Post subject: Mortal Kombat 5: Sub-zero - Publication of Pirate game
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I'd like to present you a tool-assisted speedrun on the Pirate port of Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero named Mortal Kombat 5: Sub-zero, what was realised in 2000 and I even had a cartridge with this game. Link to video This run was done in 48:30. I have found all mistakes and ready to redo the run: it will be faster and less boring than now (We have the vault anyway!). Answer the question, please: Will the judge accept this GAME? Not TAS: TAS will be in best view! P.S: ROMs name is Mortal Combat 5 (Unl) [c][!] - what does [c] mean?
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Pirate games are, I believe, subject to the same judging criteria as ROM hacks, which is to say that both the run and the game itself are judged. I don't have time to watch this right now, but if you think this version is suboptimal, don't submit it. Wait until you finish the new version, then submit that one.
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[c] means Chinese.
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boct1584 wrote:
Pirate games are, I believe, subject to the same judging criteria as ROM hacks, which is to say that both the run and the game itself are judged. I don't have time to watch this right now, but if you think this version is suboptimal, don't submit it. Wait until you finish the new version, then submit that one.
Why do I need to reTAS the game if it won't be published?? Although it's easy to do. Wait!
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boct1584 was not saying it is impossible to get it published. boct1584 said that bootleg games (such as this) are judged also as a game. Meaning it will become harder to have it accepted. Submitting an as-much-as-possible optimized movie will increase your chances of acceptance greatly.
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Warepire wrote:
boct1584 was not saying it is impossible to get it published. boct1584 said that bootleg games (such as this) are judged also as a game. Meaning it will become harder to have it accepted. Submitting an as-much-as-possible optimized movie will increase your chances of acceptance greatly.
Then I have all chances! First stage is ready: I saved about 28,5 seconds. I think I'll save about 5 minutes in total!
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Since this is a fighting game, you should make certain to place the emphasis on making an entertaining run, rather than necessarily a fast run. The problem with speed-oriented TASes of fighting games is that they tend to just end up being the TASer beating up on a "defenseless" AI (since the AI cannot accomplish anything when fighting against someone with access to TAS tools). I suggest you watch some of the published fighting game TASes on this website, especially the Mortal Kombat TASes, to get some ideas for how you can make your run as entertaining as possible. Good luck!
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Derakon wrote:
Since this is a fighting game, you should make certain to place the emphasis on making an entertaining run, rather than necessarily a fast run. The problem with speed-oriented TASes of fighting games is that they tend to just end up being the TASer beating up on a "defenseless" AI (since the AI cannot accomplish anything when fighting against someone with access to TAS tools). I suggest you watch some of the published fighting game TASes on this website, especially the Mortal Kombat TASes, to get some ideas for how you can make your run as entertaining as possible. Good luck!
Unfortunately, it's just impossible! There are no second player for making tool-assisted vs tool-assisted battles. The game is ported on 3-button Genesis and there are a few moves, no combos.
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Then it may be that any movie you could make with this game would not be accepted.
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