Tool-assisted movies

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The Japanese version was played because the USA version causes an error in Famtasia. The versions are generally the same, but there are some differences — most noticeably seen in the leveling systems and the load screens. We recommend reading the author's annotation of this movie.

Despite its length and being made with Famtasia, the author considers this movie to be his best one.

Note: Famtasia emulates the sound of this game incorrectly in some places.

Arc is a veteran when it comes to making TASes of Ghosts 'n Goblins. This TAS is his ninth version, and it is 15.083 seconds faster than the previous version by Guanobowl. There is a vast amount of luck manipulation throughout the game, and there are multiple instances of the rare 'boost from enemy damage' trick.

Note: The previous movie ran through the game twice (after the first completion, the game does not show the real ending). This movie only runs through once, hence the much shorter overall time. The actual first-quest time difference is 15.083 seconds.

In Japanese, this game is known as 魔界村 (Makaimura or "Demon World Village").

This movie attempts to complete Metroid as fast as possible without fighting either one of the minibosses. I use the door glitch twice and Up+A once. I collect the Maru Mari, 30 Missiles, and Ice Beam (no Bombs.)

The older playthrough by the same author doesn't completely avoid the minibosses.

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Although this movie was made with Famtasia, the author meticulously catalogued the frame count. Despite the game's appearing to be fairly straightforward, it requires a surprisingly large amount of luck manipulation.

This game is known as Makaimura in Japan.

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This movie—Arc's seventh TAS of Maniac Mansion—is about 36 seconds faster than the previous attempt. Will the limit ever be reached? Every time a new record is set, it's thought to be final, but then Arc discovers more ways to abuse the game.

The author's comments for the submission help to explain the multitude of tricks and glitches used.

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This improvement consists of many minor optimizations. The biggest improvement (timewise) is because of the new way that the hero (Orpheus) collects the 60 olives, which are required in order to buy the ocarina.

People often compare this game with Zelda 2 because of its similar gameplay.

While playing, Arc discovered that it is possible to break the normal collection sequence for the 3 fragments of love. Unfortunately, this sequence breaking does not result in a faster TAS, and so it does not appear in the movie. For a detailed explanation of the sequence break and its problems, see this forum thread.

In order to beat the game (the first quest, at least), Pitfall Harry must accomplish 6 tasks:

1. obtain the Raj Diamond
2. find the key to Quickclaw the Lion's cage
3. rescue Quickclaw the Lion
4. find the flask of medicine, which can heal Rhonda
5. rescue Rhonda
6. return to the starting point after completing the previous 5 tasks

This movie is about a 4 second improvement to the previous version.

Note: The name of this game is Rush’n Attack. The 'n does not stand alone as a contraction of and, unlike Ghosts ’n Goblins. Given the theme of the game, the pun on “Russian Attack” is quite obvious.

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Every time before it has been rejected ― either because the movies have been imperfect, or just because the game is too simple.
(Isn't it? Even the video codec thinks it can encode the movie losslessly in a mere 251 kbit/s rate.)

But persistence prevailed (take no hint!), and Michael Reilly got his movie through.

This movie applies luck manipulation to keep the bad enemies out of way so mister Jumpman (later to become Mario) doesn't need to jump so much.

This movie—Arc's eighth TAS of Maniac Mansion—is about 46 seconds faster than the previous attempt.

The author's comments for the submission help to explain the multitude of tricks and glitches used.

This is an improved version by another minute. We recommend reading the author's comments…

There is a subtle allusion to Dance Dance Karnov on stage 6.

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Arc: [I] chose Colts vs. Patriots because in recent years the two teams have played many intense, high-stakes games in which the Pats always escape with a victory^[1]. :-(

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Note that this movie seems to end abruptly, because after the 8 events are completed, the game just repeats the same 8 events with more difficult goals.

Selected notes from author:
There are 3 purposes of this video: 1) To attempt to be 'perfect' in each event at least one time; 2) To show the major consequences of seemingly minor mistakes in play or strategy, e.g. jumping one half step too early (Long Jump), being off by a single degree (Javelin), or missing a bonus (Skeet Shooting); and 3) To show oddities in the game (Javelin, Triple Jump).

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It was inserted to the database in a history revival project by Bisqwit in autumn 2006.

Actually, I rejected this movie back then. I complained that this is too sloppy :) -- Bisqwit

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It was inserted to the database in a history revival project by Bisqwit in autumn 2006.

As for the movie itself... it was among the earliest timeattacks on the site. Thus, the gameplay is very poor. It was played on a 20-FPS Famtasia at 70% speed without ever stopping the movie (i.e. mistakes that were accidentally saved weren't undone).

The movie is noted for being the first attempt at Metroid and for introducing the basic strategy that has been used in subsequent attempts (getting missiles from Kraid and then freezing a rio in order to gain access into Tourian).

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It was inserted to the database in a history revival project by Bisqwit in autumn 2006.

Here is my 3rd attempt. It runs about 10:18, a 63 second improvement from version 2. I do not think there is a significant amount of time left to chop off, but that 10 minute mark is tempting.

> Watch your video again, and create a strategy of where to walk,
> climb and jump. Find the shortest route (timewise) to where you
> need to go.

Basically I had 2 goals in this run: try to always move forward and not shoot while grounded unless required. I think I achieved this about as well as possible. There are some points you may question so I will try to answer here:

Level 1: Where I jump and do not land on the gravestone, this was intentional. I move backwards when fighting the flying devil, but the timing on the moving platform allows for it.
The plants had to be shot.

