Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Joined: 10/18/2017
Posts: 163
Location: San Francisco
CasualPokePlayer, Elomavi, sharpRui36, LeKukie, and DaSmileKat
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Joined: 10/18/2017
Posts: 163
Location: San Francisco
I tried this in Mario Kart DS, but when I press the A, left/right, and R buttons, it works, but not L, A, and right buttons. Also, the frames per second are very unstable.
DeSmuMe has 60 fps all the time while MelonDS core has between 36 and 60 fps within a range of 5 seconds. Also, it loads the ROM slowly.
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Joined: 10/18/2017
Posts: 163
Location: San Francisco
I was using BizHawk 2.5.2 for two weeks now. I have noticed that when I play games from this emulator, bugs happened extremely often, almost whenever I startup. I opened BizHawk and then I opened a SNES ROM, which takes 10 seconds to load. Once I didn't do anything, the emulator stopped at 1300 frames and was placed at "Suspended" according to the application status in Task Manager.
Windows stopped BizHawk because it stopped working. With BizHawk 2.2.x to 2.4.x works without crashes, bugs, and freezes, the 2.5.x version doesn't. This version series makes the BizHawk emulator stop working after 3 minutes of using it, with the same reason why it crashes when I run BizHawk v. 2.5.2 on any game.
I said two weeks ago about the same problem, "This happened when I play Ecco the Dolphin on my computer. Without pressing anything, there is a bug detected. The game stopped, it doesn't respond, and the app crashes because it stopped working. My computer has 2 core 2.7 GHz CPU and 4GB memory, as I was having concerns recording movies on NES and Genesis games. Also, it happened almost every time while recording Genesis games." Note that these bugs, crashes, and freezes weren't fixed as of December 6, 2020.[/b]
If it keeps crashing when it releases BizHawk 2.5.3 or 2.6, I'm going to partially switch to Retroarch, SNES9x v. 1.6.0, or bsnes v. 115. I still use BizHawk for that, since every game category (NES, SNES, A2600, GG/SMS, GB/GBC/GBA, etc.) were affected when I play games with it. I possibly contact Mothrayas or Samsara about these bugs.
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Joined: 10/18/2017
Posts: 163
Location: San Francisco
I was still working at my Where's Waldo TAS. This image was different from a different TAS and it's a time-waster.
How to get to the end fast? Also, I just uploaded a WIP.
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Joined: 10/18/2017
Posts: 163
Location: San Francisco
I decided it was a no vote because 4:59 run is good, but there is a speedrun I saw on the website showing that the world record for warps were 4:54. I think your run was 4:55-57.
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Joined: 10/18/2017
Posts: 163
Location: San Francisco
It was a keyboard, and two keys were pressed at the same time when I put three fingers in three keys I tried. If three buttons were pressed in the emulators, it is recommended when I play Mario Kart DS.
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Joined: 10/18/2017
Posts: 163
Location: San Francisco
Spikestuff wrote:
Evan. "Did you find the movie entertaining?" is what's being asked not "is it optimal?".
Also movies ending input early is a pretty normal thing here... what are you on about?
I found that it is somewhat entertaining.
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Joined: 10/18/2017
Posts: 163
Location: San Francisco
Evan0512 wrote:
fsvgm777 wrote:
From a strictly technical standpoint, this TAS was well crafted together, and I won't deny it's pretty entertaining.
However, my issue is with the branch at hand. From what I've seen, this is basically a slower any% TAS, as it uses a much slower warps route (1->2->3->6->8). I realise the intent of this TAS is to beat the game without entering World 5; however, the reality is that it ultimately results in a slower warps route for our standards. At this point, I'd rather see a full-on warpless TAS.
Great first effort, however, I don't believe this is worth publishing.
Abstaining from voting.
Still, I don't know how it works. I don't know if there is a warp pipe on world 3 or 4 that goes into world 6, skipping world 5. I think it follows as 1->2->3->4->6->8.
I'm going to look for the WR speed run for NSMB Wii run with no world 5 now.
Yes vote again. I made a mistake, it is 1->2->3->6->8. It is a great run!
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Joined: 10/18/2017
Posts: 163
Location: San Francisco
fsvgm777 wrote:
From a strictly technical standpoint, this TAS was well crafted together, and I won't deny it's pretty entertaining.
