Posted: 5/4/2010 12:54 AM
Post subject: What Should I TAS? (IDK if this is the right place!)
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Trademark_Skidmark
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As I choose my first game to TAS, I don't know what to choose. Help me, please! 1. Blood - PC (1997) (takes damage to save time, uses hardest difficulty) 2. Splatterhouse - TG-16 (1988) (uses hardest difficulty) 3. Super Mario 64 - N64 (1996) (Playaround, heavy glitch abuse) 4. Nightshade - NES (1991) (100% completion, heavy luck manipulation) 5. Shadow Warrior - PC (1996) (takes damage to save time, uses hardest difficulty) Info (no videos are by me) 1. Info, Speedruns of Single Levels (NOT BY ME!) 2. Info, Longplay (Again, not by me) 3. Like you don't know what it is if you're registered here. But look! 4. Info, TAS (but not 100%) 5. Speedruns I will eventually TAS all of them, but IDK what to do first. No poll 'cause I haven't posted enough.
Games to TAS: 1. Rampart (NES) 2. Pokemon Yellow (GB) 3. Aladdin (SNES) 4. Shadowrun (SNES) ----- <sonicsonic3> and please tell me...WHAT IS THE BACK LONG JUMP CODE!? [on SM64's BLJ]
Posted: 5/4/2010 1:00 AM
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Kyman
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TAS of 2012 Speedy TAS of 2012 3D Platforms TAS of 2012 N64 TAS of 2010 Speedy TAS of 2010
Trust me, do NOT start with SM64. I made that mistake, I can't even explain how hard it was and how many times I got frustrated. Also I think this should be in Newbie Corner.
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Posted: 5/4/2010 1:00 AM
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JPC-RR is still relatively new, and I'd recommend getting used to the general process before attempting to make a TAS with it. That eliminates the DOS games. Mario 64 is also heavily TASed at this point, so you would need to achieve a very high level of precision for any sort of playaround (besides which I don't think the community would be too receptive to such a run). Also, the emulator in use for N64 games (Mupen64-rr) is not particularly reliable and a poor starting point. That leaves Splatterhouse and Nightshade. Mednafen/PCEjin and FCEUX are both fairly robust and reliable; the latter is probably the best supported TAS-capable emulator these days and it would make for a better starting point, I think. I'd strongly recommend posting progress in a game thread in the appropriate forum. Also, welcome aboard! EDIT:
Kyman wrote:
Also I think this should be in Newbie Corner.
I agree, so it's been moved.
Posted: 5/4/2010 10:37 AM
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I would say... Splatterhouse.
Posted: 5/4/2010 10:31 PM
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Trademark_Skidmark
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O.K., Splatterhouse is first. Nightshade might seem easier, but after doing some experimenting with PCEjin, I found out that Splatterhouse has A ONE FRAME DELAY! ...Besides, someone has already made a TAS of Nightshade. It's harder to obsolete something than just make a new TAS, right?
Games to TAS: 1. Rampart (NES) 2. Pokemon Yellow (GB) 3. Aladdin (SNES) 4. Shadowrun (SNES) ----- <sonicsonic3> and please tell me...WHAT IS THE BACK LONG JUMP CODE!? [on SM64's BLJ]
Posted: 5/4/2010 10:34 PM
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sgrunt
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Quite the opposite - having a good point of reference when making a TAS is extremely helpful, and often recommended for people who are new to the process. That having been said, if you're willing to get copious amounts of feedback while creating the run, that should not be as much of an issue.
Posted: 5/5/2010 11:19 PM
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Trademark_Skidmark
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Oh yeah, I'm willing. I've beaten Splatterhouse countless times before, But only once doing it frame-by-frame. I TASed it yesterday, beating it in a little over 15 minutes. Then I noticed the movie had mistakes scattered all over. I'm going to reTAS it today and tomorrow and be extra careful. Splatterhouse bad TAS here. Rom is (U) Version
Games to TAS: 1. Rampart (NES) 2. Pokemon Yellow (GB) 3. Aladdin (SNES) 4. Shadowrun (SNES) ----- <sonicsonic3> and please tell me...WHAT IS THE BACK LONG JUMP CODE!? [on SM64's BLJ]
Posted: 5/7/2010 12:59 PM
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http://www.wikiupload.com/1hKzr5un That's my first level of splatterhouse. I used (J) but it should work on the (U) version. It beats trademark skidmarks attempt by about 500-somethin frames.
YoungJ1997lol wrote:
Normally i would say Yes, but thennI thought "its not the same hack" so ill stick with meh.
Posted: 5/7/2010 10:04 PM
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Nice, Nitro! I didn't really notice sliding made Rick faster, I will improve upon that, also the route taken was faster. Thanks for making me feel a lot better about my TAS. *shot*
Games to TAS: 1. Rampart (NES) 2. Pokemon Yellow (GB) 3. Aladdin (SNES) 4. Shadowrun (SNES) ----- <sonicsonic3> and please tell me...WHAT IS THE BACK LONG JUMP CODE!? [on SM64's BLJ]
Posted: 5/7/2010 11:20 PM
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NitroGenesis
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Thank you, but all splatterhouse related stuff should go in the PCE subforum, under the splatterhouse topic.
YoungJ1997lol wrote:
Normally i would say Yes, but thennI thought "its not the same hack" so ill stick with meh.