Post subject: The Lost WIPs thread
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If you have any WIPs of TASes that you stopped working on, post then here! I think it would be easier to post them in all one megathread instead of trying to look for individual topics to post them in sice it could be a hassle. Maybe someday, someone might want to pick it up & finish that run. For instance I have quite some unfinished WIPs that I would want to share. Marvel Land (Genesis) Tinhead (Genesis) Wonderdog (Sega CD) Wonderboy 3 - Monster's Lair (Genesis) High Seas Havoc (Genesis) Wrath of the Black Manta (NES) (~30 frames faster than the previous movie.)
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Good idea. I might take a day or two next week to sort through all my unfinished WIPs. Expect a lot of movies, I have a reputation to consider. :)
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Bigfoot: http://bisqwit.iki.fi/jutut/kuvat/nesvideos/pending/bisqwit-bigfoot.fcm Solomon's Key: Nevermind, someone beat me to it Chrono Cross: Nevermind, it would not be accepted anyway Star Force: Plenty of WIPs but I don't think any one of them warrants study particularly Lode Runner: WIP published some time earlier in some thread, then beaten by some Japanese chap but never submitted on TASVideos.
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Bisqwit wrote:
Lode Runner: WIP published some time earlier in some thread, then beaten by some Japanese chap but never submitted on TASVideos.
You probably mean this thread. How does the NES version compare to the GBA one, of which there is already a published movie?
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Recca (NES), with a crappy encode. Maybe I'll return to this someday. Maybe. I seem to lack stamina when it comes to maintaining interest in actually making a TAS.
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I started working on a run of Cobra Command, but never really got anywhere with it.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with new wrap-around bug. Unfinished (because luck manipulation in this game is a bitch).
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Lost WIPS? Let's see, it seems that after klmz VBA-RR(M) released, all my runs for GBA got desynced, so I've stopped those for now until VBA becomes more stable again. Otherwise, I can't think of any other runs atm. I think the games were: Telefang 2 Starfy Digimon Battle Spirit 2 and more....
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jlun2 wrote:
Lost WIPS? Let's see, it seems that after klmz VBA-RR(M) released, all my runs for GBA got desynced, so I've stopped those for now until VBA becomes more stable again. Otherwise, I can't think of any other runs atm. I think the games were: Telefang 2 Starfy Digimon Battle Spirit 2 and more....
I don't think the new core is accurate. It does seem more accurate, but you can just compare the timing differences with and without using a GBA BIOS under both old/new versions. Thta's to say, I don't think it's necessary to switch the versions if you are TASing GBA games, unless it can make a big difference. EDIT: However, for GB/GBC games, it does make a big difference in timing when they turn off the LCD... well, I might recommend using the new versions (v24-alpha or v24 "8.24.x.y") for GB/GBC games. EDIT 2: And I lost some WIPs, for ever.
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days <adelikat> no doubt <adelikat> klmz, they still do
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GBA Kirby Amazing Mirror - any% - (U) ROM - VBA 19 ~ 23 NDS Kirby Super Star Ultra - 100% - (U) ROM - Desmume 0.9.6 + r3723 (maybe ask zeromus for it, or compile yourself) GBA Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland - any% - (U) ROM - VBA 19 ~ 23 GBA Yoshi's Topsy Turvy - 100% - (U) ROM - VBA 19 ~ 23 - You need to apply this ips patch to the ROM to make tilting work SNES Kirby Super Star - 100% - (J) ROM - snes9x 1.43 SNES Earthbound - glitched - (U) ROM - snes9x 1.51 - This movie is unfinished since nobody managed to glitch either to the credits or a debug menu that can be used to finish the game quickly, yet SNES Kirby Super Star - any% - (J) ROM - snes9x 1.43 - No current progress as far as I know I'm really not sure if I'm ever gonna finish any of those WIPs. I'm planning to TAS Mario & Luigi RPG1, then maybe GB Volley Fire. The Earthbound WIP is just a matter of luck (maybe someone can brute-force it with lua or something... Problem is that the glitch keeps crashing the game, thus requiring the user to restart the game and the script...). Kirby NiD I might finish later, it's just really hard to optimize and find a plan on what abilities to get the next few rooms. In Kirby Amazing Mirror, I hate to optimize the missile movement... Kirby Super Star on SNES has quite annoying lag behavior and RNG, so it takes weeks to optimize just a single room sometimes.
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Hey, I've had a lot of these! I think I still have some. I'll dig them up later and put them in this post.
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I only made some experiments and documented some games like GB Pokémon Yellow (triggering various events/teleporting/filling up bytes either with 00 or FF/increasing different memory values by 08 or C0), SNES Castlevania IV (trying out of bounds with no luck @ level 1), escaping from SNES StarFox "secret neverending path" with no luck, GBA scribblenauts tricks. Most of them written in hungarian, so I only translate/upload it if anyone is interested in them. Or ask me to do a WIP of it.
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Found another one: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (NES) (~ 2 seconds faster than the current pub.) Unlike the other ones, I probably would have finished this one. But theres some sort of weird frame rule that I couldnt figure out. So I just abandoned this one.
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Sonikkustar wrote:
Found another one: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (NES) (~ 2 seconds faster than the current pub.) Unlike the other ones, I probably would have finished this one. But theres some sort of weird frame rule that I couldnt figure out. So I just abandoned this one.
Have you asked AnS? He seems to know this game rather well (but is on vacation now).
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Oh right, I forgot about this... Well, here's Duck Tales 2. It's about 2-5 frames faster than adelikat's run up to the falling bridge. Then I lose everything I've gained due to different random lag. I really think someone should look into this.
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Heres one that I JUST found. No joke. Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic 1 It beats the current pub by 13 frames.
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Alien 3. Stopped due to schoolwork, picked it up again, and then got hit with a major assignment. Never continued after that. Link to thread
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It started off fairly tame, but as more balls entered the picture it sure got a lot more entertaining.
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This WIP of Telefang/Pokemon Diamond for the gbc showcases a gamebreaking glitch. I can't seem to do it again, so if anyone can, they could obesolete the current published movie. Youtube of the glitch, in case if no one wants to see the begining.
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I just remembered that I had a WIP of Gradius II (NES) that I worked on, but never continued it past the first stage. Here it is. (you may need FCEUX 2.1.4a, as I haven't tested it in newer versions) I also made a RAM Watch file: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/64600169/Gradius%20II%20%28J%29.wch
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