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Goals:
  • Completes the first set of Rounds (Rounds 1, 2 and 3)
  • Completed in the fastest time possible
  • Manipulates luck
  • Uses glitches
Well, when I first arrived here I had suggested to Adelikat of an Urban Champion TAS, and he said something along the lines of going for it, if I like rejected movies.
If this game ever gets published, I'd imagine it will be this movie. Beating the opponent in five punches through the use of some glitches, this movie is under 30 seconds. This is my first TAS with intent of publication, but I'm quite certain this can't be done faster unless there's another glitch or something I missed.
An infamously horrible game made fairly entertaining if I do say so myself.
Truncated: Good job on proving adelikat wrong. This is a nice movie, I am accepting it.

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Posted: 11/18/2009 9:35 AM
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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #2455: t3h_Icy's NES Urban Champion in 00:29.80
Posted: 11/18/2009 9:51 AM
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Posted: 11/18/2009 10:00 AM
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That was a simple pile of fffffffffffffff, in a good way. Yes voted. Archive.org Recommended screenshot Video is encoded at 80, audio at -1.4. I've gone as low as possible while keeping quality using standard methods, I'm leaving this to a more advanced encoder. I've tried other methods, but they just don't look good to me. The video is 470 kilobytes and the audio is 150 kilobytes, I'd make the audio smaller but my alternate source is unfortunately desynchronized from my encode. REMOVED DAILYMOTION LINK, WATCH AKTAN'S AWESOME ENCODE INSTEAD, SERIOUSLY, THAT MAN IS A GOD OF LOSSLESS. Or the YouTube link in the first post. =P
Posted: 11/18/2009 1:11 PM
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miseiler
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hahahahhahaha That was cute. Yes.
Posted: 11/18/2009 3:32 PM
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Derakon
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So...care to explain what just happened and why it works? That was pretty messed-up. Yes vote.
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Posted: 11/18/2009 3:57 PM
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(((Glitches))) a new way in the game... Yes vote.
Posted: 11/18/2009 4:44 PM
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Sure, why not?
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Posted: 11/18/2009 4:48 PM
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I don't know what happened in this TAS, but it was fast. Nice use of glitches, I'll throw in another yes vote.
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Posted: 11/18/2009 5:44 PM
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One of my favourite 2-P games on my pirated 76 in 1 cartidge. Yes vote.
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Posted: 11/18/2009 7:38 PM
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NES games must have something against going left. Yes vote.
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Posted: 11/18/2009 7:58 PM
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So, does the game just loop the level after this, or is there a way to get to the credits?
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Posted: 11/18/2009 8:18 PM
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It loops...
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Posted: 11/18/2009 9:01 PM
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Here is another encode: http://www.archive.org/download/T3hIcysNesUrbanChampionIn0029.8/urbanchampion-tas-t3hicy.mp4 http://www.archive.org/download/T3hIcysNesUrbanChampionIn0029.8/urbanchampion-tas-t3hicy.mkv Daily Motion: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xb70tc_nes-urban-champion-in-00298-by-t3h_videogames Edit: Added Daily Motion link. Edit 2: Fixed filename in download links.
Posted: 11/18/2009 9:05 PM
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I much prefer Aktanusa's encode myself, sure, it's 300kb bigger, but at least it is lossless under 1 megabyte. Hell, it's small enough to be used instead of a torrent, if not quicker to use.
Posted: 11/18/2009 9:34 PM
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Derakon wrote:
So...care to explain what just happened and why it works? That was pretty messed-up.
Yeah, having no knowledge of the game myself, could you explain exactly what occurs to make this beaten so quickly and why this should be impressive? I don't really see anything going on except you going off the left side of the screen and onto the right. It's just unclear from a viewing perspective exactly what I am watching.
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Posted: 11/18/2009 9:35 PM
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I'm pretty sure its a buffer underflow. Basically, he literally moved from the horizontal pixel 0 to 255 in the RAM.
Posted: 11/18/2009 10:00 PM
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The main glitch is a sidestepping glitch. When he is about 2 characters' of space away, move towards him and you can take two steps back. Repeating this, you can go further back than normal since you aren't restricted. The second glitch is the way the game handles wins/losses. Since the computer is in the section where my character is supposed to lose, I can still beat him. The additional benefit though is that since my character is on the far right of the screen (normally impossible), I start almost half the distance from him in Round 2 than normal, since I'm moved to the right and skipping the regular starting point.
Posted: 11/18/2009 10:29 PM
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I used to spend hours on this game as a kid. Loved it. Nice TAS you made t3h Icy. Also thanks for the youtube link. Very convenient. YES-vote. Cheers
Posted: 11/18/2009 11:15 PM
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Even considering its' shortness, there's just not enough going on here to be entertaining. Meh vote.
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Posted: 11/19/2009 12:02 AM
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Hahaha. That was great.
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Posted: 11/19/2009 3:18 AM
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I think that 30 seconds is quite an appropriate length for this game. Amusing WTF ending as well. I'll chip in a Yes vote. By the way, Mr. Omicron, your avatar image is way too large and is distorting the forum view. Just FYI.
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Posted: 11/20/2009 2:46 PM
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Hehe! I remember when I did submit a TAS here, made by this game, and.. It didn't turn out so good for the people.. But this is different! This is some gooooood shit man! I will go for a YES-vote on this one. =)
Posted: 11/20/2009 3:07 PM
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mklip2001 wrote:
By the way, Mr. Omicron, your avatar image is way too large and is distorting the forum view. Just FYI.
My currently avatar is not large. The forum is no longer distorted. Thanks
Posted: 11/20/2009 6:19 PM
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Who would have thought a movie of this game to be entertaining...
Posted: 11/20/2009 8:01 PM
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