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I"m not sure either, but that has happened to me a few times. Don't worry about that...a judge or admin will clear it out. Btw, nice to see your first submission here. As soon as I see an encode, I'll be voting.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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Very interesting game. I have not been aware of the progression of Pacman over the years, but this seems to be a nice showcase for a different kind of game for this famous character. Yes vote.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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Its good to see how dedicated you are to perfecting this game. I love the demonstration of glitches. Great job on the continued efforts and yes vote.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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This was one game that I really was excited to buy, back in my college days. I really enjoyed it and I'm glad to see the continued effort in optimizing it. Yes vote.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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Dimon12321 wrote:
Nevertheless, it still has some potential to have a decent TAS "volume #2", but for this to happen, the game has to be brute-forced for all questions and prescribed answers which would let you come up with hilarious answers
I'm not sure a volume #2 would be a good idea. It might open up the flood gates for endless submissions. If that was allowed, then TASes that have the same frame count could be judged as another volume for the same category, where different things were done for entertainment. I don't know, since it is a "Playaround"...you might be on to something. I just think that volumes would have to be defined for the rules so that it doesn't overwhelm the site.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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Excellent. I love seeing these BOTed runs. Yes vote.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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Out of the darkness, Sniq arises...The Grand Master of Optimization has returned.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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I share the same sentiment. It is amazing to see that this game is still being cut. I finally decided to watch this Contra TAS, side-by-side to the current WR. I really don't follow this game, in terms of technical details...so I'm a bit confused on how you are able to skip the end screen of each stage. I looked at the history of this "1 Player" category, and it looks like you accomplish this over Genisto in your previous attempt. I wasn't able to find anything on this in the submissions. Would you mind explaining how this was accomplished? oh, btw yes vote! :)
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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Incredible. The only reason I am posting on this submission, is that AVGN would be proud of you. He hated it, I hated it...two negatives make a positive. :P Yes vote for the continued protection of the Cheetahmen!
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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EZGames69 wrote:
That Kangaroo went to a land down under
Or he fell in a hole, dug from your dog in MI, to China. You should take more care of your backyard.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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I'm impressed. As a fellow BOTer, I am very intrigued by your submission and find this to be top quality work. It is always satisfying to see the end result, after a long run of BOTing. Yes vote.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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I remember my first attempt at a full game submission, and it was certainly an arbitrary category. The selection of the game helped a lot, but in the end...it wasn't accepted abroad by the community. Since then, I have come to focus primarily on any% as my top goal, followed by 100%, and finally low%. For me, when it comes to glitched runs...it depends on the technical side of how it was performed, for rating its entertainment. After all those, play-arounds are the only other categories that I really love watching. Barring the fact that arbitrary goals could reach the level of moons for entertainment, I don't see the value in seeking endless categories. If every category was accepted, this site would blow up with publications that will devalue the lure for enthusiast who want to see the limitations and available entertainment, where their favorite games is concerned. I draw the line when the game has been exhausted in the aforementioned categories....as these new goal choices contain movements that could have very well been used as filler for entertaining during a boring part or less technical area to traverse. I tend to start loosing my attraction for TASes when there is nothing substantial to showcase, so I stick with the obvious....be faster. No vote.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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DrD2k9 wrote:
Team Name - DENT Team Logo -
Confirming... DrD2k9, Ezra, NYMX, and ThunderAxe31
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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I'm in...teaming up with DrD2k9.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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Samsara wrote:
We recently amended the rules to allow single loops of infinite games, with only a preference for maximizing the difficulty. Given your explanation, though, it looks like 5 rounds should be the ending point either way, so I'd say you're good to go here.
Thanks.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
Post subject: Another Game Ending Problem
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I've tried figuring this one out, based on other submissions...so I'm a bit confused. I've studied the following two submissions, and crossed them with my own understanding (a few of my own accepted submissions): NES Burger Time http://tasvideos.org/4094M.html I bring this one up, due to it have 256 stages...something similir to what I'm about to ask. NES Duck Hunt (Game B) http://tasvideos.org/4003M.html With Duck Hunt, DrD2k9 identifies at round 27 that the hit box gets as small as it will and the speed has been capped. My newest, un-submitted, TAS is a C64 version of "Omega Race". My observations show that the game repeats after 5 rounds...which the games states "Droid Force 1 Eliminated". Afterwards....it appears to continue over again at the same level of difficulty. The address of 0x27 shows an incrementing value of the round being played. I've "Poked" the address with various numbers, all the way to 255, and I'm seeing the same count of ships and speed. In addition, the pattern of mobility seems to be similar...except that RNG does affect things because of the frame that inputs occur on. Because of that, it is not a situation where inputs can be copied to complete future rounds...based off the last round of difficulty increase. Any ideas on confirming an ending for this?
