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  • Emulator used: dega-1.15-win32
  • Aims for fastest time.
  • Takes damage to save time.

Plot

"Once upon a mouse... Welcome to Vera City, where life is joyful, and everyone lives in peace. All but one, that is. One who is jealous of Minnie's beauty and popularity-the witch Mizrabel..."
"... Who one day came on her broom and swept Minnie away. Mickey was taken by surprise. He did the only thing he could. He chased after the witch Mizrabel all the way to the..." Castle of Illusion! :)

About the run

When you see this movie, I think you will share my view that the theme of this game clearly is about chocolate, cake, pencil, A B C letters and stuff like that :) I think the creators of this game really wanted to make this a "joyful" and pleasant game for young children. I decided to TAS this game as its one of my childhood gaming memories and I think it makes a decent effort for submission. It was fairly easy to TAS this game. Mickey's somewhat slow starting momentum was sometimes slightly annoying. As far as I am concerned, there arent many tricks involved in this game other than the ladder trick and 1-frame zipping. The ladder trick involves having a ladder up at the screen and where you can jump high and grab the ladder's highest point. Once the screen has stopped scrolling upwards, you can stand on a ladder and jump on it and reach the nearest platform instead of climbing. Some parts may seem slow but I tested many different approaches without succeeding. Someetimes I was annoyingly 1 or 2 pixel away from reaching certain platforms earlier. All in all, it was a pleasant experience for me.
I don't know whats up with Dega but the rerecord count is not 4419 (it is obviously much higher but whatever). Enjoy!
Truncated: I am taking the liberty of 1) putting in version in the ROM name, because this movie only syncs on V1.1, and 2) cancelling this movie, since Angerfist has said he will redo it and possible improvements were posted in the submission thread.

