Here is an improvement of 330 frames (5.5 seconds) to the previous run.
ROM version has been switched to PRG0. Reason: More interesting level names during the ending sequence. This run will still sync on ROM version PRG1, but please encode the run with the ROM version PRG0.
Emulator used: FCEU 0.98.16
adelikat: Like many other TASers, this run is what brought me to TASvideos.org and to the art of TASing. So it means a lot to me that I was able to contribute something to the perfection of it.

Scrolling glitch and speed/entertainment tradeoff stuff

A new method was used in 8-Ship and 8-Tank2 to scroll very far to the right of the screen near the end of the level to enter the pipes about 45 frames faster in each case. This was at the tradeoff of some of the 1-up bouncing in those levels. Please see this alternate run, which is 90 frames slower, but the authors, of course, manage to get 99 lives magnificently™. The warpless run also contains more 1-up bouncing and does not use this glitch. (However, neither of these runs sync on PRG1.)

Level by level

LevelFrames gainedReasonFrames sacrificedReasonTotal Gain
1-11Less hammer brother RNG lag0-1
1-232Sliding speed abuse5Bad hammer brother luck later forced this loss anyway, so we took a flower card by delaying the level entrance27
1-32Greater precision4Better hammer brother luck-2
1-Fortress10Better running at the beginning, starting flight later0-10
Map1-0-1
8-Tanks4Reduced lag and better pipe entrance0-4
8-Ship51Scroll glitch to the right side of the screen, better time countdown0-51
Pipe1Subpixel abuse allowed farther sliding0-1
Map4Better luck on the bridge0-4
8-Airship7Better pipe entrance and boom-boom fight0-7
Pipe1Subpixel abuse allowed farther sliding0-1
8-11Greater precision0-1
8-213Greater precision and sliding speed abuse0-13
8-Fortress3Greater precision0-3
Pipe1Subpixel abuse allowed farther sliding0-1
8-Tanks242Scroll glitch to the right side of the screen0-42
8-Castle138New route0-138
Bowser22New strategy0-22
End5Better time countdown0-5
Total339Thanks for watching!9-330

Bisqwit: Got no adequate words to congratulate and praise :( We're back where we started, only 40 levels stronger. In any case, accepting and encoding. :)


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