This topic is for the purpose of discussing #2541: Sonikkustar's Genesis Super Fantasy Zone in 05:57.93

Quote I really dont know what to say for submissions. Anybody have a suggestion on what I should actually SAY? <Describe the movie briefly here (3 to 8 lines) (it is what RSS viewers will see)> !! Game objectives * Emulator used <Put the emulator name and version here> * <List the objectives of your movie here> * <Another objective> * <And so on> !! Comments <Put here a longer explanation of your submission> !! Stage by stage comments ! <Put the name of the first stage here> <Explain the first stage here> ! <Put the name of the second stage here> <Explain the second stage here> <And so on> !! Other comments <Explain here things the audience would probably like to see> <Explain also things that could be improved in your movie> <You may also suggest screenshots.>

As said, I'm encoding this now, logocombining is being impossible so far however for some stupid reason. Yes voted anyway.

"Ooooo, here I cooooome, I am the big scary boooooss, tremble before OH GOD MY LIFE IS PAIN *dead*" That's the sound of Yes.

As surreal as this game is, it strikes me as being just another shooter with no real redeeming features, and it didn't seem to me that much thought was given to entertainment under these constraints (in comparison to, say, adelikat's Gradius run). I do not believe that this game allows for that level of entertainment - or even a sufficient level of entertainment - and I must therefore vote no. I will also, however, give this an encode: http://www.archive.org/download/GenesisSuperFantasyZoneBySonikkustarIn0557.93/superfantasyzone-tas-sonikkustar.mkv ...and on DM: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbtuvj_genesis-super-fantasy-zone-by-sonik_videogames

Thanks for the encode, sgrunt! I have to say, this was pretty repetitive. Load level, visit shop, blow through the targets, wait for the boss to show up, kill the boss in under a second, repeat. And then do all the bosses all over again for the last level only marginally slower than you did them when you had the benefit of extra weaponry. Thus: did you test the gains from the extra weapons to make certain they're worth the time it costs to visit the shop? I don't think this makes a particularly great TAS to watch. Voting meh: well-executed but not entertaining.

"Ooooo, here I cooooome, I am the big scary boooooss, tremble before <b>OH GOD MY LIFE IS PAIN</b> *dead*"

Basically this. The game is short enough that it's amusing to watch the carnage and the pauses in between aren't so bad as to drag the game out.

Grunt, I just made an encode that is 300kb smaller then yours, has better video quality (The bitrates are different, but mine used different encoding techniques as well) and has twice the audio bitrate (Yours was 45, mine is 80). I'll want to discuss with you tomorrow morning about tougher encoding scripts, it's slower to encode but trust me, it really crunches down the filesize. Thank Raiscan. Archive.org download DailyMotion Edit: The script if anyone else is interested

start /wait x264.exe "mixed.avi" --stats "./bothumh.stats" --deldup 20 --versioninfo --ssim --pass 1 --bitrate 300 --keyint 500 --ref 15 --mixed-refs --no-fast-pskip --bframes 16 --b-adapt 2 --slow-firstpass --mbtree --weightb --direct auto --subme 10 --trellis 2 --partitions all --me tesa --merange 64 --threads 2 --8x8dct --no-dct-decimate --output "encodedboth.mp4"
start /wait x264.exe "mixed.avi" --stats "./bothumh.stats" --deldup 20 --versioninfo --ssim --pass 3 --bitrate 300 --keyint 500 --ref 15 --mixed-refs --no-fast-pskip --bframes 16 --b-adapt 2 --mbtree --weightb --direct auto --subme 10 --trellis 2 --partitions all --me tesa --merange 64 --threads 2 --8x8dct --no-dct-decimate --output "encodedboth.mp4"

I like this. The game is even more on crack than the original Fantasy Zone that Hisatoki ran. It helped as well that the music was actually good this time. After you kill all the main creatures in a stage, it seems like there's still a good delay until the boss shows up. Is that because of the little baddies that also fly around in most stages? I feel like in some stages, those baddies could've been killed much sooner, especially in the first stage. However, this is still worth a Yes vote from me. Also, Derakon, I'm guessing that the extra weapons pay off more with the regular stage enemies than with the bosses. The extra weapons let him wipe out multiple enemies in sequence without stopping.

Theres one thing i wonder: does after you beat the game, when it loop, difficulty is increased ? If its harder after first loop, me think you should have start from savestate.

Theres one thing i wonder: does after you beat the game, when it loop, difficulty is increased ? If its harder after first loop, me think you should have start from savestate.

All bosses have 127 HP with the exeption of the Stage 7 Boss (97 HP) & The Final Boss (254 HP for both forms). When the game starts again, all bosses still have 127 HP. The normal shot also does 2 HP for both bullets still. The only thing changed is that you have your current engine & bombs from the last loop.

Ill vote yes then, the game is cool, i believe you could have done a better job like sgrunt noted, say like for gradius playaround, but i enjoyed your movie (and i know the game a bit).

Why was this run boring? This run had no right to be boring. Meh vote. This run was good and well executed, but for some reason I feel like I want those minutes of my life back.

Here is an encode: http://www.archive.org/download/SonikkustarsGenesisSuperFantasyZoneIn0557.93/superfantasyzone-tas-sonikkustar.mp4 http://www.archive.org/download/SonikkustarsGenesisSuperFantasyZoneIn0557.93/superfantasyzone-tas-sonikkustar.mkv HQ Stream: http://aktan.site90.com/?vid=SonikkustarsGenesisSuperFantasyZoneIn0557.93/superfantasyzone-tas-sonikkustar_512kb Edit: Added HQ Stream.

The Atomic Shit he took on the second boss alone is worth a yes vote.

Wow, that was a fun watch. I didn't understand the point of the game/how to win, but hey, this is a TAS. Really a great movie, cool game, awesome yes vote :)

Very straightforward with a lot of fun action. The first boss was the best part. Yes vote.

Really fun, not too long, and the game has good music and cute graphics. Absolutely yes.

why (J) version?

why (J) version?

Because the framerate is faster.

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YouTube encode: Link to video https://mega.nz/file/T98WCKpL#J-vKOczXVPcTHqu1n-tEEH57InkY4Cg_T-pQMAj1nRs