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This is a 100% completion run of Solstice. Getting 100% means visiting every room and picking up all items. We have a published Solstice run here, but this submission is not meant to obsolete that one, rather be published alongside it. This 100% run got some support in the NES thread to be submitted, so now I leave its fate up to you.
  • Emulator used: FCEUX 2.1.4a
  • Genre: Puzzle
  • 100% completion
The route used in this run is a slightly tweaked version of Lucid Faia's run on SDA. The "jumping on spikes" trick is present in this submission, as well as some moon walking (only in some rooms, I didn't want to overdo it). Some sections are similiar to the any% run, and I managed to copy them into this run without desync, which was very nice.
If you are unfamiliar with the game, you might want to read these comments as they explain the basics of this game.
I have uploaded this run on youtube into two parts, part 1 and part 2. Anyone who knows more about encoding than I do is very welcome to do their own encoding.
Flygon: Added YouTube module.
FractalFusion: Viewers like this one. Accepting for publication alongside the existing movie.
Flygon: Lazygon will process this some point soon.

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Posted: 8/12/2010 7:25 AM
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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #2798: Randil's NES Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos "100%" in 12:15.09
Posted: 8/12/2010 8:01 AM
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Flygon
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And doing my encoding I will. SD and HD. Very nice run! Yes vote! Also, Randil, you do realise that YouTubes limit is now 15 minutes, don't you?
Posted: 8/12/2010 9:08 AM
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Flygon wrote:
Very nice run! Yes vote! Also, Randil, you do realise that YouTubes limit is now 15 minutes, don't you?
The only part that I didn't like were the blank screens between every room but that stopped being annoying about half-way in and it's not like those were something you could have prevented. Out of curiosity, why do you go into the pause menu two or three times?
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Posted: 8/12/2010 9:38 AM
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Flygon wrote:
Also, Randil, you do realise that YouTubes limit is now 15 minutes, don't you?
I realized that about an hour after I had uploaded the run, which was kinda awkward. I thought 10 minutes was the limit. Well, now I know for the next time.
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Out of curiosity, why do you go into the pause menu two or three times?
This was done to select the potion that makes all objects in a room disappear. Each time you want to use a potion you have to enter the menu and select it.
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Posted: 8/12/2010 12:12 PM
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Posted: 8/12/2010 12:44 PM
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Yes Voted. I saw this in the forums and was quite entertained by the funny antics.
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Posted: 8/12/2010 4:51 PM
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Liked this, plenty entertaining. YES vote!
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Posted: 8/12/2010 5:59 PM
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My life is now complete; I have seen every room and every item in Solstice! Yes vote, a weak one, but still yes. The any% run was much more mindblowing, this one had some repetition and dead space, like walking into rooms only to leave them immediately... but I was still able to appreciate it. Good job, Randil!
Posted: 8/12/2010 7:32 PM
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Press play and the video becomes 1337
Posted: 8/12/2010 8:41 PM
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With so many rooms, route optimization must've been really complex and the run is pretty short for 100%. The spike stepping trick and moonwalk were also cool. However, I found it incredibly boring and it felt awfully long for only twelve minutes. Aside from that, I don't see any TAS merit in this run, as it's repetitive, doesn't feature evident super-human play, interesting outside-of-the-box thinking, luck manipulation or glitch abuse. Therefore, I vote No, sorry.
Posted: 8/12/2010 9:21 PM
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Epic. Just Epic. Hope it gets published because it deserve it xD
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Posted: 8/12/2010 9:24 PM
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antd wrote:
Press play and the video becomes 1337
Unfortunately, that was completely unintentional... but still pretty awesome! I can guarantee that the SD encode will also be 13:37 in length.
Posted: 8/13/2010 8:37 PM
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Nicos
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1337 encode for 1337 TAS yes vote and as always thx for the encode Flygon
Posted: 8/14/2010 7:24 AM
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spweasel
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I give this one a yes vote, though I'm not in love with the goal. I liked the 100% item portion, but the 100% map completion detracts from the run a bit. It would be a little better if there was more to show for it than a listed 100% after the game is finished, but as it stands it seems hardly worth all the rooms that are entered and then immediately exited. Unfortunately, an in-game listed 100% is a less arbitrary goal than "all items", so it should probably be the one published. The pointless room trips don't detract enough to justify not going with the in-game 100% as a goal. Either way, this is a pretty entertaining run overall. Thanks Randil!
Posted: 8/14/2010 2:51 PM
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Like the soundtrack. Awesome gameplay and I like the fact that you don't abuse the "moonwalk" trick. Yes vote.
Posted: 8/16/2010 8:17 PM
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Posted: 8/20/2010 1:26 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. ---- [1606] NES Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos "100%" by Randil in 12:15.09