Game Objectives
- Full Completion
- Heavy Glitch Abuse
- Emulator Used: PCSX-RR v0.1.3
- Bios: SCPH1001.bin
- Graphics: P.E.Op.S. Soft Driver 1.4 (Abe's Games Fix enabled)
- Sound: TAS Sound Plugin 0.2 (any other causes a desync)
- Controller 1 e 2: Segu Direct Pad Pro Driver 0.4
- CD Rom: TAS ISO Plugin 0.2
That was my most challenging run so far, but also one of the most enjoyable runs to do, and I hope you also enjoy watching it. Since this run is all about rescuing the Mudokons, I'll explain it Mudokon by Mudokon instead of Stage by Stage, but let me talk about the tricks that were useful to rescue them first.
Gitches and Oddities
Auto Turn Delay
Some of Abe's actions like climbing ledges or mounting Elum will automatically turn Abe around if he is facing the wrong direction, start running delays that action until Abe turns around again, be careful not to jump though, as it cancels the glitch.
Infinite Pick Up
Crouch and hold the square button near a grenade, rock or meat then turn around before Abe completes the animation, turn around again and he will pick up as many items as he wants, but he can't use the extra items in some areas nor carry them to other stages.
Screen Boundary
Turn around while running before Abe reaches the next screen then stop, and he is safe to chant as long as there's no Slogs, Scrabs or Chant Droids near by. You can also jump if he is two steps far from the screen boundary.
Ghostly Elum
You must do the Auto Turn Delay glitch and mount Elum near a flying mine, order bomb or grenade for this to work, but do this on the wrong frame and you'll have just an invisible Elum that won't move.
Walk Through Walls
While riding Elum, hold the R1 button and run towards a wall, when you are about to bump release the R1 button to walk through the wall.
Tamed Slogs
There's some Slogs that will attack even the Sligs. But fortunately for Abe, if a Slog kills a Slig after he says "here boy", they will become Abe's best friends.
Untouchable Abe
I was trying to lure a Paramite with meat acquired with the Infinite Pick Up glitch when this glitch happened, very unstable, you must be crouched on a specific spot otherwise the game hangs.
Keep Moving
Troughout the run you'll see Abe running to and fro with no apparent reason, it's done to keep the Mudokons also running on the background, otherwise they would just walk or stop near some ledges.
RuptureFarms
Mudokons # 1, 2 and 3
This game is chock-full of secrets, the first one is on the very first screen. To avoid making mince meat out of the Mudokons, Abe must talk to them and exit the area when the grinders are at a certain height.
Mudokons # 4 and 5
Before the second secret area, Abe must pull a lever to disable an electric fence. To complete RuptureFarms, ten grenades must be used, so, better pick them all from this Boom Machine. Any noise like a grenade exploding or a Slig shouting scatters the Bird Portal, also Abe would drop all of his grenades if he chants near a Chant Droid, or maybe not...
Mudokons # 6 and 7
There's lots of land mines blocking the entrance of the third secret area, to clear the path, Abe must use a grenade, but not on the same screen or the game hangs. It would save some time if the Mudokons could land near the Bird Portal, but it's too high and they can't stand the fall. On the other hand, Abe can hang on ledges so he lands safely.
Mudokon # 8
There's a Mudokon above the second secret area, but since I'm not going to come back here, best bring him with me on the way to the fourth secret area. That Chant Droid must be eliminated for Abe to chant and keep his grenades.
Mudokons # 9 and 10
There's a Slig sleeping near a lift and Abe must kill him to rescue the two ramaining Mudokons in this area. Again, the grenade must be thrown from a specific spot for the game to not hang.
Mudokons # 11 and 12
These two Mudokons are pretty straight forward to rescue; talk, run and chant, simple as that. Even a one legged Slog would have no problem doing the job, but the next ones are not so easy...
Mudokons # 13, 14 and 15
Okay, that one legged Slog would have a lot of trouble to rescue the Mudokons on the fifth secret area; two Sligs to kill, a land mine and a Chant Droid to destroy while avoiding to scatter the Bird Portal may be a little too much for him.
Mudokon # 16
An electric fence to disable, two Sligs to take care of and a bomb to defuse, not as hard as the previous rescue and not as easy as the one before that. Well, you can say it was an average one, that's all.
Mudokons # 17, 18 and 19
It's not possible to avoid all the Sligs in this area, so, before Abe can proceed with his rescues a possessed Slig will clear the path for him.