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Posted: 7/5/2009 12:50 AM
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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #2309: AngerFist's SMS Castle of Illusion: Starring Mickey Mouse in 15:42.78
Posted: 7/5/2009 2:26 AM
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mklip2001
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Sorry for asking this question before watching the movie, but how does this game compare to the Genesis Mickey Mouse Castle of Illusion? Do you think that this run should obsolete the Genesis run?
Used to be a frequent submissions commenter. My new computer has had some issues running emulators, so I've been here more sporadically. Still haven't gotten around to actually TASing yet... I was going to improve Kid Dracula for GB. It seems I was beaten to it, though, with a recent awesome run by Hetfield90 and StarvinStruthers. (http://tasvideos.org/2928M.html.) Thanks to goofydylan8 for running Gargoyle's Quest 2 because I mentioned the game! (http://tasvideos.org/2001M.html) Thanks to feos and MESHUGGAH for taking up runs of Duck Tales 2 because of my old signature! Thanks also to Samsara for finishing a Treasure Master run. From the submission comments:
Shoutouts and thanks to mklip2001 for arguably being the nicest and most supportive person on the forums.
Posted: 7/5/2009 2:30 AM
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Oops, I voted yes on this submission by accident. Not that I necessarily won't vote yes. I haven't yet watched it.
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Posted: 7/5/2009 3:50 AM
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mklip2001 wrote:
Sorry for asking this question before watching the movie, but how does this game compare to the Genesis Mickey Mouse Castle of Illusion? Do you think that this run should obsolete the Genesis run?
It's a completely different game. [edit] Just watched. The movie is well done, uses some clever shortcuts, and I love this game. Yes vote from me Just one question: In the second stage, you take damage to reach a ladder. Is it faster than just hitting the horse with your...attack?
My first language is not English, so please excuse myself if I write something wrong. I'll do my best do write as cleary as I can, so cope with me here =) (ﾉಥ益ಥ）ﾉ
Posted: 7/5/2009 12:42 PM
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OmegaWatcher wrote:
Just one question: In the second stage, you take damage to reach a ladder. Is it faster than just hitting the horse with your...attack?
Good question. Unfortunately when you hit something, you cannot grab a ladder as Mickey is doing his hit attack pose.
Nitrogenesis wrote:
Guys I come from the DidyKnogRacist communite, and you are all wrong, tihs is the run of the mileniun and everyone who says otherwise dosnt know any bater! I found this run vary ease to masturbate too!!!! Don't fuck with me, I know this game so that mean I'm always right!StupedfackincommunityTASVideoz!!!!!!
Arc wrote:
I enjoyed this movie in which hands firmly gripping a shaft lead to balls deep in multiple holes.
natt wrote:
I don't want to get involved in this discussion, but as a point of fact C# is literally the first goddamn thing on that fucking page you linked did you even fucking read it
Cooljay wrote:
Mayor Haggar and Cody are such nice people for the community. Metro City's hospitals reached an all time new record of incoming patients due to their great efforts :P
Posted: 7/5/2009 12:47 PM
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ShinyDoofy
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It's not the best game, but neat enough. Weak yes vote.
Posted: 7/5/2009 4:29 PM
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PreddY
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can i get a dirty encode please? i loved this game as a kid :D
Posted: 7/5/2009 5:05 PM
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If it's dirty you want, dirty you shall get: http://shynee.ath.cx/~doofy/dirty.avi
Posted: 7/5/2009 5:34 PM
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thanks dude! that encode isnt even up to the end, but what i saw was nicely enough :D
Posted: 7/5/2009 5:42 PM
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It's ends exactly where the input ended. :P
Posted: 7/5/2009 6:12 PM
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Very neat soloutions to some awkward situations, yes vote.
Posted: 7/5/2009 7:11 PM
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Personally I found the movie rather dull. It's practically the definition of run&jump, with uninspired level design and terrible music. The gameplay seemed decent enough; it's the game I take issue with. Meh.
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Posted: 7/7/2009 5:48 AM
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Look at this movie. Maybe my strategies can help improve your performance. http://www.4shared.com/file/116449195/df970f5a/wwmarx-castleofillusionmmv.html rom: castle of illusio starring mickey mouse (U)(V1.0)[!] Dega v1.14
Por que praticamente só jogos de futebol têm versões em português?
Posted: 7/7/2009 8:31 AM
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wwmarx wrote:
Look at this movie. Maybe my strategies can help improve your performance. http://www.4shared.com/file/116449195/df970f5a/wwmarx-castleofillusionmmv.html rom: castle of illusio starring mickey mouse (U)(V1.0)[!] Dega v1.14
I think that movie desyncs. I used Dega v1.14, .14a and .15.
Nitrogenesis wrote:
Guys I come from the DidyKnogRacist communite, and you are all wrong, tihs is the run of the mileniun and everyone who says otherwise dosnt know any bater! I found this run vary ease to masturbate too!!!! Don't fuck with me, I know this game so that mean I'm always right!StupedfackincommunityTASVideoz!!!!!!
Arc wrote:
