Submission #7861: Cephla's Genesis Passing Breeze: An Arcade Adventure in 00:44.64

Game objectives

• Emulator used: BizHawk 2.8
• Aims for fastest completion

Comments

Entering the arcade

• It's a beautiful sunny day, so all you want to do is sit indoors, play Outrun and listen to Passing Breeze.
• One problem.. you have no money. Why can't you do what you want. It's so unfair
• Maybe you can find some coins?
• A. Search for money. B. Visit the music test options.
• You're outside the arcade.
• You start rooting around in the road. There are two grates. You see a glimpse of something shiny.
• A. Try the left grate. B. try the right grate. C. Keep away, they look scary.
• There's a clown down there. He looks friendly.
• A. Approach the clown. B. Run away.
• What a lovely clown. He gives you one pence.
• You need to find a little more money to get in to the arcade.
• You start rooting around in the road. There are two grates. You see a glimpse of something shiny.
• A. Try the left grate. B. Try the right grate C. Keep away, they look scary
• Faint heart never won fair money! But wait, what's that? Something shinng in the road.
• A. Quick, run and get it! B. Wait for cars to go by.
• Dodging cars, you run and find a grimy 1p piece. You run back across the road.
• You found enough money to try to enter the arcade.
• You enter the arcade and exchange your two pennies for a 2p piece
• 2p isn't enough to play Outrun, but it's all you have. Time to try the 2p falls
• You head over to the gambling area dodging still-glowing cigarette ends on the floor.

2p falls

• There are two machines. One has old looking sweets in it, and the other has some folded five pound notes.
• You head to the machine with sweets. The other one looks fishy.
• A. Drop the coin NOW! B. Wait for it... NOW!
• Your 2p finds a nice slot on the moving platform. and pushes another couple of coins on to the lower platform.
• No more coins fall out, but something else drops out and on to the floor.
• You have no money, but you do have a manky looking Cola Bottle sweet.
• A. Eat it B. Throw it away.
• You eat a sweet which has been sitting in a filthy machine for seven years. You fall over and die.
• After a minute or so you realise you didn't die, but you do feel a bit queasy. Lying next to you under a machine is another 2p piece.
• You walk over to the Fiver falls. There are a couple of older kids there eyeing you suspiciously.
• A. Drop the coin NOW! B. Wait for it... NOW!
• Your 2p finds a nice slot on the moving platform.. and pushes another couple of coins on to the lower platform.
• No more coins fall out, but something else drops out and on to the floor
• You are now holding a folded 5 pound note. You realise this could be a tricky situation with those scary looking boys nearby
• A. Sidle away nonchalantly. B. RUN!
• The boys notice you and force you to hand over the money. But They're not terrible people. They five you 10p in return for it!
• 10p! But Outrun costs 50p a play.
• Wandering around, feeling a little despondent, you start to think you may not get to play Outrun today.
• Maybe you should even have taken that paper round like your Mom told you!
• Oh look, there's your rival playing Paperboy. You've never beaten his score, but maybe now's the time. You bet him 20p that you can beat him!
• He takes your bet, looking pretty smug.

Paperboy

• Off you go. Choose Easy Street, Middle Road (2x score) or Hard Way (3x score)
• A. Easy Street B. Middle Road C. Hard Way
• Off we go.
• Going along nicely. Watch out for that lawnmower.
• A. Steer Right B. Brake!
• Good.. Watch out for the Fire Hydrant
• A. Steer Right B. Steer Left
• Nearly at end ! Watch out for the drunk man!
• A. Steer Right B. Steer Left
• Reached the end. Well done.
• Fantastic. You beat him, and he gave you 20p. Only 30p more to go! One step closer to Outrun.
• However.. there's a new machine! What's that? Only 20p as well. Let's play Afterburner instead.

After Burner

• You're in a fighter jet screaming through blue skies above the sea.
• Incoming enemy planes close and in the distance!
• A. Shoot ear planes with your cannon. B. Lock onto the far ones with missiles.
• Incoming missiles from the enemy planes in the distance!
• A. Do a barrel roll. B. Eject!
• You successfully roll the jet and avoid the hazards!
• Your playing skills attract the crowd's attention!
• A refuelling plane approaches. Also more enemy planes!
• A. Shoot more enemies! B. Connect to the refuelling plane.
• You connect to the refuelling plane and get refuelled.
• An enemy plane is close on your tail, shooting cannons at you!
• A. Go fast! B. Go slow!
• You scream away from the enemy at incredible speed!
• Your playing skills attract the crowd's attention!
• Now an enemy missile is tailing you getting closer and closer...
• A. Go fast B. Do a barrel roll!
• You scream away from the enemy at incredible speed!
• Your playing skills attract the crowd's attention!
• A canyon approaches. You must fly through it to escape the barrage of enemies.
• A. Take is slow and low B. Go fast and high!
• You successfully navigate through the canyon.
• Enemy planes approaching!
• A. Go fast cannons blazing! B. Do a barrel roll! C. Lock on to the enemy with missiles!
• You blow up the enemy planes. It's just like Top Gun this isn't it?
• You land on the aircraft carrier! Mission accomplished! The crowd is amazed at your skills! Nice one!
• Another step closer to Outrun!
• The owner was so impressed with your play that he takes pity on you and gives you a free credit on Golden Axe

