Total Recall in 5:02:00

• Used FCEU 0.98.28, not FCEUX. When converted, this TAS somehow resets at frame ~2500.
  • adelikat: This movie syncs when converted and played with FCEUX2.1
• Took damage to save time
• Abused programming errors and glitches
• Manipulates luck

Description

Glitches

• The game can only handle rougly half a dozen sprites on screen at the same time. If the queue is full, a new object may not be created. This is especially useful in preventing the creation of enemies and bullets, but it usually comes at the cost of terrible lag. The easiest way to cause this glitch is to attack repeatedly in the air--for every punch, a new fist is created and affixed to Arnold.
• The same lag can give Arnold some extra long jumps when used properly.
• Most enemies still take damage even when they're in a rainbowy-kickback state--no invincibility for them in this game. Arnie, though, gets excellent invincibility periods as well as damage boosting.
• A glitch that lets me walk into the wall at the first boss-type fight put me in a better position. If I kept going, I'd fall right down to near the bottom of the screen, stuck.
• At the very last fight with a jetpacker before the very final boss, a glitch (possibly related to the first one listed) prevented me firing as rapidly as possible. I couldn't get around it without losing a lot of time, and it sometimes let me fire anyway. I did the best I could find, but if I could have gotten around that somehow I could've saved a couple dozen frames.

The game itself