Posted: 9/8/2004 7:59 PM
Post subject: Earthworm Jim
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Cazlab
Joined: 7/5/2004
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Location: Karlstad, Sweden
I saw a thread about this game @ the Genesis games, is it the same game @ SNES? The one at SNES are really great and I hope someones gonna try a timeattack at this game ;>
Posted: 9/8/2004 8:01 PM
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Kyrsimys
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Posted: 9/8/2004 8:03 PM
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Zurreco
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Heads up on this one: the US version of EWJ1 is known to have a ROM fault that makes movies desynch within the first minute or so of recording. If that problem wasn't there, I would be 60% done with a good movie right now.
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Posted: 9/8/2004 8:04 PM
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Cazlab
Joined: 7/5/2004
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Location: Karlstad, Sweden
But I hate to compete, just like to watch timeattacks, not to do them myself. And the only game I'm excellent at are megaman 2. But morimotos time is impossible to beat :/
Posted: 11/28/2004 5:03 PM
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julianch
Joined: 8/24/2004
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Location: Valencia, Spain
i finished the first level and the first asteroid course. you can see the smv file at this URL: http://perso.wanadoo.es/mamor13/ewj-julianch].smv if the movie desyncs close the emulator and retry.
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Posted: 11/28/2004 7:16 PM
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xou
Joined: 4/26/2004
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Location: france
could be improved a lot :]
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Posted: 11/28/2004 7:41 PM
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julianch
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xou, tell me things for improve[/quote]
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Posted: 11/28/2004 10:20 PM
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Highness
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No need to yell about it Julianch. But on the other hand it would be nice if Xou explained where instead of just saying it's improvable.
Posted: 4/11/2012 4:41 AM
Post subject: Earthworm Jim
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DoctorGurge
Joined: 4/10/2012
Posts: 10
Location: Montevallo, AL
Hi. I'm a n00b, and this, for some reason, was my first TAS choice. I love this game, and this game is difficult, even on normal. This is my FIRST attempted TAS, and it is only the first level, New Junk City. I chose the DIFFICULT difficulty, and it having been so long since I played the game, got several surprises. There are SEVERAL points for improvements, namely on my jumps as well as taking less damage in certain places. Also, considering this was my first attempt at a TAS, I chose to not take the elk warp (as I call it), though it would have considerably lessened the number of frames. I came in at a whopping 12020 frames for this run. Here is a link to the .smv: http://www.4shared.com/file/8oxOyZaI/Earthworm_Jim.html I am aware this is not the preferred emulator, but I haven't gotten used to using lsnes yet (I'm not even sure how to map controller keys as of yet: I are n00b). If someone could encode and upload this, it would be greatly appreciated. My internet is just too slow for YouTube uploads at the moment. Any and all suggestions is GREATLY appreciated and welcome. Also, I am all up for collab on this project. Thanks!
Posted: 4/11/2012 7:20 AM
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DoctorGurge
Joined: 4/10/2012
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Location: Montevallo, AL
Here's a youtube video. Not the best quality, just getting it up there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSugvo13DXM&feature=youtube_gdata
Posted: 4/11/2012 7:39 AM
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Bobo_the_King
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Not to be discouraging, but the published run beats the first level over a minute faster than yours, even including loading screens and a startup splash screen that wastes 19 seconds. You can view the run here: Link to video Like I said, I don't want to discourage you and I know you said your run isn't perfect, but I'd primarily like to know what goals you're aiming for here. Let's just say you aren't yet on track for a published Earthworm Jim run (your biggest obstacle being the published run on a superior system). So what would you like to get out of this site?
Posted: 4/11/2012 7:53 AM
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DoctorGurge
Joined: 4/10/2012
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Location: Montevallo, AL
I'm watching that now. It seems like everything I did on the SNES, the splash screens and loading screens were only skippable after a certain number of frames. My point for this run was to publish an SNES run of the game so as to show the differences between the two systems (the GEN version of the game clearly being superior, as well as the run). After messing around with it a little more, I don't think I'll pursue this much longer, or at least it won't be something I will primarily work on. I'm up for suggestions on any game that has yet to be TASed for either the SNES or NES, this was just for me the most interesting of game choices. Plus, I love this game. I wonder if EWJ2 has been run yet...*searches net* But, yeah, I had a problem with my times on the loading and splash screens. I felt like I should have been able to skip them before I was able to, but it seemed as though the SNES version forces the player to listen to the "Earthworm Jim" intro voice and to also stare at Jim a little longer than I wanted to. Of course, this may have just been something I was doing wrong. Also, I definitely messed up the cow launch, as well as the first dog (where his death was rather unnecessary but satisfying). I want to get better at TASing. I enjoy gaming, but I rather enjoy beating games as fast as possible more.
Posted: 4/11/2012 7:57 AM
Post subject: adelikat name flash!
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Deign
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TASer of 2008 NES TAS of 2008
Can I suggest watching adelikat's tutorial videos on youtube? Part1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS75JLwJExk&feature=channel Part2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7EozJIIWME&feature=channel Part3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q02QSb1CgMU&feature=channel Part4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9MulJjsk-U&feature=channel
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Posted: 4/11/2012 8:02 AM
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DoctorGurge
Joined: 4/10/2012
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Location: Montevallo, AL
I watched those the other night. I think my main issue is just not being used to the controls just yet. I used to TAS years ago, but I've been away awhile and many things have changed. Also, many games that hadn't been TASed or were considerably longer than they are now were around then. Now, though, the SMB run I remember being close to 6 minutes long is now shorter than 5 minutes. It's crazy! But, yeah, I appreciate everyone's assistance. Sorry for being such a n00b. I haven't found anything on EWJ2 so I may move to doing that project. Was EWJ2 also on GEN? If so, which system would be the better run to make? Or would it matter?
Posted: 4/11/2012 8:47 AM
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DoctorGurge wrote:
I haven't found anything on EWJ2 so I may move to doing that project. Was EWJ2 also on GEN? If so, which system would be the better run to make? Or would it matter?
The SNES version is superior, IIRC, but its sound is notoriously hard to emulate. Snes9x 1.43 definitely couldn't do it; I haven't checked 1.53.
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Posted: 4/11/2012 8:57 AM
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Bobo_the_King
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I think one of the most useful tools any TASer can learn is Lua scripting. It's not especially difficult and it's extremely rewarding. I say run whatever game you feel like-- Earthworm Jim included-- and use it not to create a published run, but instead to just get a feel for the basics of Lua. I may help you out more another day, but I need sleep now. Good luck!
Posted: 4/11/2012 9:52 AM
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Warepire
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To get the sound right in EWJ2 you would most likely need to use the lsnes emulator. lsnes is based of bsnes, which is the only emulator I know of that emulates the sound in EWJ2 correctly. Here's a quick link to the lsnes download topic: http://tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12325 Here's also a quick tutorial on how to handle the Project screen that comes up after opening a ROM in lsnes: http://tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=312097#312097
Posted: 4/11/2012 6:39 PM
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DoctorGurge
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I ran the first level of EWJ2. I've so far got it to ~5620 frames or so, but there's indeed room for improvement. I also used lsnes for this. Here is the file. http://www.4shared.com/file/8hMecGMS/ewj.html I named it ewj by accident; it is a save movie file for EWJ2 in lsnes.
Posted: 11/18/2020 5:52 PM
Post subject: Earthworm Jim (SNES) Secret Level
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XTREMAL93
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Earthworm Jim (SNES) Secret Level Who Turned Out The Lights? / Darkness Link to video