make dive_soldiers appear early.
3_boss	23494	130	1263	BossHP 4320. I found a faster way to use metalslug's Vulcan. I can shoot 1 more time in every 10 shots. So I made the boss being mad quickly. But I didn't always use it. Becuse the more bullets in screen the more lag. I choose the minimum distance to shot, and make the less bullets in screen. So I got the less lag. When I shot the last cannon, I thrown the metalslug atonce. If no slug in screen, the scene fade quickly. I found it in mission2's boss fighter. So though my bombs are 1 less than the published run in boss fighter, I still saved 130 frames.
4_part1	25599	-18	1245	I lost 18 frames, because I only use shotgun to hit helicopters, but it can save 60 frames in boss battle.
4_part2	27472	115	1360	I give up get a card which add the grenade's power. This card add very low power to grenade, 100 to 120. x2poet got this card cost about 200 frames. But I mustn't use any shotgun or grenades. So I have to use knife to kill soldiers, and got the very large lag frames, only improved 115 frames.
4_part3	30166	580	1940	Manipulate luck to reduce lag, and didn't take grenades. Taking these grendes would cost near 500 frames.
4_boss	31583	-94	1846	BossHP 7200. Lost 94 frames, because I have the less grenades. 26 shotgun(200) + 20 grenades(100) = 7200 the boss HP!
5_part1	34012	2	1848	Saved the 2 lag frames.
5_part2	35343	15	1863	Get the better luck at the beginning.
5_part3	38192	39	1902	All saved by manipulation.
5_boss	40163	59	1961	BossHP 7200. Use shotgun to hit small flyings, saved 2 grenade, because using 1 grenade after use shotgun can't cost any frames. I didn't use grenades too many at first, I need to wait boss fire energy balls. Because energy balls have the less lag than death ray. If bossHP is under the 2300, and still didn't use energy balls, boss would use death ray.
end	40207	25	1986	I only saved 9 prisoners, so I didn't get the card PRISONER A(saved 10 prisoners).