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I thought that the game was going to be finished by the end of the year, but I was wrong. It probably got delayed for who knows when.
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I think that Hourglass works on Windows Vista, sure with Windows 7, unsure with Windows 8. We should get it optimized for Windows 10. I'm not sure if it works with games designed for Windows 95/98, and I doubt that it would work with ones made for retro Windows. (i.e. 1.0, 2.0, 3.0) If we were to make something that can play the retro Windows games we would have to use a retro Windows emulator, but that's a whole different story.
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If I were to TAS this game, skip the briefings, and avoid asteroid fields as much as possible. Also, avoid the Rostov system at all costs.
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https://youtu.be/eeN-TrC02yE This is my test TAS on Time Trial on Rainbow Road.
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We could make a verification movie for max score by warping to world 8 then save and quit, then reload the game and get warp whistles, keep going until you have 27 warp whistles. During the max score TAS, Complete every level in world 6 except the airship, then warp back to world 5, rinse and repeat. Getting 27 warp whistles on the NES version requires a different method due to it not having a save feature. It requires dying lots and lots times so that the levels can be repeated after a game over. I recommend doing it with 2 players 'cause you don't need to repeat the first two levels. Player 1 completes level 1, Player 2 dies in level 2, Player 1 completes level 2, Player 2 gets a warp whistle from level 3, Player 1 dies in level 4, Player 2 gets a warp whistle from the fortress, keep dying until you get a game over, Player 1 selects end, Player 2 selects continue. The only downside is that you can't save, and despite said method in getting the warp whistles is quicker on 2 players, it's slower to get the max score on said mode; unless you use a save hack. Without getting a game over, the most warp whistles you can get is 3, or 4 in the Famicom version thanks to a glitch. Speaking of the Famicom version, you can do the rinse and repeat part indefinitely due to said glitch, and it's quicker than the NES version, but the enter level screen transition is a little slower. The NewGame+ for the NES version gives you 28 P-Wings at start. The GBA version is also unique. Get 2 warp whistles as usual. Is it possible to finish a level at exactly 000? You have to beat the game just once in order to select any level as many times as you like. If it's possible to beat a level with 000 left, then only do it with Mario for a NewGame+ verification movie. For Mario, make it to the end without killing any enemies, getting any coins or power-ups, and breaking blocks. 1-1 Mario gets a flower panel with 000 left, 1-2 Luigi completes level after getting 80000 points, Card game Mario gets a flower, 1-3 Mario gets defeated by a Koopa Troopa, Luigi gets warp whistle, 1-4 Mario falls off, 1-Fortress Luigi gets warp whistle, 1-4 Mario falls off (again), Luigi uses warp whistles to get to world 8. 8-Tanks Luigi defeats a Boomerang Bro. to get a star. 8-Battleships Mario uses a flower before entering in order to defeat Boom-Boom while scoring no points, finish at 000. 8-Airship Luigi finishes the level, 8-1 Mario gets a flower panel with 000 remaining, 8-Hand Trap Luigi falls in lava, 8-2 Mario gets a flower panel with 000 left and gets a 3UP to bring the remaining lives from 2 back up to 5. 8-Fortress Luigi finishes the level, 8-Super Tank Mario completes level with 000 left, 8-Bowser's Castle Luigi defeats Bowser, game complete. Now get 35 warp whistles to start with for the max score TAS. There is be another way to get max score, the e-Reader cards.
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Someone made a My Little Pony themed hack of this game. Which includes a port of a hack by Herooftime1000. 3 of 4 games were modified graphically. What's left is Super Mario Bros. 3 to edit.
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100% TASes of 2 Player Adventure is barely faster than 1 Player. Player 2 goes for the key if available. Fire Mountain shoot Player 2 over Player 1's nest to drop an egg. Dark Water Beach and Icicle Pyramid Players team up then kill each other at the end. Smokey Castle Player 2 shoots and Player 1 shoots Player 2 so that Player 1 can get 10 bananas quicker. Racing Taj on multiplayer causes other players to disappear until you go to another area.
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A Time Trial TAS would be essential. Pressing L, R, and Start with a second controller allows you to play one player with the map at the top. But you won't be able to view replays or save ghost data. Using that on Grand Prix starts you in 7th instead of 8th. I would like to see a 2-Player TAS on 150 cc with shrunken characters.
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This is a non-emulated related fact, but to record footage of the racing minigame on an actual console, you have to have a copy of the game, a Game Boy Player, a GCN-GBA cable, and two GameCubes. I wonder if the AVGN has a copy of the game.
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I would like to see a TAS of the Elements of Harmony RPG. Preferably version 1.9 where you can dash. It of course is a parody of the first Final Fantasy. Or, one with a crappy storyline like War of Harmony IV. Maybe one that can be beaten in 35 minutes like Super Lesbian Horse RPG. Or a very short game like Go Fast. Even a crossover like Meloetta: Melody of Discord and Lovely Warriors of Friendship.
