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A sound improvement, which has a decidedly more optimised feel than the previous run of this game.
I paid close attention to 6-3 and didn't see any gaping flaws, although it did indeed seem slightly sloppier than other levels (it's not something I can seem to put my finger on).
In any case, yes vote.
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Awesome comic pages, Cardboard!
As for the run, could somebody explain a little bit about the items you grab? It seems like you have to grab something in 1-3, 2-3, etc... what does this affect?
However, very nice improvements. Yes vote.
Used to be a frequent submissions commenter. My new computer has had some issues running emulators, so I've been here more sporadically.
Still haven't gotten around to actually TASing yet... I was going to improve Kid Dracula for GB. It seems I was beaten to it, though, with a recent awesome run by Hetfield90 and StarvinStruthers. (http://tasvideos.org/2928M.html.)
Thanks to goofydylan8 for running Gargoyle's Quest 2 because I mentioned the game! (http://tasvideos.org/2001M.html)
Thanks to feos and MESHUGGAH for taking up runs of Duck Tales 2 because of my old signature!
Thanks also to Samsara for finishing a Treasure Master run. From the submission comments:
Shoutouts and thanks to mklip2001 for arguably being the nicest and most supportive person on the forums.
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mklip2001 wrote:
As for the run, could somebody explain a little bit about the items you grab? It seems like you have to grab something in 1-3, 2-3, etc... what does this affect?
I'll take this one.
Cardboard's old tactics file wrote:
Red Bottle: Smart Bomb. Bombs all enemies on screen. Fairly useless unless it causes severe damage to bosses.
Blue Bottle: 10 seconds of invulnerability
Yellow Bottle: Ball of Light, homing missile. Should be saved against bosses
Green Bottle: Freezes enemies for 10 seconds
Red Vial: Faster Movement, Higher Jump for 10 seconds
Brown Bottle: STR and Reach up for 10 seconds
B-Coins: Bonus Level Coins? Finishing a x-3 level with a bonus coin allows for a bonus game to be played. I have yet not tried if it is faster to finish a level with only one bonus coin to see if the
Bonus Game can be finished faster than the "LOL YOU HAVE NO COINS"-jingle
I also noticed that this game has been with me throughout all of my versions of Gens, lol.
Warp wrote:
omg lol this is so fake!!!1 the nes cant produce music like this!
I think what mklip's referring to is that special item you need to find in each of the n-3 levels. You know, the one that stops everything and plays a little jingle when you grab it. For the record, I believe the item serves no actual gameplay purpose, apart from the fact that you're not allowed to exit the level without it.
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PCachu got what I was asking about, though thanks as well to Cardboard for a power-up list!
Used to be a frequent submissions commenter. My new computer has had some issues running emulators, so I've been here more sporadically.
Still haven't gotten around to actually TASing yet... I was going to improve Kid Dracula for GB. It seems I was beaten to it, though, with a recent awesome run by Hetfield90 and StarvinStruthers. (http://tasvideos.org/2928M.html.)
Thanks to goofydylan8 for running Gargoyle's Quest 2 because I mentioned the game! (http://tasvideos.org/2001M.html)
Thanks to feos and MESHUGGAH for taking up runs of Duck Tales 2 because of my old signature!
Thanks also to Samsara for finishing a Treasure Master run. From the submission comments:
Shoutouts and thanks to mklip2001 for arguably being the nicest and most supportive person on the forums.
Here's a testrun I made of the Japanese version of the game if someone wants to see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-6iNH-QBz8
The game is a lot different from the american version. The TAS is much longer because there are places where you have to wait a lot for the flying thing (and there are some other differences too). It's a bit strange because it isn't even hard to avoid getting hit by it, and you just have to wait there unnecessarily.
There is a one-second mistake at 19:59 and it's a bit unoptimized overall.
It's a pretty easy game to max out because you have maximum speed all the time, and nothing can be done to increase it.
