Submission #5737: mtbRc's DS Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin "all bosses" in 24:09.89

Nintendo DS
all bosses
DeSmuME 0.9.9
86741
59.82609828808082
37959
Unknown
Castlevania - Portrait of Ruin (USA).nds
Submitted by mtbRc on 12/9/2017 12:54:40 PM
Submission Comments

Game objectives

  • Emulator used: desmume-0.9.9 and Advanced Bus-Level Timing OFF
  • Knock down all bosses (With Nest of Evil's bosses)
  • Aim For Fastest Time
  • Abuses Programming Errors
  • Use Warps
  • Use Multiple hits
  • Manipulates luck
  • Takes Damage To Save Time
  • Uses Game Reset Sequence

About the Run

  • This is an improved version of My TAS. 4116Frames was saved.

Improvement Points

  1. Route Change
  2. Optimize attack method
  3. Optimization of Speed Up chanting method

Root Difference from Previous

  • Clear Order
OrderBoss Nameprevious order
1Behemoth14
2Keremet1
3Mummy Man2
4The Creature3
5Werewolf4
6Medusa5
7Brauner6
8Dullahan7
9Stella10
10Death11
11Dagon12
12Legion9
13Nest of Evil Bosses13
14Astarte8
15Stella & Loretta15
16Whip's Memory16
17Dracura & Death17
18True Dracula18
  1. First knock down Behemoth because routes out of bound and routes to Behemoth room almost overlap. This allows you to reduce suspend once, so you don't have to move to the Behemoth room for that. Improved over 1000 Frames.
  2. Speed Up knock down keremet before getting. This is about 120 Frames faster.
  3. Don't get Owl Marph with Dark Academy.This is because Push Cube and Strength Glove become unnecessary and it is no longer necessary to precede Sandy Grave.
  4. Don't use the route suspended by City of Haze. This is because Push Cube is no longer needed. But for this you cann't get Moonwalkers. This is affected especially by Nest of Evil, but it is early to compare.
  5. I will postpone Sandy Grave as described above. This is because it became possible to use Toad Morph to acquire Sanctuary. Instead, knock down Stella, Death first. It opens Forest of Doom and adds High Tonic to shop.
  6. From the relationship of item use, Knock Down in the order of Dagon, Region. In Forest of Doom of Dagon Knock Down, using the new out of bounds route, Push Cube and Strength Glove became unnecessary. This completely eliminates the need for Push Cube and Strength Glove.
  7. From the relationship of Final Sword equipment knock down in order of Nest of Evil, Astarte. The later route is the same as before

Attack method

・Multiple hits glitch is a glitch in which four or more kinds of invisibility are superimposed on enemies and attacks of the fourth and subsequent ones are hit continuously. This memory address varies depending on the enemy. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate accordingly. Below is an example of True Dracura.
AddressSizeDescription
021010052 bytesTrue Dracura invisibility 1
021010062 bytesTrue Dracura invisibility 2
021010072 bytesTrue Dracura invisibility 3
When invisibility 1, 2 and 3 is 1 or more, the fourth and subsequent attacks multiple hits.This time I improved chara change at this multiple hits. In addition, I improved by using multiple hits of Jonathan alone in Whip's Memory.

Noxxa: Judging.
Noxxa: Interesting change of route - it's nice to see the new strategy show off some new moves. The rest of the run is just filled with more crazy fast action and ludicrously quick boss battles, as usual. Accepting as an improvement to the published movie.
Spikestuff: Publishing.
Last Edited by adelikat on 10/24/2023 11:51 PM
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