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Wait! That monster on the first level appears as soon as you enter "that room" without the need to trigger the cutscene and the vent section doesn't hurt the player in the original version?
Crazy job! Yes vote.
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I knew about the special Arkanoid controller but I didn't expect to see another big improvement to this game.
2025 started very well. Excellent job guys!
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Time to revive the topic nearly 7 years later! Yesterday was the 17th anniversary of the published run of this game (SMS version), but years have passed and why this game wasn't updated yet?
Well... I have only one idea that I can't exactly confirm: the lag in this game is painful to optimize, and the game starts showing it just at the first zone.
Some years ago, The8bitbeast and EZGames69 started the project working on the first two zones, several months later I decided to help them managing to reduce more lag and also working on two more zones, but I ended putting this game on hold because other projects.
Here's the movie file: https://tasvideos.org/UserFiles/Info/638693521322570251
Encode video:
Link to video
Over 40 seconds faster than the published run, and the project will be revived sometime in the future (I'd like to still continue the project).
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Wow thanks for the commentary in the encode video. The game has a bunch of impressive stuff I wouldn't notice easily, and the work and optimization are excellent!
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I remember how the previous any% run was very impressive, and you guys still keep optimizing this game even more. The new improvements are amazing!
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It's over! It's finally over!!! After 5 years since the first WIP you've posted on youtube, here comes not only a new TAS but the improvement is very huge this time!
Lots of new finds and discoveries I didn't expect to see in this run. Excellent job :)
Yes vote and congrats for the sub-1:20.
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Excellent work HappyLee! I'm surprised with this category, and the Nova Armor usage is superb.
Great music sync during that elevator skip section too :)
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This is a very interesting category, and despite how this game lags a lot, this TAS looks very optimized and entertaining for me.
Also the pause clip is excellent, as well as the other glitches implemented in this run!
Yes vote.
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Although being of the authors of the any% run by only improving a small section of the area 12, I'm glad to see a new TAS of this game :)
The optimizations looks very polished and you even found improvements to that last area too (the second barrier skip looks much better now).
Great job and yes vote!
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