Posts for Icecap_M._Veiwin

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This is my favorite SMB hack ever. Mostly because I suck at it. It requires thinking!
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Post subject: Violinist of Hamelin
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This is a little quirky game that probably nobody's heard of. I know Nesvideos likes stuff like that, so I decided to talk about it. It's a game for the SNES. You play as Hamel, who is the "Violinist of Hamelin" (duh). You save some village from peril way in the beginning, and then set off to destroy monsters. Oh yeah, you take a girl with you to be your slave. (Not in that way.) Essentially, it's a platformer, sort of like Goemon, except more 2D and more musical-themed. Your main weapon is shooting musical notes out of your violin. You can jump, of course, and pick up things. There's also a button that determines whether or not the girl follows you. Probably the most interesting thing about the game is the girl, Hamel's assistant. She is treated in-game as an object that follows your movements (unless the button is pressed that says not to). She can be thrown to damage enemies. As the game goes on, you collect more and more costumes which allow you to do things that Hamel could not do on his own. (For example, walk over spikes with the Ostrich or jump very high with the Frog.) Either way, this game needs a TAS, bad. I plan to do it, it's a simple game and good for a first TAS. However, I would like to know if anyone has any knowledge of the game and can help me plan routes. The rom is not that hard to find, so happy searching and I hope everyone enjoys this game. *goes off to plan routes*
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So, after less than a day, I decided I would focus on Paperboy as my first run. Now, the one problem with this: I have NEVER played Paperboy EVER before. In my life. I'll need to practice, but I think I can get the hang of it. Just a couple questions: -My run is probably going to aim for score as well as time. Any tips for aiming papers into the mailbox? -Is it recommended to throw papers into non-subscribers' windows? Does it get points? -Should I be holding "Up" on the keyboard all the time or should I slow down for turns? Thanks in advance.
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Post subject: For a beginning runner, what system/games should I focus on?
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I think I've done enough watching of tool-assisted speedruns, and I feel that I am ready to try my hand at speedrunning a game. Just a few questions: -What system should a beginning runner focus on? -What GAMES for said system should a beginning runner focus on? I'm looking for something that will look amazing when ran through, but doesn't have much competition so I can have a lot of time to perfect my run before a run of said game is released by another, more professional runner. So yes, I'm taking requests for speedruns. Thanks in advance guys.
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Post subject: Help playing emulator movie files
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Good morning (well, at least it's morning for me): I am having trouble playing movie files in emulators. Specifically, the Rocket Knight Adventures and Sonic 3 .gmv files. For some reason, they just...screw around in random parts of the first level. Is that supposed to be in the run or is it a mess up in the movie?
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