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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This kind of submission is very interesting. I first got interested in these type of glitched runs, when Super Metroid was heavily exploited. Its nice to see other games perform the same kind of "End Credits"? Its funny that this run comes shortly after I got certified in CompTia's Security +...where they teach you tricks to avoid buffer overflows. This is an example of what would happen when you don't take in consideration, the effects in memory for handling the tracking of where you are. Just imagine the potential access to company applications, if something was discovered in the same lines. Yes vote.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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Dacicus wrote:
What happens after the slow level, though? Does it stay slow, or does it speed back up again?
Level 15 repeats over and over...so it never speeds back up again. I had conversations about this situation with a number of members to know if it would be required to end the game or not...but feos confirmed that Levels 0 through 14 was all that was needed.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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EZGames69 wrote:
This game reminds me of my TAS of C64 Snoopy where each level gets increasingly fast to the point of becoming unplayable, but there's a point where everything becomes extra extra slow.
When I submitted this, your snoopy TAS was one of thing games I thought of. They are very similar in the way they increase their difficulty.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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moozooh wrote:
A decent technical showcase that ends before it overstays its welcome, though in my opinion it could've included stage 14 as well, even if it's trivial compared to the other stages. But whatever, still good.
I think you may mean Stage 15...which would have been the 16th screen. (Not sure why the author chose to represent the levels in engineering notation)....but I think I get your point. feos and I talked about this and I left it where the TAS continued...as long as the difficulty increased. Anyway...thanks!
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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Heisanevilgenius wrote:
Oh man, I remember this is one of the games I "programmed" when I was a kid. The company didn't release this on a disk or cartridge. They sent you a book that told you how to code the game yourself. But the coding was just you meticulously typing in numbers with no idea what anything did. Then finally you were finished and ran it and this was the game you got.
Yep...good times!
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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Zinfidel wrote:
Anyway, it's a great TAS candidate as well because the gameplay is insanely fast and looks to be nearly impossible for a human player. The TAS gameplay is very satisfying to watch as a result. Yes vote.
Thanks. :)
Zinfidel wrote:
What am I missing on stage 15, by the way? It looks like the alien ships just move really slowly or something?
That was the "Look Out!" ... I guess Charles thought that anyone reaching that level would have expected a dramatic change for the worse, but instead...he slowed down the game. It was probably a joke for him, since he thought nobody could ever get that far. Looks like he was right...only Level 12 was the best that he had ever heard of.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
Post subject: Re: Original version as published on companion diskette
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jeff_town wrote:
https://www.commodoreserver.com/PublicDiskDetails.asp?DID=EC3C999F08BE45659E138B0081F8D58B This appears to be a copy of the companion diskette for the magazine, so it should have the original unmodified game on it. To start it, LOAD"A*",8,1 SYS49152 the disk's menu system (if you use x64 -autostart) didn't seem to work for me, not sure why. You'd want to avoid it to reduce loading time anyway.
Unfortunately, if I use this version...I would have to start all over again. The rng for the frame of the start of each level will be dramatically different.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
Post subject: Re: Trainer?
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jeff_town wrote:
I see that a trainer screen goes by as the game starts up. Is it possible to make this run on a "clean" version of the game as published in the magazine instead?
I am so glad that someone noticed this. I talked with feos about this and wanted to use my "typed-in" version. Because I'm the source, I would have the ability to modify the game....so we had to use a recognized source for the download. Sorry, but it really irritates me as well. I was so hoping for a clean version.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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feos wrote:
Is it the hardest to play through?
:) You have a way with words. I suppose it could be, if you are a sloth. LOL
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence. ---- SOYZA: Are you playing a game? NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing. SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real? ---- Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes? Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :) ---- BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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