WARNING - POSSIBLY SUBOPTIMAL
In this game, Mario decides that, before he begins his adventure, he will take drugs, for whatever reason. This inevitably leads to him being attacked, chased and stuff.
Game objectives
- Emulator used: Hourglass r81
- Beat the game
- Abuses... umm... damage?
I basically just submitted this movie as a PoC, to demonstrate that this game can be TASed, and hopefully is mildly entertaining. However, it does beat the current RTA WR, and demonstrates it is possible to achieve a sub-2:06.
(With RTA timing, which subtracts exactly 3 seconds from the start of the run.)
Up until Mario getting drugged
A couple of precise timings mean this section is done quickly. Nothing special here.
Entering the car
Literally the same as RTA, just I enter the car on the first possible frame.
Happy Faces Fight
This section is even more of an autoscroller than the rest of the game, so there isn't a lot to explain.
Post-Happy Faces Fight
I hate that staircase so, so much.
Sub-Zero Fight
Using a trick recently discovered by L4cherlich, I save 2s (and half a cycle) by deliberately getting hit. This is the least optimised section of the run, but is still done faster than RTA.
Up until Mario undrugging
Nothing exciting here. Just a few semi-precise jumps.
Final few seconds
I hate this staircase even more than the other one.
This TAS was a pain to make, because not only did I have to use a very old laptop on a very old OS, Hourglass kept crashing. This TAS has technically been in the works for several months, because all my previous attempts failed.
The Sub-Zero fight is probably improvable, especially if faster strategies are found.
Fog: There are a few issues with this submission:
1. Inputs are sub-optimal.
As noted by the author himself in this submission, the inputs are sub-optimal and is more of a proof of concept that this game could be TASed. We don't take proof of concept TASes for publication here, for that we have the
Userfiles where users can upload work in progress and proof of concept files.
2. The game is unofficial, and is not of high quality and notability.
Our
movie rules are much more strict on unofficial games such as homebrew or hacks. We expect unofficial games to be of high quality and be notable with a strong following. This game is not of high quality, and is only somewhat notable because it's a Mario game with nothing but garbage and stale memes.
Even if the run submitted contained optimal inputs, the fact that it's a poor quality unofficial game makes any submission of this game ineligible for publication on this site.
Rejecting for sub-optimal inputs and poor game choice.
