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Improvement to max score branch of Pifall II with improved optimization

Game objectives

  • Emulator used: BizHawk 1.11.7
  • Max Score
  • Beats the game as fast as possible

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I realized that Harry sticks his foot out when he jumps, this allows several opportunities to turn around faster after collecting treasure, although not always since sometimes you need to wait anyway. You can als end input a few frames early by jumping.
Noxxa: Judging.
Noxxa: Accepting as an improvement of the published movie. As max score is not a vaultable category, it stays at Moons.
fsvgm777: Processing.

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Posted: 10/11/2016 8:31 PM
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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #5253: Alyosha's A2600 Pitfall II: Lost Caverns "maximum score" in 09:30.32
Posted: 10/11/2016 9:43 PM
Post subject: oh man ANOTHER encode
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Went ahead and encoded this one at the same time as the any%: Link to video
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Posted: 10/11/2016 9:56 PM
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Thanks for the encodes Samsara!
Posted: 10/11/2016 11:22 PM
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Thanks for the encode, Samsara! This was actually more entertaining than the any% improvement. I liked all the balloon and treasure optimizations. Yes vote from me.
Posted: 10/29/2016 2:31 PM
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This movie has been published. The posts before this message apply to the submission, and posts after this message apply to the published movie. ---- [3245] A2600 Pitfall II: Lost Caverns "maximum score" by Alyosha in 09:30.32
Posted: 10/29/2016 3:48 PM
Post subject: Re: #5253: Alyosha's A2600 Pitfall II: Lost Caverns "Maximum Score" in 09:30.32
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TASVideoAgent wrote:
Mothrayas: Accepting as an improvement of the published movie. As max score is not a vaultable category, it stays at Moons.
For this particular game, wouldn't "max score" qualify as "100%"? Because the only way to score points appears to be to collect all the items.
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Posted: 10/29/2016 3:58 PM
Post subject: Re: #5253: Alyosha's A2600 Pitfall II: Lost Caverns "Maximum Score" in 09:30.32
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Radiant wrote:
TASVideoAgent wrote:
Mothrayas: Accepting as an improvement of the published movie. As max score is not a vaultable category, it stays at Moons.
For this particular game, wouldn't "max score" qualify as "100%"? Because the only way to score points appears to be to collect all the items.
It's more than that. It's also avoiding taking damage.
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