I enjoyed this movie in which hands firmly gripping a shaft lead to balls deep in multiple holes.
natt wrote:
I don't want to get involved in this discussion, but as a point of fact C# is literally the first goddamn thing on that fucking page you linked did you even fucking read it
Cooljay wrote:
Mayor Haggar and Cody are such nice people for the community. Metro City's hospitals reached an all time new record of incoming patients due to their great efforts :P
Posted: 7/7/2009 1:58 PM
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It desyncs on V1.1, yes. He however, used 1.0. Synced fine for me on the (almost) latest git revision.
Posted: 7/7/2009 8:04 PM
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wwmarx, that was cool! I thought a few of those shortcuts and I swear I even tried them, but obviously not enough. I will obviously improve this and if you dont mind, once I am done I would gladly list you as co-author, assuming you wont mind. If you prefer working alone or in other fashion, feel free to tell me.
Nitrogenesis wrote:
Guys I come from the DidyKnogRacist communite, and you are all wrong, tihs is the run of the mileniun and everyone who says otherwise dosnt know any bater! I found this run vary ease to masturbate too!!!! Don't fuck with me, I know this game so that mean I'm always right!StupedfackincommunityTASVideoz!!!!!!
Arc wrote:
I enjoyed this movie in which hands firmly gripping a shaft lead to balls deep in multiple holes.
natt wrote:
I don't want to get involved in this discussion, but as a point of fact C# is literally the first goddamn thing on that fucking page you linked did you even fucking read it
Cooljay wrote:
Mayor Haggar and Cody are such nice people for the community. Metro City's hospitals reached an all time new record of incoming patients due to their great efforts :P
Posted: 7/7/2009 9:42 PM
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Good luck on the improved version! I thought this version looked pretty good too, with a couple comments: * I'm really amused by the boss that behaves like Yellow Devil from the Megaman games. When he's doing his movement across the room, is it possible to hang out in the middle more and dodge his pieces? That would look more impressive than staying safely in the area where he appears. * Does the clock boss come down randomly or on a fixed schedule? It seemed like some hits were really quick compared to others.
Used to be a frequent submissions commenter. My new computer has had some issues running emulators, so I've been here more sporadically. Still haven't gotten around to actually TASing yet... I was going to improve Kid Dracula for GB. It seems I was beaten to it, though, with a recent awesome run by Hetfield90 and StarvinStruthers. (http://tasvideos.org/2928M.html.) Thanks to goofydylan8 for running Gargoyle's Quest 2 because I mentioned the game! (http://tasvideos.org/2001M.html) Thanks to feos and MESHUGGAH for taking up runs of Duck Tales 2 because of my old signature! Thanks also to Samsara for finishing a Treasure Master run. From the submission comments:
Shoutouts and thanks to mklip2001 for arguably being the nicest and most supportive person on the forums.
Posted: 7/8/2009 5:20 AM
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wwmarx, that was cool! I thought a few of those shortcuts and I swear I even tried them, but obviously not enough. I will obviously improve this and if you dont mind, once I am done I would gladly list you as co-author, assuming you wont mind. If you prefer working alone or in other fashion, feel free to tell me.
I'm working on this movie but maybe it will not finish it. You can use my strategies in your movie.[/quote]
Por que praticamente só jogos de futebol têm versões em português?
Posted: 7/10/2009 3:04 AM
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The game seemed a bit dull. You had some nice damage boosting in the beginning but halfway through the game looses steam. Meh.
Posted: 7/13/2009 1:17 PM
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I'm going to have to vote meh on this. It was a poor game choice, which I found boring and monotonous. And I kept getting this weird feeling to constantly brush my teeth... The gameplay was alright, but it's a dull game.
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Posted: 7/22/2009 2:01 PM
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So, any update on wwmarx's improvements yet? As this submission hasn't been cancelled yet, I can safely assume that AngerFist will ask for the input file to be replaced once it's (re)done?
Posted: 7/23/2009 10:30 AM
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You are correct my friend. wwmarx and I will be working together. We (mostly him and his friend) have discovered lost of new shortcuts and improvements. I think the new movie will look completely different and much much shorter. We were actually waiting for pcc to recommend which dega version to use but since he hasnt replied, we shall take the liberty and use the Mame version. See you soon.
Nitrogenesis wrote:
Guys I come from the DidyKnogRacist communite, and you are all wrong, tihs is the run of the mileniun and everyone who says otherwise dosnt know any bater! I found this run vary ease to masturbate too!!!! Don't fuck with me, I know this game so that mean I'm always right!StupedfackincommunityTASVideoz!!!!!!
Arc wrote:
I enjoyed this movie in which hands firmly gripping a shaft lead to balls deep in multiple holes.
natt wrote:
I don't want to get involved in this discussion, but as a point of fact C# is literally the first goddamn thing on that fucking page you linked did you even fucking read it
Cooljay wrote:
Mayor Haggar and Cody are such nice people for the community. Metro City's hospitals reached an all time new record of incoming patients due to their great efforts :P
Posted: 7/30/2009 10:13 AM
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