Introduction
WARNING! THIS VIDEO CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN!
Now that I have your attention, this is my run of the GBA game Spider-man 3, completed in 15 minutes and 39 seconds. It is a game that loosely follows the plot of the hit 2007 movie, and I play through it really, really fast.
This is part 1 of 3 of my Spider-man three-peat, ménage à trois, triple play, etc. The other two parts can be found here and here
Uses VBA 19.3, because last I heard, 20 still has sync problems.
Goals
- Aims for fastest time
- Entertainment added to boss battles at the expense of some lag
Game objectives
This game has a pretty simple plot. Save people from danger, disable bombs, collect keys to go through doors, and throw some beatdown on bosses. Since the movie ‘’only’’ had three villains (Green Goblin, Sandman, and Venom), two new bosses are added into the game. Electro makes an appearance, as does some Ted Kazinski wannabe named the Mad Bomber.
Game Mechanics
Spider-man is able to achieve very quick speed using his web like a grappling hook. When spider-man gets launched to the left or right, he is in midair for a short amount of time. If an attack (arm swipe or leg sweep) is used during that time, he slides just above the ground, with the same velocity as before. He is then able to jump again, maintaining his momentum. Repeat this ‘bunny hop’ as needed. This is the main technique used to give this run its speed. Other movements, such as dashing, are available when there isn’t a wall (or enemy) regularly available to grapple off of, but all other movements are much slower, so they are used less often.
Another trick I discovered is a rather spastic way of maintaining high vertical velocity even when there isn’t a ceiling handy. By pressing ‘away’ and ‘jump’ one frame after latching onto a wall, Spider-man will jump upwards at a speed that is even greater than grappling. However, this speed quickly diminishes (within 3 or 4 frames it is slower than grappling). This loss of velocity is avoided by shooting a diagonal web almost immediately after losing contact with the wall.
Plot
A lot of the plot of the game is left out of this TAS, due to the ability to skip the cutscenes (thank you programmers!). However, I decided to do something never before seen here at TASvideos.org, and recreate the cutscenes in a manner very similar to a comic book. Since the submission form does not support thumbnails, I have provided a list of levels, with a link to each comic book "page" where the corresponding cut scenes occurred. I recommend watching the run through once without pausing, and then again if you want to see why so many people seem to get trapped in burning buildings, and why bombs seem to be more prevalent than ATMs.
Special Thanks
- Comicalflop, for working on a WIP up to level 6, which provided me a great framework.
- PJBoy, for velocity RAM addresses for each level
- Stickyman05, adelikat, and the above two mentioned for being WIP watchers.
The comics!
- Not embedded in consideration of those with slow connections
- Search and Rescue http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s29/mmbossman/Spiderman/1SeachandRescue.png
- Goblin Hunt http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s29/mmbossman/Spiderman/2GoblinHunt.png
- Spidey Saves http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s29/mmbossman/Spiderman/3SpideySaves.png
- Sandstorm http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s29/mmbossman/Spiderman/4Sandstorm.png
- The Dark Side http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s29/mmbossman/Spiderman/5TheDarkSide.png
- Court Disorder http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s29/mmbossman/Spiderman/6CourtDisorder1.png
- Follow That Limo http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s29/mmbossman/Spiderman/7FollowThatLimo.png
- Kingpin’s Mansion http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s29/mmbossman/Spiderman/8KingpinsMansion.png
- Totally Amped
- Subway Rumble http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s29/mmbossman/Spiderman/10SubwayRumble.png
- Toxic Shock http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s29/mmbossman/Spiderman/11ToxicShock.png
- Bombs Away
- Copter Chase http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s29/mmbossman/Spiderman/13CopterChase.png
- Sand Hassles http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s29/mmbossman/Spiderman/14SandHassles.png
- Quicksand http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s29/mmbossman/Spiderman/15QuickSand.png
- Final Fight http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s29/mmbossman/Spiderman/16FinalFight.png
- The End? http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s29/mmbossman/Spiderman/17TheEnd.png
To see what a run looks like when it’s played normally, check out these links:
Enjoy!
NesVideoAgent: Hi! I am a robot. I took a few screenshots
of this movie and placed them here.
I'm not sure I got the right ROM though. (I tried
Spider-Man 2 (U).gba, which was the closest match to what you wrote.) Well, here goes! Feel free to clean up the list. mmbossman: Sorry, NVA, but you chose Spider-Man 2, and this is Spider-Man 3. We learned in school that 3 is one more than 2 (or, more constructively, it's time to upgrade to GoodGBA 3.12).
Truncated: Everyone seems to agree with me that this is a cool run. Accepting.