Mudokons # 20 to 25
Without those pesky Sligs to worry about, Abe just need to avoid some grinders to rescue six more Mudokons to leave this area.
Mudokons # 26, 27 and 28
There's three easy Mudokons to rescue if you know where the sixth secret area is. Abe will die if he falls from those trapdoors while he is walking or running, but if he is rolling he will safely land on the ground bellow. The flying grenade at the end of RuptureFarms costs 20 frames, but I think it's a nice touch, so, I left it in.
StockYard Escape
Mudokon # 29
On the second screen there's a Mudokon in the shadows below who will soon be eaten by the Scrab if Abe don't act fast.
Mudokons # 30 and 31
The strategy to rescue the Mudokons on the seventh secret area may not look, but is the fastest I could come up with.
Mudokons # 32 and 33
Here is where the Screen Boundary was used for the first time. To rescue these two Mudokons Abe must possess and kill those two Sligs, it's not nescessary to kill the lower one as soon as possible, but he would be possessed while Abe opens the Bird Portal otherwise.
Mudokons # 34 to 37
There's two ways to get into the ninth secret area, the other one is slower and puts Abe on a bad location. As said before, while Abe is running the Mudokons do the same, even in the background, and it was used to make them reach the Bird Portal while avoiding a land mine.
Mudokon # 38
Abe can jump over three land mines with easy, but the Bird Portal that leads to the tenth secret area doesn't work until he blows at least one of them, odd. The Screen Boundary is a really useful glitch, and it saved quite some time on the run.
Mudokon # 39
On the way to the eleventh secret area Abe blows up a land mine, it will save time to reach the next secret area. Like the Screen Boundary, the Auto Turn Delay can save time everywhere, here it's used to avoid a Slog.
Mudokon # 40
Unfortunately the Screen Boundary doesn't fool the Slogs, so, the strategy to rescue the Mudokon on the twelfth secret area couldn't be more simplistic, sorry about that.
Mozaic Lines
Abe set up an Auto Turn Delay glitch at the end of StockYard Escape, and it will save quite some time here. There's some Mudokons here too, but they're free and need no rescue, some of them will shoot Abe with his slingshots unless he play Simon Sez and copy their whistles, or will they?
Scrabania
There's lots of interesting glitches involving Elum, two of them saved a lot of time here; the Ghostly Elum can safely walk over land mines, and the Walk Through Walls avoided a long sequence of events. Another stage full of free Mudokons, better leave them alone.
Scrabanian Temple
Empty Doors
Only the two lower right doors have Mudokons in it, on the rest of them Abe just needs to pull a lever to light the flint locks, learn the bell songs and possess the bells.
Mudokons # 41 and 42
Did I mentioned how useful the Screen Boundary is? Well, the Tamed Slogs glitch also is. Disable the UXB, possess the Slig, tame the Slogs, possess and kill another Slig and chant to free your fellow Mudokons, that's it for the fourteenth secret area.
Mudokons # 43, 44 and 45
I was just trying to cross the gap here when the Scrab fell to his death saving some time on the fifteenth secret area.
Mudokon # 46
Optimization sure saves some time on any run, but glitches saves even more. I think the Auto Turn Delay is the most useful glitch of the game, without it, the sixteenth secret area would take twice as long to complete.
Scrabanian Nests
Lots of Scrabs, pits, lifts, levers and a dramatic background music makes this one of the most complex stages in the game.
Paramonia
There's lots of interesting glitches involving Elum, two of them saved a lot of time here; the Ghostly Elum can safely walk over land mines, and the Walk Through Walls avoided a long sequence of events. Another stage full of free Mudokons, better leave some of them alone. (again???)
Paramonian Temple
Empty Doors
Only the first lower right door have Mudokons in it, on the rest of them Abe just needs to pull a lever to light the flint locks, learn the bell songs and possess the bells.
Mudokons # 47, 48 and 49
The trick here is to feed the Paramites so they will leave Abe alone long enough to rescue his fellow Mudokons.
Paramonian Nests
The Infinite Pick Up glitch saved quite some time on the previous doors, but here it's useless; no matter how many items Abe has, they just disappear when he enters this door.
StockYard Return
Hey, looks like the security system has been upgraded since the last time Abe passed through, fortunately there's no Mudokons to rescue here.
RuptureFarms 2
Mudokon # 50
In the any% run this is the only Mudokon that must be rescued, and it's a pretty easy one to rescue, take him to the next screen then chant, simple as that.
