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Yeah, it's a shame the gameplay is so bad since the graphics and music are really nice. Part 3 - Ynt Mines, Ynt Weeds, Ynt Eggs, Glenn Yntis, Monk Rushmore, Soar Head The most entertaining part is Glenn Yntis at 7:57. Movie file.

Posted: 10/7/2008 5:17 AM

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maTO has an incomplete test run of this game near the bottom of this page.

Posted: 10/6/2008 9:57 PM

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I probably wouldn't find this run interesting at all if I hadn't played the game a lot back when it came out. The game is pretty repetitive, and it's long too; I think a full run would be just under 40 minutes.

Posted: 10/6/2008 8:51 PM

Post subject: Skullmonkeys

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I'm working on a test run: Part 1 - Science Center, Monkey Shrines, Hard Boiler, Sno, Skullmonkey Brand Hot Dogs Part 2 - Skullmonkey Brand Hot Dogs, Joe Head Joe, Elevated Structure of Terror, Ynt Death Garden Movie file. mz plays the alternate version of Sno here.

Posted: 9/24/2008 12:26 AM

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Thumper in Holland.

Posted: 9/23/2008 6:05 AM

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mz wrote:

I can't even make the freeze move in real time. :/

Try hitting left and right quickly, then delaying a moment and hitting up. Here's a play around with Thumper in Antarctica.

Posted: 9/22/2008 7:08 PM

Post subject: Twisted Metal 2

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Some quick tests: Thumper Twister Mr. Slam These aren't fully tool-assisted because I'm not sure how to do the freeze move (left,right,up) in frame advance. Thumper probably has the most powerful special, but it takes a while to recharge. Twister's special recharges very quickly. Mr. Slam is good for ramming other cars, which will become important in some of the later levels.

Posted: 9/7/2008 1:35 AM

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Looks excellent so far, nice job!

Posted: 9/4/2008 1:12 AM

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Here is the first 8:40, everything that I've completed so far. It goes up to the middle of Rainy Turtloid's stage. Movie file. Here is what beating him would look like. EDIT: It turns out you can skip the cutscenes. This will be edited later.

Posted: 9/3/2008 6:01 PM

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mz: If you can get this X6 movie to sync at all, it might help you to track down a desync problem. On my computer it has about a 50-50 chance of desyncing or playing correctly. Playing correctly: At about 5000 frames, X enters the second boss door walking Playing incorrectly: At the same point, he "floats" through the door - this is because of an extra frame sometime before. I've set the movie up in a way so it should recover from that desync and if the movie "completes" it should desync in Rainy Turtloid's stage.

Posted: 8/30/2008 8:06 AM

Post subject: Mega Man X6

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I've completed a test run of the intro stage. Youtube and movie file. Now I'm wondering about route planning. Infinity Mijinion supposedly has the shortest route to the secondary boss room. I also apparently need to get a special weapon to beat High Max. Are any parts worth getting?

Posted: 8/30/2008 6:13 AM

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Excellent run, and thanks to hero for posting the script.

Posted: 8/29/2008 12:52 AM

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Would someone mind re-uploading the lua script that fast-forwards cut scenes and door transitions?

Posted: 8/28/2008 8:11 AM

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Thanks for adding input display, it made a huge difference. I'd continue, but I can't get the colony to blow up. EDIT: I restarted from the beginning and improved the movie by several seconds. I was hoping that I'd be able to blow up the colony, but it still didn't work. Youtube and movie file.

Posted: 8/28/2008 3:28 AM

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I decided to try again since mz added input display. The Sigma fight is much better this time. Youtube and movie file.

Posted: 8/26/2008 11:57 PM

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mz wrote:

I hope you don't mind if I upload your movie to my YouTube channel, as I'd like to have as many TASes there as possible to get more people interested.

Sure, that's fine with me.

Satoryu wrote:

i can only assume that this was done to prove such a run can be made, which is good news.

Yeah, exactly.

Posted: 8/26/2008 9:56 PM

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No worries, the glory is all yours. :) I posted this in the hope that one of the Mega Man TAS experts would get interested in working with mz's emulator.

Posted: 8/26/2008 9:21 PM

Post subject: Mega Man X5

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I did a quick TAS of the intro stage. I was going to go further, but I'm not sure how to manipulate the destruction of the space colony. You can see it on Youtube or download the movie file.

Posted: 8/26/2008 6:17 AM

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Nice! A couple of questions, sorry If I have missed the obvious. PCSX turns off the GUI and repositions the window when playing back. Is there a way to change this? How do I resume a movie? Even with the read-only toggle I can't seem to get a movie to resume recording.

Posted: 8/25/2008 1:44 AM

Post subject: FCEU Genetic Algorithm

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Someone named Paul Kuliniewicz added a genetic algorithm to FCEU a while ago. It might be useful if the algorithm can make changes to a pre-existing movie instead of starting from something random. Here is a post on his blog about it. The source is available on that page. Here is a video of it playing Dr. Mario.

Posted: 8/14/2008 1:57 AM

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Very nice. Is the cart better for a TAS than the CD?

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