However, my issue is with the branch at hand. From what I've seen, this is basically a slower any% TAS, as it uses a much slower warps route (1->2->3->6->8). I realise the intent of this TAS is to beat the game without entering World 5; however, the reality is that it ultimately results in a slower warps route for our standards. At this point, I'd rather see a full-on warpless TAS.
Great first effort, however, I don't believe this is worth publishing.
Abstaining from voting.
Still, I don't know how it works. I don't know if there is a warp pipe on world 3 or 4 that goes into world 6, skipping world 5. [S]I think it follows as 1->2->3->4->6->8[/s].
I'm going to look for the WR speed run for NSMB Wii run with no world 5 now.
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Joined: 10/18/2017
Posts: 163
Location: San Francisco
No vote.
I looked at this video. The movie stopped at least 60 frames before it reached a goal line of the ultimate race. There were some "negatives" I knew about this:
On the beginners race, you bump the black marble for at least 3-5 seconds, as I said it's not quick.
On the ultimate race, there is a pause button in the platform, as it appears within 60 frames. I don't think the pause button will help.
The screen hides the marble for at least 20% of the run. I don't know the region differences of the game.
I think a 2:36 or 2:37 run is good, with several issues.
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Joined: 10/18/2017
Posts: 163
Location: San Francisco
Guernsey wrote:
Should you use FFMPEG in Bizhawk?
FFmpeg is used on OGVs, webms, movs, mpegs, movs, and mp4s, but I recommend mp4s.
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Joined: 10/18/2017
Posts: 163
Location: San Francisco
I like this run because it is considered as a mix of warps and warpless, without world 5. It is a yes because 44 minutes of this run is the best time I’ve seen.
There is a warp pipe or a cannon on world 4 that goes to world 6, skipping world 5. It was likely the fastest time available, with motion used on the Wii remote.
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Joined: 10/18/2017
Posts: 163
Location: San Francisco
I tested Marble Madness arcade zip file. It doesn’t load zip files in the game, but inside there were files ending with a number, like .1xx. Also, there is no files ending with a letter (like .fbm).
It doesn’t load MAME arcade roms.
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Joined: 10/18/2017
Posts: 163
Location: San Francisco
No. I press the left, A, and R buttons to make a drift for Mario Kart DS, but the first two buttons I pressed were counted, the third wasn’t.
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Joined: 10/18/2017
Posts: 163
Location: San Francisco
I was TASing Mario Kart DS, but the lack of the ability to drift isn’t a main problem. I can’t press three or more buttons at the same time, as the drift requires an A, right or left, and the R buttons at the same time.
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Joined: 10/18/2017
Posts: 163
Location: San Francisco
Instead of bin or md files for Sega Genesis, Sega CD uses ISO files because it uses CD to emulate games.
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Joined: 10/18/2017
Posts: 163
Location: San Francisco
This happened when I play Ecco the Dolphin in my computer. Without pressing anything, there is a bug detected. The game stopped, it doesn't respond, and the app crashes because it stopped working. My computer has 2 core 2.7 GHz CPU and 4GB memory, as I was having concerns recording movies on NES and Genesis games. Also, it happened almost every time while recording Genesis games.
It was running on version 2.5.2 and it wasn’t fixed.
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
Joined: 10/18/2017
Posts: 163
Location: San Francisco
Shortly after the submission I was shocked about its run. Is it any%? I was still unsure. I think the 35 minute run is good, but the 32 minute run is better. The ending after the vortex resembles the original, the actual ending is the secret password and the epilogue in “City of Forever.”
Planned runs:
Marble Madness (Arcade, Genesis J, GG/SMS)
Proposed:
Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD: regular, camera freeze)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis, GG/SMS, CD; normal mode)
Mario Kart DS (all cups, all missions)
In progress: Grand Poo World 3 (all exits hard mode)
How to get to the end fast? Also, I just uploaded a WIP.
This happened when I play Ecco the Dolphin in my computer. Without pressing anything, there is a bug detected. The game stopped, it doesn't respond, and the app crashes because it stopped working. My computer has 2 core 2.7 GHz CPU and 4GB memory, as I was having concerns recording movies on NES and Genesis games. Also, it happened almost every time while recording Genesis games.
It was running on version 2.5.2 and it wasn’t fixed.