Zulag 1
Mudokons # 51 to 54
There's only one Bird Portal in this area, so all the Mudokons must be brought here from wherever they are to be rescued, and the Tamed Slogs glitch makes the task a little less boring.
Mudokons # 55 and 56
To rescue one of those two Mudokons, Abe must; scare the Slig, talk to the Mudokon, hide in the Screen Boundary, possess the Slig and blow the land mine with him, the other one; just chant...
Mudokons # 57, 58 and 59
The Shrykull power acquired from the previous Bird Portal will help Abe in the process of rescuing these three Modokons, the rest is just like the Mudokons # 13, 14 and 15 with the added complication of another Slig.
Mudokons # 60 and 61
I just love the Screen Boundary glitch, without it, Abe would have to possess two Sligs in a roll to rescue these Mudokons.
Mudokons # 62 and 63
They are where the Mudokon # 8 was in Abe's first time through, but now instead of a land mine and a Chant Droid, there's four Sligs and that chasing Slog to deal with.
Mudokons # 64 and 65
Abe can also kinda talk to Sligs, say "hello" on the right frame and they will walk straight forward or answer you, this way Abe can rescue these two Mudokons with less effort.
Mudokons # 66 and 67
Some times when Abe chants, a Slig will start to swivel fast left and right, when it happens Abe can safely stand beside him.
Mudokons # 68 and 69
Abe have to possess a Slig here not only because it was faster, but also because he can't use those glitched grenades here.
Mudokons # 70, 71 and 72
Finally some easy Mudokons to rescue, Abe doesn't even need to talk to them, just chant and then go to the first secret area of the game again.
Mudokons # 73 and 74
Abe can't tame this Slog as it will not attack his master, so, it's best to get it out of Abe's way while the Slig is possessed. Have you noticed some Sligs screaming when Abe chants, even when there's no Sligs near by? Odd.
Zulag 2
Mudokons # 75 and 76
Abe can toss as many grenades as he wants near a Boom Machine, but anywhere else will hang the game, that's why he blows up those land mines from here.
Mudokons # 77, 78 and 79
There's a Mudokon traped by an electric fence, to open it, a Slig must talk to a voice lock and I was lucky to possess him the way I did.
Mudokons # 80 and 81
They're on the same door as the last three ones, but Abe must use the Shrykull power acquired from the previous Bird Portal to rescue them.
Mudokons # 82 and 83
Abe must pull a lever at the end of the stage to open the door to Zulag 3, it may look wierd the way I did it, but he can't tame all the Slogs here.
Zulag 3
Mudokon # 84
This stage is a little tricky, but I was lucky to have the flying mines in the position the are in the run, really lucky.
Mudokons # 85 and 86
Abe should have used the Shrykull power to reach those two Mudokons, but it will be more useful on the next door.
Mudokons # 87 to 90
Ten grenades is not enough to complete RuptureFarms 2, but Abe can't grab them all from the same Boom Machine or the game hangs, and this seems to be the best place to pick up some more.
Mudokon # 91
Here's where the Shrykull power acquired on the previous door will come in handy.
Mudokons # 92 and 93
Those guys are really well guarded; seven Sligs, one Slog and an electric fence, what a waste.
Zulag 4
Mudokons # 94 and 95
For some unknown reason, the Mudokon # 95 was crossing the gap near that Chant Droid instead of just fall off of the ledge, rolling with Abe fixed this.
Mudokons # 96, 97 and 98
It was exactly here in this stage that I first saw a guy doing the Tamed Slogs glitch, a really helpful glitch if I'd say so myself.
Board Room
Modokon # 99!
That's the last Mudokon to rescue, obviously. Too bad Abe can't chant to rain Shrykull power all over the RuptureFarms executive board, the game locks up when he tries to do so.
Special thanks to
Zeupar, for motivating me to do a run of this game. Phoda (my nephew), for pointing some mistakes on my wips and for helping me out with the submission text. Dada, for his efforts to encode the movie. Antd, for the tricks and glitches you'll see in this run, almost all of them were discovered/first used by him.
Possible Improvements
Shout "look out!" instead of walk to kill the Sligs on "Mudokons # 62 and 63". Rescue Mudokons # 96, 97 and 98 before Mudokons # 94 and 95 to avoid back track. Not using the Ghostly Elum glitch on Paramonia may be faster, test it.
Suggested Screenshot
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Mukki: Claimed. I look forward to watching this.
Mukki: Wow, consistently entertaining and surprising all the way through. Very admirable for a run of this length. Pleased to accept.
Mukki: Submission file updated at the author's request.