• Aims for the fastest time
  • Manipulates luck
I found him, guys.
I manipulated RNG for better placements.
There is a graphical glitch where the colors get negative if you scroll quickly sometimes. I like it.

Nach: This movie passes the minimum criteria needed to distinguish it from realtime play. Also, frighteningly enough, there's speedruns of this game, and this run considerably beats any records I was able to find with a quick search. Accepting to vault.
Guga: Processing...


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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #4552: Jigwally's NES The Great Waldo Search in 00:52.41
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Oh joy, 1357 frames of unskippable stuff. So, what's the difference between Normal and Expert? (Is terrible at trying to find Waldo)
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Expert is slightly harder, Waldo and the scroll are halfway hidden behind things.
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There is no point in TASing games like that! You just find Waldo in the fastest time. Voting No!
TASing is like making a film: only the best takes are shown in the final movie.
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Dimon12321 wrote:
There is no point in TASing games like that! ... Voting No!
[2293] NES Where's Waldo? by MESHUGGAH in 02:05.83 Anyways, Meh. To the VAULT!
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Spikestuff wrote:
Dimon12321 wrote:
There is no point in TASing games like that! ... Voting No!
[2293] NES Where's Waldo? by MESHUGGAH in 02:05.83 Anyways, Meh. To the VAULT!
http://tasvideos.org/ListOfBadGameChoices.html Quote: "Games intended for small children: No, Color A Dinosaur and Where's Waldo don't have gameplay with any meaningful technical content. They are great candidates for April Fools' Day submissions, but no more."
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Watching this TAS I could only think of one thing: "JEFF BARRY IS A MUSICAL GENIUS!" That's all.
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Should have played on Expert mode. Voting no.
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This was atrocious. No.
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Dimon12321 wrote:
Spikestuff wrote:
Dimon12321 wrote:
There is no point in TASing games like that! ... Voting No!
[2293] NES Where's Waldo? by MESHUGGAH in 02:05.83 Anyways, Meh. To the VAULT!
http://tasvideos.org/ListOfBadGameChoices.html Quote: "Games intended for small children: No, Color A Dinosaur and Where's Waldo don't have gameplay with any meaningful technical content. They are great candidates for April Fools' Day submissions, but no more."
That page wasn't updated when the Vault Tier was made, that's why it seems contradictory of what is done in the site now, so please ignore it until someone updates it.
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We should really cross-obsolete the other run on the site with this one. This one at least has that baller DMC rendition of the theme song.
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I had no idea there were two Waldo games published for the NES (at least this one has a catchy title theme). Chalk another one for the Vault!
Guga wrote:
That page wasn't updated when the Vault Tier was made, that's why it seems contradictory of what is done in the site now, so please ignore it until someone updates it.
I agree. It would be great if that page were finally updated.
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If this were done on the hardest difficulty, I'd say it's eligible for Vault. The rules about Bad Game Choices definitely need an update. Good job trying to manipulate better positions for Waldo. It's just a shame that the manipulation doesn't really yield a more interesting / impressive outcome. To quote the judgment comments from the "Shining in the Darkness" TAS, the most interesting part of the run is what you're not seeing in the run.
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.
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mklip2001 wrote:
If this were done on the hardest difficulty, I'd say it's eligible for Vault. The rules about Bad Game Choices definitely need an update. Good job trying to manipulate better positions for Waldo. It's just a shame that the manipulation doesn't really yield a more interesting / impressive outcome. To quote the judgment comments from the "Shining in the Darkness" TAS, the most interesting part of the run is what you're not seeing in the run.
Holy shit you have some good memory. That run is damn near 5 years old now. I didn't even remember that being said!
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DarkKobold wrote:
mklip2001 wrote:
If this were done on the hardest difficulty, I'd say it's eligible for Vault. The rules about Bad Game Choices definitely need an update. Good job trying to manipulate better positions for Waldo. It's just a shame that the manipulation doesn't really yield a more interesting / impressive outcome. To quote the judgment comments from the "Shining in the Darkness" TAS, the most interesting part of the run is what you're not seeing in the run.
Holy shit you have some good memory. That run is damn near 5 years old now. I didn't even remember that being said!
Thanks, I guess. I did see that quote more recently than 5 years ago though: I frequently sift through published movies via http://tasvideos.org/randomM.cgi to check out different stuff to rewatch. That movie came up a few times somewhat recently. Also, I guess the judging statement on that movie struck me as fairly well explained, so it stuck with me. Then again, if there's an opening for "Published Movies Historian", let me know ;-)
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.
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Jigwally wrote:
Expert is slightly harder, Waldo and the scroll are halfway hidden behind things.
I know it may sound kinda pointless to use Expert given that with tools you can view the memory to know exactly where they are, but it's the thought that counts. :P
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I think the luck manipulation makes this technically good enough for the Vault. No vote though, this wasn't entertaining.
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This movie has been published. The posts before this message apply to the submission, and posts after this message apply to the published movie. ---- [2768] NES The Great Waldo Search by Jigwally in 00:52.41
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Congrats on your first published run Jiggs! :)
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Anty-Lemon wrote:
Congrats on your first published run Jiggs! :)
Maybe you meant 2nd published run.
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Kurabupengin wrote:
Anty-Lemon wrote:
Congrats on your first published run Jiggs! :)
Maybe you meant 2nd published run.
Oh right, I even remember being surprised he made a run LOL I guess I just have it ingrained in my mind that he's new :P
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