Golden Axe

• You are Tyris = Flare. An Amazonian women inappropriately dressed for battle.
• You see your friend Alex. He looks messed up bad.
• A. Say hello to Alex. B. Pretend you haven't seen him.
• "His Majesty and the Princess have been taken by Death = Adder. Revenge them for me my friend..."
• Alex collapses and dies. Now you're angry.
• You see a couple of Orcs kicking the crap out of some local peasants.
• A. Attack with button 1. B. Keep going. C. Attack with button 2.
• You batter the Orcs with your sword and the peasants run free.
• More Orcs! And they look pissed!
• A. Adopt heroic pose. B. Run and barge into the Orcs.
• You dash and barge into the Orcs, knocking them dead.
• You wonder how these Orcs got so old, when they're this easily killed.
• An Elf scurries around stealing stuff that has dropped in the battle.
• A. Wait and kick the Elf. B. Chase the Elf
• You kick the Elf. He drops a magic potion! You pick it up!
• "What did you do THAT for?" the Elf cries.
• A. "I don't like Elves." B. "You looked a bit threatening."
• "Really? Little old me? Threatening? Well I never!" replies the Elf.
• You arrive at a camp fire. Two massive twin Brothers with Hammers are laughing at you.
• A. Stab the Hammer Brothers in the knees. B. Barge into the Hammer Brothers. C. Ask "What's so funny?"
• You dash and barge into one of the Brothers, knocking him dead.
• This barging is a pretty good tactic eh?
• The remaining Brother is reduced to tears at the lost of his lifelong sibling.
• A. Stab him in the head. B. Console him.
• You stab and kill him. You are mean! But I guess you have to be in this game!
• You set up camp for the night. As you drift off to sleep, an Elf appears!
• You wait for the Elf to come close then kick him. He drops a magic potion which you take. Then he vanishes into the night.
• You awake and arrive at the Turtle Head Village.
• You really need the bathroom. Nit Tyris, YOU!
• A. Leave the game and run to the toilet! B. Drop a deadly smell and keep going.
• Players around you move away from the smell.
• Back in the game, you see a Warrior Woman riding a Dragon, burning down the village!
• A. And attack the enemy from above! B. Run and barge into the enemy! C. Wait until they're close then attack!
• You leap into the air, striking down the Warrior Woman and knocking her off her perch!
• A. Attack the Warror Woman! B. Steal the Dragon
• You take down the Warrior Woman! The Dragon runs off!
• Skeletons! OMG!
• A. Run away!!! B. Face the Skeletons. Maybe you'll live.
• You smash the Skeletons with your sword and boots! You win the battle!
• You realise the Village is on the back of a Giant Turtle, and you are now across the sea.
• You have lots of battles in the Mainland as you head up into Fiend's Pass. You know the drift now.
• You arrive at Death = Adder's Castle. It's time for the final battle!
• A. Run and barge into Death = Adder! B. Hack and slash at Death = Adder! C. Use you magic potions!
• You launch your magic potions into the air! A huge Dragon roasts Death = Adder!
• You have beaten the game! You are amazing!
• The arcade machine starts glowing and rumbling! Enemies appear around it in real life!
• The enemies chase you out of the arcade! You hide behind some trashcans...
• You find Death = Adder has dropped his Golden Axe. Now you have the Golden Axe!
• Turns out that you go a bit carried away there. The Golden Axe is actually a screwdriver
• Outrun is getting ever closer.
• But you know some tricks with old arcade machines.. you can get yourself a free play on Frogger by carefully jamming a screwdriver in to the coin slot

Frogger

• Right. FROGGER. Such a classic.
• You're a frog! At the side of the road! Oh god look at the time! You must get home!
• A. Hop forward B. Look left and right
• You look left. You see traffic. You look right. You see traffic. It's quite a way away.
• Tim is running out...
• A. Hop forward B. Look left and right
• The road is really busy!
• A. Hop inbetween the slow moving trucks. B. Hop into the empty lane?
• You deftly hop between the trucks. You reach the middle path. It looks safe.
• back in real life, a spotty kid nudges you and says "I know a tip! Wanna know it?"
• A. Ignore the kid B. Listen to the kid's tip.
• A rapidly running river rages before you. You hop forward toward a small log...
• On a small log. Now what?
• A. Jump onto the big green log. B. Jump onto the big brown log C. Jump onto the turtle
• You're on the back of a turtle! Possibly not the first time today! But it's diving
• A. Stay with the turtle! B. Hop toward that shiny thing on a log! C. Hop back!
• You hop onto the log and meet a beautiful shiny Lady Frog! She jumps on your back and you make your way back to safety!
• Time is running out...
• On a small log. Now what?
• A. Jump onto the big green log. B. Jump onto the big brown log C. Jump onto the turtle
• There's a big snake on this log! It slithers toward you...
• A. Hop back! B. Stay and chat!
• Lady luck is with you! The snake can't possible fit both of you in my mouth!
• You hop forward to the safety of home! Nice!
• Out of money again. Well, you decide to wander over to Outrun anyway and just watch it.
• But, what's this. It's on FREE PLAY mode! They must have messed up the dip switches.

OutRun

• FINALLY! You sit down to play your favourite arcade experience.
• Most important thing.. what music to choose
• A. Passing Breeze B. Splash Wave C. Magical Sound Shower
• Passing Breeze selected. Now we can say that the game jam theme made some sense!
• Gentlemen, start your engines. Starting COCONUT BEACH
• A wonderful feat of driving. Reached the junction with 10 seconds remaining. Perfect
• A. Go Left B. Go Right
• Entering GATEWAY. Marvel at those crazy scaled sprite tunnels
• Lost a bit of time there on he tight bend. Should have slowed down instead of running off the side
• A. Go Left B. Go Right
• Entering THE ALPS
• A perfect drive. Finished with 7 seconds remaining
• A. Go Left B. Go Right
• Entering the OLD CAPITAL
• A wonderful feat of driving. Reached the junction with 10 seconds remaining
• A. Go Left B. Go Right
• Entering the DESOLATION HILL
• Great drifting. Perfect once again.
• You Won
• You did well, but not perfect. Could do better!
• As the game is on free play, you can sit here all day! Would you like to try again?
• A. Yes B. No