Cliffhanger is a platform game that was released on November 17, 1993 based on the film of the same name.

Game objectives

  • Emulator used: FCEUX 2.2.1
  • Aims for fastest time
  • Takes samage to save time
  • Abuses programming errors in the game

Comments

TODO: <Put here a longer explanation of the submission>
See also the descriptions in: #5983: EZGames69's NES Cliffhanger in 07:00.16

Timing difference between FCEUX and Bizhawk

The only difference in timing that I am aware of is the 1 extra lagged frame at the beginning of the run in FCEUX. Otherwise identical as far as I know.

Other Comments

Thanks to EZGames69 for making a run for a good comparison. Thanks to mtvf1 for the encode.

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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #5999: klmz's NES Cliffhanger in 06:55.12
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I found this movie very slow-paced, repetitive, and I couldn't notice any interesting trick. No vote from me. Also, I don't see why the votes are so much different from the ones for EZGames69's submission, since the movie appears very similar.
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ThunderAxe31 wrote:
I found this movie very slow-paced, repetitive, and I couldn't notice any interesting trick. No vote from me. Also, I don't see why the votes are so much different from the ones for EZGames69's submission, since the movie appears very similar.
I think since both movies very closely match each other, we should take into account the reception from my movie and apply it here too. It would be the closest we can get to having any feedback from this submission.
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Liked the movie, but that's because I TASed it before (and didn't submit because I found one mistake in the middle of the run, and that my TAS wasn,t exhaustive). Yes vote from me.
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Boring and repetitive, voting no.
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ThunderAxe31 wrote:
Also, I don't see why the votes are so much different from the ones for EZGames69's submission, since the movie appears very similar.
Because the author is klmz.
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mtvf1 wrote:
ThunderAxe31 wrote:
Also, I don't see why the votes are so much different from the ones for EZGames69's submission, since the movie appears very similar.
Because the author is klmz.
What is that supposed to mean?
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
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Memory wrote:
mtvf1 wrote:
ThunderAxe31 wrote:
Also, I don't see why the votes are so much different from the ones for EZGames69's submission, since the movie appears very similar.
Because the author is klmz.
What is that supposed to mean?
I don't want to explain it.
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mtvf1 wrote:
I don't want to explain it.
Votes backed up by strong reasons are considered more heavily than those without. If you do not wish to explain, that is fine, but it will be considered as lacking strong reason.
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[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
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I voted yes on the 2 submissions
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It doesn't have to be explained. Because it doesn't help with reading voters' minds anyway. No matter what we think of their votes' reasons, it's irrelevant if they aren't posting those reasons explicitly.
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Oh btw, I tried to watch it. The game's mood is so depressive that the movie is very hard to watch without fast-forwarding. And every time you skip ahead, you see and hear the same everything, with just a bit different level layout. Voting No.
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I probably mentioned this in the previous submission for this game, but we played it in a Big 20. Not really high on my list as a game to play, and platform hitboxes suck. I enjoyed the run though, well done. Also, I don't think you can really go wrong by making your way down a mountain using your enemy as a snowboard
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This movie has been published. The posts before this message apply to the submission, and posts after this message apply to the published movie. ---- [3752] NES Cliffhanger by klmz in 06:55.12