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I didn't see a TAS of Cheetahmen at all, so I decided, why not. Other than that, it's your run of the mill TAS.
Action 52, by Active Enterprises, was a poorly made game for the NES. It's badly made quality and extreme price tag ($199) made it known in the gaming universe as a game that's "So bad you have to play it." Cheetahmen was the game that the publisher's wanted to advertise the most, using a comic book and hints of toys to be released.

Game objectives

Beat the final boss.
  • Emulator used: FCEUX 2.1.4a
  • Up+Down/Left+Right On

  • Takes damage to save time
  • Heavy glitch abuse
  • Abuses programming errors in the game

Comments

Before anyone says anything, yes, I missed one shortcut, in level one. But I really wanted to get all of level one in, since it's the only level in the game that has the whole nonjumping-bird's-eye-view-at-an-angle-side-scrolling gameplay.
This game is very precise about certain things to actually let the screen scroll to continue the level. In level two, in the beginning, I turned around to kill an enemy to allow the screen to scroll. Same thing in the last level, where I climb up a ladder, then climb down it a little.
The end boss battle may look a little strange, due to the fact his flight path is a little random, he, and all bosses in the game, kill with one hit, and the actual reload time on my character's weapon. The character I was using cannot use the jump glitch, as other character's can. His jump height only allows me to shoot once in midair.

mmbossman: Rejecting due to poor viewer feedback and voting.

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Maybe both Swordless Link's and my submissions can be publishes. Mine being a branch that contains all of level one, his getting through as fast as possible.
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I see no reason at all to publish both version... If it will be published, it will be Swordless' only.
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petrie911 wrote:
It's not like you lose anything for submitting it.
No it's a black spot on your permanent record if you ever have a rejected submission! You have to be careful!
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Swordless Link wrote:
I was going to submit it here, but I was led to believe it would be rejected for being a bad game choice. What do you think?
What are you talking about? It's an awesome TAS of an awesome game. Incidentally, why hasn't anyone TASed Bible Adventures yet?
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No it's a black spot on your permanent record if you ever have a rejected submission! You have to be careful! ...Is that really why you think I asked? It would just be a waste of time for me, the people who would view it, and the judge who would reject it if it being rejected was a sure fire thing.
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Your run is awesome! You should totally submit it. If nothing else, as people have said, there needs to be a run of this here for the music alone :) But that's a silly reason, your run definitely stands on its own. The boss fights are great, the whole thing looks smooth, and it's very short (a very positive quality in my opinion, especially in terms of getting new people interested).
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Swordless Link, I thought that your run of Cheetahmen I was very polished and clean. I would totally vote yes on it.
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Alright, thanks guys. I'll submit it then since it seems some people did enjoy it. Also... mmbossman: Rejecting due to poor viewer feedback and voting. He didn't mention anything about game choice, so I guess it's okay to submit it anyway.
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Swordless Link wrote:
Alright, thanks guys. I'll submit it then since it seems some people did enjoy it. Also... mmbossman: Rejecting due to poor viewer feedback and voting. He didn't mention anything about game choice, so I guess it's okay to submit it anyway.
You are very right, and there was a surprisingly large minority of viewers who found this entertaining despite the flaws. I intentionally left out anything regarding game choice since I saw you had a faster version ready to go.
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