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This is a TAS of the 10 time attack courses of Mr. Driller 2. This game is a fast paced puzzle game, where the goal is to drill to the bottom of the level within the given time limit.
The reason this is tagged with "Time Attack" is because there are also a mission mode and an endless mode.

Game Objectives

  • Emulator used: VBA-RR 23.5 svn 421
  • Aims for fastest in-game time
  • Aims for fastest real time
  • Genre: Puzzle
This is a 5.83 ingame time improvement over Randil's previous run.

Time Table

CoursesRandil's TimeMy TimeImprovementOverall ImprovementTime limit
Course A10.9810.8300.1500.1524.00
Course B06.5906.4300.1600.3116.00
Course C33.2433.0400.2000.5146.00
Course D07.7507.6800.0700.5816.00
Course E15.6514.6700.9801.5628.00
Course F24.5524.5200.0301.5937.00
Course G11.0610.9000.1601.7528.00
Course H32.8931.5201.3703.1243.00
Course I19.1418.0401.1004.2236.00
Course J1:00.9059.2901.6105.831:45.00
All of the improvements came from optimizations and better routes.
I would like to thank Randil for his previous run, as this helped me out a lot doing comparisons.
Enjoy!
klmz: Very positive feedbacks from the audience. Though seemingly small in absolute time, the relative improvement to the currently published movie is over 1%, much bigger than some other recent improvements to other published movies, let alone the route changes are more obvious than pure frame-level movement optimizations. I see no problems in obsoleting the currently published "Time Attack" movie of the same game in favour of accepting this submission.
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Posted: 4/8/2012 12:15 AM
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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #3558: Kyman's GBA Mr. Driller 2 "Time Attack" in 07:28.80
Posted: 4/8/2012 12:19 AM
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syncs on vba-rr v23.5 svn421 
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Posted: 4/8/2012 3:20 AM
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Speedy TAS of 2015
Very nice. Yes vote.
Posted: 4/8/2012 11:10 AM
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mklip2001
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Small improvements are still improvements nonetheless, and it looks good for a fast-paced puzzler like this. Yes vote.
Used to be a frequent submissions commenter. My new computer has had some issues running emulators, so I've been here more sporadically. Still haven't gotten around to actually TASing yet... I was going to improve Kid Dracula for GB. It seems I was beaten to it, though, with a recent awesome run by Hetfield90 and StarvinStruthers. (http://tasvideos.org/2928M.html.) Thanks to goofydylan8 for running Gargoyle's Quest 2 because I mentioned the game! (http://tasvideos.org/2001M.html) Thanks to feos and MESHUGGAH for taking up runs of Duck Tales 2 because of my old signature! Thanks also to Samsara for finishing a Treasure Master run. From the submission comments:
Shoutouts and thanks to mklip2001 for arguably being the nicest and most supportive person on the forums.
Posted: 4/8/2012 12:21 PM
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Puzzle games don't usually hold a grey-zone for me when it comes to watching a TAS. Either I'm captivated, or I'm not. Somehow, this game holds an adorable charm that makes the gameplay itself easy to continue watching. I enjoyed watching this run despite having never played the game myself. There's no question it would obsolete the present publication as an improvement, so there's nothing to discuss on that front. I'm going with Yes.
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Posted: 4/8/2012 12:49 PM
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That was fast-paced and pleasant to watch. Giving this a yes vote!
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Posted: 4/8/2012 1:02 PM
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Nice improvement, I'm glad this game got some more attention. I vote yes, of course, good job as usual. Perhaps we will see a frame war on this game eventually? :) (I think it lends itself quite good for competition)
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Posted: 4/8/2012 6:19 PM
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Interesting game and TAS. I vote YES.
Posted: 4/9/2012 5:42 AM
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Nice improvement! Fast-paced and entertaining, especially the last course. Yes vote of course.
Posted: 4/9/2012 1:36 PM
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Actually, watched this run 10 times and it's still good. :) What about Yes vote? xD
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Posted: 4/14/2012 7:10 PM
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Posted: 4/15/2012 3:47 AM
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For what it's worth, I've actually played a Mr. Driller game (although not this specific game), so I have some idea of the mechanics behind this sort of thing. And this run looked well executed, and there aren't any obvious route improvements. So Yes.
Posted: 4/16/2012 6:19 PM
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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. ---- [2017] GBA Mr. Driller 2 "Time Attack" by Kyman in 07:28.80