Posted: 6/7/2010 10:27 PM
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GlitchMan
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Hi everybody! I was thinking of doing a TAS for Hook. I just got done doing a complete playthrough of it last night. I wanted to know how everyone feels about having a TAS for this game. Some tricks I discovered: -if you press left/right+up while using turbo A you can climb up a ladder really fast -if you slide on a banana peel you can immediately jump and maintain fast horizontal velocity (you can also do this by taking damage from an enemy) At least I started finding some ways to progress through the game faster. Even if you all do not want me to TAS this game I will do it anyway because at least that means I'm willing to give this game a try.
Posted: 6/7/2010 11:32 PM
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hero_of_the_day
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Awesome to hear that someone is taking on this game. I was never able to finish it when I was a kid, so it would be nice to finally see it beaten. Good luck!
They're off to find the hero of the day...
Posted: 6/7/2010 11:40 PM
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GlitchMan
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Thanks! :D I will admit that I did get stuck on the first pirate ship level and it took me 10 minutes to figure out that I was supposed to pick up a torch thing and use the barrel to launch me to the other part of the level. I thought it was an enemy at first because there were other fire things that were enemies and I assumed that I was supposed to avoid it. Now I can add this to my list of games I have to complete (this being the fourth one)! Edit: I just played the first stage and I discovered that it is possible to fall through a non-solid platform (i.e. a tree branch) by taking damage. I also forgot to mention that you can't get faster horizontal velocity from projectiles but only the enemies themselves.
Posted: 6/28/2010 9:47 PM
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GlitchMan
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I have a WIP of the first stage! http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/217523194/GlitchMan-Hook%20%28U%29-WIP.fm2 These items are required: Alarm Clock Magic Sword Horn Tooth It takes 60 frames for a "Peter has collected this item" screen. I also measured the time it takes for Peter to go eastward from the Pirate Forest to another level. That takes about 100 frames. I think it makes the most sense to start at the ghost mine. It turns out that you do need to collect all the four items in order to complete the game. There is no any% run of this game.
Posted: 6/29/2010 12:57 AM
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Reeve
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Location: Brazil
The link doesn't start the download of the .fm2 file, it just shows a page with a lot of info. Is it supposed to be this way?
Posted: 6/29/2010 1:09 AM
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wicked
Joined: 1/22/2008
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Eye Of The Beholder wrote:
The link doesn't start the download of the .fm2 file, it just shows a page with a lot of info. Is it supposed to be this way?
right click - > save target as...
Run..Run...Run.....
Posted: 6/29/2010 10:14 PM
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NitroGenesis
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Eye Of The Beholder wrote:
The link doesn't start the download of the .fm2 file, it just shows a page with a lot of info. Is it supposed to be this way?
YoungJ1997lol wrote:
Normally i would say Yes, but thennI thought "its not the same hack" so ill stick with meh.
Posted: 6/30/2010 12:02 AM
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moozooh
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Eye Of The Beholder wrote:
The link doesn't start the download of the .fm2 file, it just shows a page with a lot of info. Is it supposed to be this way?
If you mean the whole page is filled with loads of text data, that means the browser didn't interpret the content type correctly. Either go back and use "save as" on the link, or let the page load completely and save it as filename.fm2.
Warp wrote:
Edit: I think I understand now: It's my avatar, isn't it? It makes me look angry.
Posted: 6/30/2010 5:19 AM
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GlitchMan
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I made another WIP of the first level that I'm playing!! This time I used the falling-through-floor glitch that I told you all about!! http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1025157514/GlitchMan-Hook%20%28U%29-WIPwithwallzipping.fm2 That saved over 20 seconds alone! Awesome!! :D Update (7/4/2010): There are in fact 25 stages in the game but I can skip a flying level so that makes it 24 stages. Here is the stage # breakdown: 3 cave stages 3 swimming stages 1 tree stage 7 flying stages (I'm only able to skip one of these) 2 fighting stages 2 winter stages 5 forest stages 2 pirate ship stages
Posted: 7/5/2010 11:56 PM
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GlitchMan
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I have 12 stages finished! I am halfway done with this game! Check it out! :) http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1705387628/GlitchMan-Hook-12stagesWIP%20%28U%29.fm2
Posted: 7/6/2010 12:01 AM
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funnyhair
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isn't there already a run for this game for the SNES? are these different games?
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Posted: 7/6/2010 12:45 AM
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GlitchMan
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funnyhair wrote:
isn't there already a run for this game for the SNES? are these different games?
Yes, there is a run of this for the SNES but the SNES version is an entirely different game because that version was developed by Ukiyotei (you don't have to collect a certain number of items to complete all the levels in that one). The NES version (the one I'm doing now) was developed by Ocean. So in that case it's okay to TAS this game even though the SNES version already has a run of it.
Posted: 7/6/2010 12:49 AM
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funnyhair
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Ahh good to know, and thank you for the information.
[19:16] <scrimpy> silly portuguese [19:16] <scrimpy> it's like spanish, only less cool
Posted: 7/6/2010 12:50 AM
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GlitchMan
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funnyhair wrote:
Ahh good to know, and thank you for the information.
You're welcome. :)