I very much agree with this post.
Forget party hats, Christmas tree hats all the way man.
I think that the problem with the game is that it has a lot of secrets, which aren't really charted. The warps seen in the game are just one that I remembered how to reach because the process to creating it was so weird, and the other was just a fluke. I seem to remember once unlocking a warp at level 2 and 4, though I'm pretty sure that the one in level 2 I've only managed to create once as a kid. Anyway, if it was possible to find all those warps it would be possible to at least avoid the more boring bosses. IIRC there was a warp in the level with the bird boss that would warp you to the later half of the next level, which meant that you couldn't reach the warp there and had to go to the boss, so taking one warp might prohibit you from taking another. Either that or my brain's memory banks are broken. If I have some free time I'll try to experiment and try and find warps in the 2nd and 4th levels at least.
I very much agree with this post.
Forget party hats, Christmas tree hats all the way man.
I very much agree with this post.
Forget party hats, Christmas tree hats all the way man.
Considering the game runs at 20FPS, lag2 will show the additional lag. EDIT: I found another secret lion room in Level 7 right before the warp (useless).Language: luawhile true do function round(num, idp) local mult = 10^(idp or 0) return math.floor(num * mult + 0.5) / mult end reallag = (vba.framecount() / 3) - (vba.framecount() % vba.lagcount()) gui.opacity(0.65) gui.drawbox(100,16,250,48, "black", "black") gui.opacity(0.95) gui.text(106,25, "lag1 " ..vba.lagcount()) gui.text(106,18, "lag2 " ..round(reallag,1)) gui.text(106,32,"x " .. memory.readbyteunsigned(0xc126)+memory.readbyteunsigned(0xc127)*256) gui.text(106,39,"y " .. memory.readbyteunsigned(0xc12a)+memory.readbyteunsigned(0xc12b)*256) vba.frameadvance() end
It seems that pretty much every level has a "Wing" upgrade that allows your mech to fly above the level for about 10 seconds or so, although at the cost of some X-speed. This might come in handy in some places to overcome walls, or to get a good shot at a boss etc. Or in level 5 to reach the secret exit faster. It seems you can carry over Wing items across levels.
In level 4, at the first wall, you can actually use an arrow to skip it. There is only one tile (the one I aim at in the pic) that can be arrowed, so it's something the devs put in deliberately. Not sure if faster to shoot the wall or to arrow across it. It might also be possible to arrow at other seemingly un-arrow-able places.
Maybe more to come later.
Oh also, if I didn't document it here yet: There are some cave entrances or castle entrances in this game. It seems they are only for aesthetic effect, but I had edited level camera position(I think?) and it allowed me to see a room that was filled with enemies that didn't appear anywhere in the normal level. So maybe at some point in development you were able to enter such entrances and it was later cut from the game. Needs more looking into if you want to put that on TCRF.
EDIT: Oh, actually turns out the entrance in level 6 that you can shoot open (at a castle) and the caves in level 3, you can press Down to use those entrances as a shortcut. But from the looks of it, it's slower than moving on normally. Maybe I was wrong about stuff being cut from the game then.
EDIT: Looks like the level 9 bug emulates differently in Bizhawk-Gambatte. It's kind of the same, but much more prone to crashing and there is more variety in the glitch effects that can occur. Too bad the bug is in the last level, otherwise there would have been ACE potential.
EDIT:
$C5F5 - Current level
00~08 represent levels 1 to 9
09 is ending sequence 
- Get arrows (image 4)
- Proceed like before, get gun & wing upgrade (image 6)
Should have 3 arrows + wing.
Stage 2
- Use arrow bug, use flying power to emerge right after the 3 walls and continue like normal, saves 80 frames
- Pick up arrows (image 3)
- Pick up wing power (image 4)
- Use arrow bug, saves 50 frames
- Pick up arrows (image 6)
- Use arrow bug, saves ~45 frames
- Use arrow bug, saves 50 frames
Have 3 arrows + wing
Stage 3
- Proceed like before.
Have 3 arrows + wing
Stage 4
- Arrow trick, like before.
- Arrow trick, like before.
- Proceed like before.
Have 1 arrow + wing
Stage 5
- Pick up arrows, costs ~10 frames (image 3)
- Use arrow bug, costs 2 arrows and wing, saves 70 frames
- At the warp box, use 1 arrow up to reach the goal 10 frames faster.
Have 0 arrows
Stage 6
- Pick up arrows (image 1)
- Pick up wing power (image 3)
- Use arrow bug, saves ~50 frames
(The last two solid platforms can't be arrow bugged.)
Have 1 arrow + wing
Stage 7
- Pick up arrows (image 5)
- Use arrow bug to enter section with warp, saves 50 frames
Have 2 arrows + wing
Stage 8
- Pick up arrows (image 4)
Proceed like before.
Have 4 arrow + wing
Stage 9
- Use arrow bug, saves 50 frames
- Pick up arrows (image 2)
- Use arrow bug, saves ~40 frames
(I can leave this open ended as I will have enough arrows.
You can do arrow bug before the stompers but you will not be able to go on fast. Might be better to take damage like before and air jump to the top.)