I decided to make this run because I saw some other Brain age runs, and it inspired me.
( I especially love Ryuto's Runs)
Game objectives
Emulator used: DeSmuME
Aim: Get passed Brain Age Test and Calculations x100
Is a demonstration
Brain age test
For the brain age test, I did 1frame/sec. Delay might be because I used 0.9.4 DeSmuME. It wasn't that hard to get the anwsers, All you gotta have is a great BRAIN!
Other comments
There might be some lag (or delay?) but I don't know why.
I have no other comments, Other than Thank You!
Noxxa: This movie aims to be a speedrunning variant of Ryuto's famous playaround, but doesn't succeed at it very well. The drawing of the answers is slow, inconsistent, and a bit clumsy - while it gets the right results, it clearly can be done a lot faster. It doesn't look like frame advance or slowdown were used effectively. Additionally, considering its status as an educational title, an optimized speedrun of the game would likely not be acceptable, as educational games are not eligible for the Vault.
For these reasons, I'm rejecting this movie. Better luck next time!
TASandTAF: Ok, Thanks for letting me know. I will try to make a better run.
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Our published Brain Age movie aims to impress by drawing meticulous images instead of numbers, and having the images be read as the correct numbers anyway.
What is your movie supposed to go for?
Also, why DeSmuME 0.9.4? That version is ancient and deprecated.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
<dwangoAC> This is a TAS (...). Not suitable for all audiences. May cause undesirable side-effects. May contain emulator abuse. Emulator may be abusive. This product contains glitches known to the state of California to cause egg defects.
<Masterjun> I'm just a guy arranging bits in a sequence which could potentially amuse other people looking at these bits
<adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.
Play games that are emulated well
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Accurate emulation is preferred over inaccurate! The goal of our movies is to show what could theoretically be done on a real console. Exploiting emulation bugs goes against this goal.
Do not exploit emulation bugs, even if a movie you're trying to beat does so. Even if yours ends up slower but demonstrates superior gameplay, it will be preferred. If you're unsure whether a bug you're trying to abuse pertains to emulation rather than the game itself, try reproducing it on a real console or a different (preferably more accurate) emulator.
The same goes for exploiting bugs in a bad ROM dump. We would prefer the slower version that represents a more accurate playthrough.
DeSmuME is free. A simple Google search would have taken you to the website to get the latest version (0.9.11). The only excuse for using a version from 2009 is if you've been working on your TAS since 2009. DeSmuME 0.9.11 is MILES more accurate than 0.9.4, so there's a significant chance of your run desyncing for anyone using a version of DeSmuME from, you know, this decade.
TASing or playing back a DOS game? Make sure your files match the archive at RGB Classic Games.
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Hi TASandTAF,
I agree with people about using an up-to-date emulator. Hopefully your run still syncs on the new emulator!
I can't watch this without an encode, but if you tried to run this for fastest time, that actually sounds like a cool Vault-category run. Did you have to manipulate luck to get answers that you could fake faster?
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.
Now that I've seen the encode, I can say that it looked like it could have been done a lot faster. But don't make another run, because the goal was arbitrary and will never be accepted anyway. You could maybe justify a "100%" run that beats every type of puzzle as quickly as possible, but I don't see the point of a TAS that just beats Calculations x100 really fast... especially when you have to sit through a Calculations x20 to get to it.
TASing or playing back a DOS game? Make sure your files match the archive at RGB Classic Games.
