Comparison
After defeating Evil Wizard Malkil from Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors 2, Malkil returned and imprisoned princess in the Fortress of Fear, Kuros set out on adventure again to save princess. This run saved 1,139 frames over previous movie.
Game objectives
- Emulator used: BizHawk 2.5.2
- Aim for fastest time.
- Do not take damage for entertainment.
Comments
Mostly better optimization here and there. Big thanks to Dacicus for his existing movie and pointing out creatures spawn are based on screen positioning and amount of active sprite tiles on screen which helped me improve movie further.
Here's table of comparison:
| Description | Dacicus | ventuz | Frames saved(+)/loss(-) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Official Bios | 0 | 340 | -340* |
| VBA emu late start | 6 | 346 | 6* |
| L1-0 end | 1976 | 2298 | 12 |
| L1-1 to tower | 3911 | 4224 | 9 |
| L1-1 end | 4490 | 4797 | 6 |
| L1-2 to tower | 6150 | 6272 | 185 |
| L1-3 end | 7711 | 7830 | 3 |
| L2-0 end | 10338 | 10279 | 178 |
| L2-1 end | 12063 | 11968 | 36 |
| L2-2 end | 13267 | 13171 | 1 |
| L2-3 end | 14491 | 14386 | 9 |
| L2-4 end | 15717 | 15594 | 18 |
| L3-0 end | 17165 | 16997 | 45 |
| L3-1 end | 18815 | 18633 | 14 |
| L3-2 end | 19871 | 19658 | 31 |
| L3-3 end | 21124 | 20823 | 88 |
| L4-0 to tower | 23234 | 22913 | 20 |
| L4-0 end | 23757 | 23431 | 5 |
| L4-1 end | 26626 | 26285 | 18 |
| L4-2 end | 28176 | 27653 | 179 |
| L5 3rd room | 30134 | 29608 | 3 |
| L5 4th room | 30974 | 30415 | 33 |
| L5 5th room | 31440 | 30832 | 49 |
| L5 7th room | 33400 | 32776 | 16 |
| L5 8th room | 34024 | 33397 | 3 |
| End input | 35959 | 35148 | 184 |
*Not counted toward saved/loss total
Samsara: Submission delayed at the author's request. File replaced with a 10 frame improvement, resetting to New.
ThunderAxe31: Judging.
ThunderAxe31: File replaced with a 169 frames improvement, and correcting the cycle count value in the header.
ThunderAxe31: Accepting as improvement over the current publication.