Posted: 11/23/2013 9:59 PM
Post subject: TASing is the best video game.
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TheYogWog
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Sega TAS of 2019 Speedy TAS of 2019
Anyone wanna talk about TASing in general? I would really be interested to hear others thoughts or experiences relating to any aspect of TASing. What makes it such an enjoyable hobby? What do you get out of it that keeps you coming back, that makes it worth spending many hours just to get a few seconds of video? Any complaints or things you dislike? How did you first get into it? What games do you like to TAS and why? My favorite thing is solving gameplay puzzles. I remember reading that elsewhere on this site and I think it's an excellent description of part of the TASing process. It's taking one's knowledge about a game and applying it in the controlled setting of an emulator in order to create a desired outcome. It's like playing a game within a game, which has allowed me to go back and experience my favorite game of all time in a completely new way all over again. And what's more is you actually get something tangible to show for it in the end in the form of the movie file. Literally a video game-movie based on theoretical button inputs... it's sophisticated.
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Posted: 11/23/2013 10:14 PM
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NES TAS of 2011
I had some pathetic thread about it, many cool guys posted there: http://tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11977 Also: http://tasvideos.org/Search.html?key=%22gameplay+puzzles%22
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