This is a TAS of River City Ransom. It's 130 seconds faster than the current published run, due to better precision, more use of weapons, and new glitches. It's a little slower than the last submission in movie time, but the last boss dies faster.
This run:
  • Aims for fastest time
  • Abuses programming errors in the game
  • Takes damage and uses death to save time
  • Controls 2 players
Here's a brief explanation of the bugs used:
Left+right bug If you double-tap left+right, the character gets a glitchy animation and can die. The death is usually used to reduce lag, but it is once used to death-warp. Also, if the character is carrying the other character, he can throw him through walls.
Bunny-hop kick glitch When jumping and kicking, you do a high-damage flying kick. However, if you kick just before hitting the ground, the character bounces, allowing several flying kicks to be delivered in a row. An offshoot of this is the trash-can trick, where you kick someone and a trashcan simultaneously, dealing double damage.
BIG thanks to DeHackEd, for fixing the .fcm into one that the site could accept. And thanks to my friend Flame_gamer, who discovered the bunny-hop glitch that inspired me to start this run.

adelikat: Accepting for publication to obsolete the published movie.

adelikat: Processing.

TASVideoAgent
They/Them
Moderator
Joined: 8/3/2004
Posts: 14776
Location: 127.0.0.1
This topic is for the purpose of discussing #1663: Chamale's NES River City Ransom in 06:53.42
Joined: 10/1/2006
Posts: 1102
Location: boot_camp
I assume the only thing that was changed was the ending so I'll throw in a yes even though I slightly preferred the old submission.
Borg Collective wrote:
Negotiation is irrelevant. Self-determination is irrelevant. You will be assimilated.
adelikat
He/Him
Emulator Coder, Expert player, Site Developer, Site Owner (3581)
Joined: 11/3/2004
Posts: 4736
Location: Tennessee
MUCH nicer ending. You have my yes vote.
It's hard to look this good. My TAS projects
Chamale
He/Him
Player (178)
Joined: 10/20/2006
Posts: 1352
Location: Canada
Out of curiosity, when was the last time a sub-10 minute movie was improved by 2 minutes?
Mitjitsu
He/Him
Banned User, Experienced player (531)
Joined: 4/24/2006
Posts: 2997
Yes,much better ending this time.
Banned User
Joined: 12/23/2004
Posts: 1850
The only thing entertaining in this run were the boss fights, and even at the end of those you just stood there waiting for the text to finish without doing anything interesting. Most of the run was "___ has lost all his power!" and the other player running across the screen. Voting: No.
Out of curiosity, when was the last time a sub-10 minute movie was improved by 2 minutes?
Who cares? Oh, right, speedruns, not superplay movies.
Perma-banned
Player (165)
Joined: 4/27/2006
Posts: 304
Location: Eastern Canada
Finally, another good RCR submission!!! It certainly can be improved timewise by the looks of it, but it's extremely entertaining so who gives a damn? Voted yes.
Joined: 5/2/2006
Posts: 1020
Location: Boulder, CO
Yes vote. As fun as boss suicide was, it just took too long. Nice submission.
Has never colored a dinosaur.
nesrocks
He/Him
Player (240)
Joined: 5/1/2004
Posts: 4096
Location: Rio, Brazil
Is it played on hardest difficulty? the submission text doesn't say so.
JXQ
Experienced player (749)
Joined: 5/6/2005
Posts: 3132
The gang members returned to class and became honor students! As before, I meh vote.
<Swordless> Go hug a tree, you vegetarian (I bet you really are one)
Experienced player (611)
Joined: 4/24/2005
Posts: 612
Ending's still the same and I'm a bit tired of this run now so whatever. I give it a yes regardless.
Editor, Experienced player, Reviewer (967)
Joined: 4/17/2004
Posts: 3107
Location: Sweden
I vote yes. Good going on the ending.
Joined: 4/3/2005
Posts: 575
Location: Spain
The ending is very funny, and the glitches are fun, except that killing the second player to avoid lag every screen is repetitive, and that I remember that the previous run had the minions hurt themselves while you avoided them, which was much, much more entertaining. I don't know what to vote, because it's better in some aspects, but worse in others, and the lag doesn't help.
No.
Player (78)
Joined: 2/8/2005
Posts: 130
Laughed out loud at the ending. I also liked the suicides and glitches. voted yes
Joined: 6/7/2006
Posts: 53
I can stand watching the ending much more now. Since I was borderline about the last submission based solely on the ending, I'm giving this a yes vote.
nesrocks
He/Him
Player (240)
Joined: 5/1/2004
Posts: 4096
Location: Rio, Brazil
Player (197)
Joined: 12/3/2006
Posts: 151
Watching the run in frame advance it seems the game was played on difficulty level 'Novice', the same as Sleepz' run. I liked it, especially the ending. You have my yes vote.
Joined: 4/3/2005
Posts: 575
Location: Spain
It's played on Novice, because it seems that difficulty settings only makes bosses longer to kill.
No.
Skilled player (1633)
Joined: 11/15/2004
Posts: 2202
Location: Killjoy
I love the way the game ends. Hilarious. Super yes vote.
Sage advice from a friend of Jim: So put your tinfoil hat back in the closet, open your eyes to the truth, and realize that the government is in fact causing austismal cancer with it's 9/11 fluoride vaccinations of your water supply.
Emulator Coder
Joined: 10/2/2005
Posts: 563
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Good work man. Didn't think I was going to like this, but here I am voting yes :)
Post subject: Movie published
TASVideoAgent
They/Them
Moderator
Joined: 8/3/2004
Posts: 14776
Location: 127.0.0.1
This movie has been published. The posts before this message apply to the submission, and posts after this message apply to the published movie. ---- [944] NES River City Ransom "2 players" by Chamale in 06:53.42
Joined: 3/5/2005
Posts: 47
Location: Italy
It only appears the star, but the link to the movie is missing :O
<Neclea>Gavin Ward <Sprint>WHAT? WHERE? <oldskoolgamer101>What a stupid name! oldskoolgamer101 was kicked from # soniccenter by Sprint [ says you , kimpy ]
Player (147)
Joined: 11/27/2004
Posts: 688
Location: WA State, USA
Bisqwit must have really low expectations, because he gave a star to something that doesn't even exist! EDIT: Somebody fixed it. :(
Nach wrote:
I also used to wake up every morning, open my curtains, and see the twin towers. And then one day, wasn't able to anymore, I'll never forget that.
Skilled player (1882)
Joined: 4/20/2005
Posts: 2160
Location: Norrköping, Sweden
Is it just me, or did all the ratings for this movie suddenly dissapear? I checked this movie about an hour ago, and about 5 people had voted so far (I only remember adelikat as one of them). Now, this movie suddenly has 0 ratings. Why is this?
Joined: 5/24/2004
Posts: 262
Oh man, a HUGE yes vote from me!! I was cracking up at this movie. It was great. I think I missed the one that it obsoleted though. Doesn't look like there's enough sentiment for a star on this one, but if I could, I would give it a star vote. It was speed and execution and comedy all wrapped into a nice short movie.