Submission Author Notes: Since the original author's English description is not very good, this submission was made to TASVideos on behalf of the author with the original author's permission. In addition, the actual completion date of this TAS is in 2023, due to time reasons therefore delayed until today to submit the manuscript, please judges understand.
The description from the original author of the submission is below:
Rock Man Exile, It is the original Mega Man 2 finish Hack. Although the work is rough at the moment, it is a new beginning as Rock Man 2 Hack.
This version has been submitted many times on tasvideos.org and has broken records many times.
In particular, nightingale and CUI break records almost every time they contribute to the game. This time, CUI and nightingale improved nightingale's [5271] NES Rockman Exile by nightingale in 25:04.19, allowing the record to be improved again. This time is mainly about the details of the correction, the overall increase of 15 seconds.
Compared to previous submissions, the number of frames increased as follows:
| Stages | Improve Frames |
|---|---|
| Air Man | 40 |
| Heat Man | 49 |
| Clash Man | 116 |
| Wood Man | 140 |
| Bubble Man | 139(-1) |
| Quick Man | 158 |
| Flash Man | 198 |
| Metal Man | 210 |
| Wily Stage 1 | 251 |
| Wily Stage 2 | 317 |
| Wily Stage 3 | 515 |
| Wily Stage 4 | 621 |
| Wily Stage 5 | 893 |
| Wily Stage 6 | 895 |