Submission #9167: XTREMAL93's GB The Punisher: The Ultimate Payback! in 12:00.96

Game Boy
baseline
(Submitted: Punisher, The - The Ultimate Payback (USA).gb USA)
Bizhawk 2.9.1
43061
59.7275005696058
10303
PowerOn
Submitted by XTREMAL93 on 7/7/2024 7:42 PM
Submission Comments

Game objectives

  • Emulator used: Bizhawk 2.9.1 with TAStudio
  • BIOS used: Nintendo Game Boy Boot ROM (World).gb (sha1:4ED31EC6B0B175BB109C0EB5FD3D193DA823339F)
  • Aims for fastest time
  • Takes damage to save time
  • Uses death to save time
The Punisher: The Ultimate Payback!, released in 1991 by Acclaim Entertainment, is the Game Boy version of the 1990 NES on-rail shooter game The Punisher. Main character Frank Castle uses machine gun, grenades and rocket launcher to shoot villains. The game is 5 levels long, and each of them ends with a boss.
  • 1. The Mall (Kingpin)
    • At the end of the level, I killed innocent civilians to make the boss appear as soon as possible, despite losing 1 life. Of course, Spidey called the Punisher the worst turkey, but it was worth it.
  • 2. The Docks (War Ship)
    • To destroy the ship, I used a machine gun and 2 available rockets, which are more powerful and have wider area damage.
  • 3. The Airport (Helicopter)
    • Here also was used a machine gun and rocket launcher to destroy parts of the helicopter offscreen.
  • 4. The Jungle (Hitman?)
    • Was alternating machine guns and grenades to kill the boss and his guards.
  • 5. The Cave (Jigsaw)
    • Killed Jigsaw with a machine gun and grenades so fast that he could not even grab better weapons from the floor.
Here is alternate input file to help guide through the ending sequence, for the completion of the movie. If it is more suitable, you can use as main movie file.

nymx: Claiming for judging.
nymx: Re-uploading the movie file to correct the cycle count.
nymx: Well, this is basically an auto-scroller; however, the ending of each area makes for a good showing. In this run, XTREMAL93 quickly puts the bosses in their place. Most of them are won by big margins, but a couple of them are won by very little over the WR of . In total, it seems you have about 1 minute and 10 seconds of an advantage...making this a really good TAS. Congratulations!
Accepting.

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Last Edited by despoa 27 days ago
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