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A Very Minty Christmas happens to be most memorable if not one of the most memorable mini movies from G3 My Little Pony. I say that Star Catcher has the sweetest voice, more than Fluttershy and even Princess Celestia. My Favorite Holiday Episode from Friendship is Magic happens to be Hearthbreakers.
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It would be easier to use TAStudio to make a TAS if you're not using a gamepad.
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Princess Twilight Sparkle, Spike, and Starlight Glimmer all travel through time. Objective: Stop Starlight from preventing Rainbow Dash doing the Sonic Rainboom. Attempt 1: Starlight uses a freeze spell on Rainbow Dash. Alternate Timeline 1: King Sombra rules over the Crystal Empire, overthrowing Cadance and Shining Armor. King Sombra enslaves the Crystal Ponies and turns them into his personal army. Princess Celestia commands the Royal Guards, the Wonderbolts, and Special Agents into battle. Attempt 2: Starlight teaches the colts not to be bullies. Twilight couldn't convince Rainbow Dash to do a Sonic Rainboom. Alternate Timeline 2: Queen Chrysalis overtakes Canterlot. Shining Armor gets raped and imprisoned, the Princesses and 3 of the Mane Six are subdued. Fluttershy leads the Resistance Force. Zecora senses who's a Changeling and who's not. Queen Chrysalis reveals her true form and subdues Zecora. Attempt 3: The battles interrupts the race. Alternate Timeline 3: Princess Luna/Nightmare Moon rules Equestria by herself. Princess Celestia gets banished to the moon for 1000 years. Eternal Night. Attempt 4: Starlight throws Rainbow Dash off course. Alternate Timeline 4: Tirek destroys Equestria. Attempt 5: Twilight accidentally freezes Rainbow Dash. Alternate Timeline 5: Discord rules Equestria in Eternal Chaos. Attempt 6: Starlight levitates Fluttershy to help her fly. Alternate Timeline 6: The Flim Flam Bros. take over Ponyville. Attempt 7: Starlight attacks Rainbow Dash. What all Alternate Timelines have in common: Equestria becomes a barren wasteland. Starlight's Past: Sunburst gets his Cutie Mark, leaving Starlight lonely. Attempt 8: Twilight redeems Starlight and allowing Rainbow Dash to do the Sonic Rainboom. Twilight receives 3 messages from Sunset Shimmer. Twilight visits the Human World to meet her human counterpart.
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I would like to see Grogar for season 6. You know the episodes from the original 1986 TV series?
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December 6 begins Pony Day
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Almost every time I watch MLP and/or LPS, I had to sit through that one Lalaloopsy commercial. You know the one. Anyway... Princess Twilight has to stop Starlight Glimmer from disrupting young Rainbow Dash from doing the Sonic Rainboom. Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy are part of the alternate six. Twilight must convince her actual friends to join her, but they become reluctant and pick on her. Also, Princess Celestia is angry and she and the Royal Guard invade Canterlot Castle to destroy Nightmare Moon and take back the throne. A theory suggests that the dark magic that was leftover would turn Celestia into Nightmare Star.
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Just one more week until the season finale
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http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1626100651/smbdx%20100%20run%20verification.tasproj.bk2 This is a verification movie which will have 2 photos in the album which are gotten by playing vs mode and by trading scores. Only way for the verification movie to be used is to implement infrared communication.
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The episodes Bats! and Scare Master will air on Friday the 13th.
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There is a hack called Peach and Daisy in the Ultimate Quest. In 1-1 grab the mermaid suit right away. Jump on the Hammer Bros. get attacked by a Koopa Troopa, Crouch jump through a wall to the exit pipe. There is a glitch in the fortress where you can walk through a solid wall to get the Warp Whistle and warp to world 6. Make it to 7-1 to do the skip to credits glitch. Worlds 1 through 3 were modified while the rest is the same. There is a reset glitch when entering a cloud bonus area or the second section of the tower.
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I don't think Equestria Daily ever mentioned this: We'll never have too many unicorns.
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I can't wait to see what happens in the next episode. And I'm also anticipating the upcoming new season of Littlest Pet Shop.
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Since Mupen64-rr is obsolete, there are still some N64 games that can run on Mupen64-rr, but won't run at all on BizHawk, such as BattleTanx. I hope we can get every N64 game to run on BizHawk.
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Why isn't Discovery Family gonna air Luna Eclipsed right after Lesson Zero? I mean Hello? Halloween. Princess Derplight Sparkle.
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I know episodes with scrolling closed caption that appears in most of season 2, all of season, and a few from season 4. A glitch occurs during the opening. It happens between the lines "faithful and strong" and "sharing kindness". It shifts the line "a beautiful heart" down one line and reduces the lines displayed from 3 to 2 and causes the former two lines to overlap with each other. It was spread from episode to episode by copying and pasting the captions and scripted commands. The glitch was apparently fixed, but unfortunately it was only applied to "Too Many Pinkie Pies". We don't know what VITAC was thinking. The apparently forgot to press copy right after they fixed it. Oops.