Submission #1984: Randil's NES Deja Vu in 10:18.75

This run improves the published run by 806 frames (13.43 sec) mostly by not picking up the SNAPSHOT and not examining LETTER1.

• Emulator used: FCEU 0.98.26

• Aims for fastest possible time.
• Manipulates luck.
• Genre: Storybook.

I found that it's not necessary to either take or examine SNAPSHOT in order to beat the game. Because I don't pick this item up, I don't have to discard it in the sewers later on. All this saved ~10 seconds.

It's not necessary to examine LETTER1, which saved about 3 seconds. LETTER1 is evidence against Sternwood and Vickers, just as MEMO and DIARY, and because I don't examine those two items, I figured that I might not need to examine LETTER1 either, which was the case. :)

Then there were the usual frame improvements here and there. I saved a few frames by having less items in my inventory (it takes shorter time to load), and there were a few optimized cursor movements.

All in all, most of this run looks identical to the published run, but Deja Vu fans will probably spot the differences. :)

More detailed comments might come later...

Enjoy the run!

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Truncated: Accepted!

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NesVideoAgent: Hi! I am a robot. I took a few screenshots of this movie and placed them here. Oh! I also corrected the ROM name.

• You indicated Deja Vu (U).nes
• I updated it to Deja Vu (U) [!].nes

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