Level 2: I go beyond the first ladder to get the big guy off of the top (sort of like Morimoto getting a mushroom instead of star in SMB3). I had to kill him so I could kill the others (they guard the bottom of their ladders).
When I was stuck between the two, climbing was the fastest and only way to survive.
You always have to wait for the lifts.

Level 5: I fought the two big guys because a) the top guy was blocking the top of the ladder anyway and b) the moving platform's timing allowed for it (would have had to wait for it anyway).

Level 6: I first had to move the big guy off of the top of the ladder. Then I fought him because you have to fight the red devil on that floor, or else other red devils appear, and in the end more time is lost, so I feel killing both the big guy and red devil are required moves.


> Keep an eye for all chances take advantage of the
> most obscure features the game has. (Find those features.)

You will see on Level 2 I shoot the 2 big guys by firing through the wall. The jumping backwards shot is still my favorite. Regarding the jumps at the ends of ladders, I don't think they improve speed, but they help prevent accidental crouching or motionlessness. Also at the start of Level 2 I am able to shoot the plant while jumping upwards to avoid the slight pause.

> After you have all that in condition, you can see if you can
> improve it stylewise :)

Sometimes you have to move backwards with the red devil or he will hit you. Most of the time improvement comes from the 6 bosses, especially the dragons (6 hits in the front of the head kills them faster than 1 in the back of it) There was also some luck in avoiding some of the big guys.

> Regarding random enemy movements, I noticed that in Castlevania,
> the game seeds the random number generator all the time from keypad
> input. By pressing some unrelated buttons at right moment, I can
> affect enemy actions. Try experimenting. Find out how to keep the
> enemies out from your ways.

The big guys seem to react solely to the knight. Where he is on the floor beneath/above them dictates where they will go (they follow). They cannot fire or move while being attacked. And, if you use the jumping backward shot at them while running away they are less likely to fire their blue balls of doom.

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This game is known as Makaimura in Japan.

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It was inserted to the database in a history revival project by Bisqwit in autumn 2006.

9:07 - 31 seconds faster

Level 1 is the same because I don't currently know how to improve it (and one of the jumps over the zombies took a lot of rerecords). This may change if/when there is another version (I want less than 9 minutes.)

There are significant changes on levels 2, 3, and 6.

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It was inserted to the database in a history revival project by Bisqwit in autumn 2006.

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It was inserted to the database in a history revival project by Bisqwit in autumn 2006.

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This game has a quite functional soundtrack.
The timeattack might be a little long, but it's almost flawless and quite relaxing to watch and listen.

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It was inserted to the database in a history revival project by Bisqwit in autumn 2006.

As for the movie itself... TODO describe it? :)

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A few versions ago, Arc included a different movie that completes the game in 10:06 and has the hamster scenes - nuking it in the microwave and also giving it back to Ed. You can download it here (FMV only).

This game has crazy music.

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There is a well-known glitch in the game that can paralyze Edna while a kid is in her room. The programmers tried to prevent this glitch from working on Purple Tentacle. However, Arc demonstrates an oversight by the programmers.

There was no time for the hamster in this route, so Arc also included a different movie that completes the game in 10:06 and has the hamster scenes - nuking it in the microwave and also giving it back to Ed. You can download it here (FMV only).

This game has crazy music.

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It was inserted to the database in a history revival project by Bisqwit in autumn 2006.

As for the movie itself... TODO describe it? :)

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This movie is 43.3 seconds faster than the previous version.

Selected comments from the author:
Main improvements in this version:

• Almost every room played more precisely
• The first vertical shaft is many seconds faster
• Missiles are used more aggressively early
• Vertical shaft from Hell (Kraid's Lair) improved again
• Sped up clearing the blocks in the small vertical shaft leading to Kraid's Lair
• Shortcut into Tourian is the most improved section timewise
• The 5 Zeebetites were destroyed quicker
• New strategy against Mother Brain

Most Metroid speedruns used to be about 30-40 minutes long.

We recommend reading the author's comments of this movie.

This movie has been obsoleted!

It was inserted to the database in a history revival project by Bisqwit in autumn 2006.

As for the movie itself... TODO describe it? :)

This movie has been obsoleted!

It was inserted to the database in a history revival project by Bisqwit in autumn 2006.

As for the movie itself... TODO describe it? :)

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Arc is currently working on improving this again.

Most Metroid speedruns used to be about 30-40 minutes long.

This movie has been obsoleted!

It was inserted to the database in a history revival project by Bisqwit in autumn 2006.

As for the movie itself... TODO describe it? :)

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In this game everyone runs around menacingly and bullets fly slower than a regular housecat runs.

Note: The name of this game is Rush'n Attack. The 'n does not stand alone as a contraction of and, unlike Ghosts 'n Goblins. Given the theme of the game, the pun on "Russian Attack" is quite obvious.

This movie has been obsoleted!

It was inserted to the database in a history revival project by Bisqwit in autumn 2006.

As for the movie itself... TODO describe it? :)

This movie has been obsoleted!

In this game everyone runs around menacingly and bullets fly slower than a regular housecat runs.

This movie has been obsoleted!

It was inserted to the database in a history revival project by Bisqwit in autumn 2006.

As for the movie itself... TODO describe it? :)

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San Francisco 49ers vs. Atlanta Falcons. What do you think?

This movie has been obsoleted!

It was inserted to the database in a history revival project by Bisqwit in autumn 2006.

As for the movie itself... TODO describe it? :)