Game objectives

  • Emulator used: VisualBoyAdvance rerecording v23.5 svn421
  • Manipulate luck
  • Takes damage to save time
  • Hard mode
  • Abusing game errors
I improved x2poet's published run 1986 frames.

Monmory address

addressbytenotes
0200024E2screenX
020002522screenY
0200491E2pixelX
020049222pixelY
0200CDE22enemy which you killed in 1 mission
0200CDE42all soldiers be killed
0300485C2prisoners you saved
warning! HP address are all random
02004DF82boss1 HP
020054782boss2 HP
02005FD82boss3 HP
02005C982boss4 HP
020081282boss5 HP

Improved list

(I compared with the adress 0x0200491E pixelX)
missionend framesavealldetail
open156644Thanks for x2poet told me press S and A alternately.
1_part132273236I saved one grenade.
Shoot back to skip a fighter helicopter.
1_part24114945Kill some soldiers to reduce lag.
1_part3563455100Throw metalslug at the first time.
1_boss674524124BossHP 5400. when boss in the air or the front wheel of tank rise 45°, I have the chance to use shotgun damage 232 point.
2_part18781378502Give up to take metal slug, because it is very slow.
I found the way to skip the first fighter helicopter(650HP). First, I can't save a prisoner to get H. 2nd, wait for blockhouse fire.
If I save this prisoner, I can't skip helicopter.
2_part210445368870I left 5 firebottles(80 power) after beat submarine(600HP). It didn't cost any more frames. If I can't skip next 2 helicopters, I would use these 5 firebottles to hit them. But luckily, I succeeded to skip them.
Throw fire bottle back to face back to skip helicopter.
2_boss13991-65805BossHP 2496x2. I lost some frames here, because I must hit 3 soldiers first, the yellow soldier would appear.
I found a best way to save Laser's arms. 10 frames, 32 damage and 0.5 arms!
3_part11621257862Avoid some foes appear.
3_part218325122984Manipulate luck and kill some bats, make the last bat appear early. Which bats should be killed is all luck.
3_part3218771491133Manipulate luck to make dive_soldiers appear early.
3_boss234941301263BossHP 4320. I found a faster way to use metalslug's Vulcan. I can shoot 1 more time in every 10 shots. So I made the boss being mad quickly. But I didn't always use it. Becuse the more bullets in screen the more lag.
I choose the minimum distance to shot, and make the less bullets in screen. So I got the less lag.
When I shot the last cannon, I thrown the metalslug atonce. If no slug in screen, the scene fade quickly. I found it in mission2's boss fighter.
So though my bombs are 1 less than the published run in boss fighter, I still saved 130 frames.
4_part125599-181245I lost 18 frames, because I only use shotgun to hit helicopters, but it can save 60 frames in boss battle.
4_part2274721151360I give up get a card which add the grenade's power. This card add very low power to grenade, 100 to 120. x2poet got this card cost about 200 frames. But I mustn't use any shotgun or grenades. So I have to use knife to kill soldiers, and got the very large lag frames, only improved 115 frames.
4_part3301665801940Manipulate luck to reduce lag, and didn't take grenades. Taking these grendes would cost near 500 frames.
4_boss31583-941846BossHP 7200. Lost 94 frames, because I have the less grenades. 26 shotgun(200) + 20 grenades(100) = 7200 the boss HP!
5_part13401221848Saved the 2 lag frames.
5_part235343151863Get the better luck at the beginning.
5_part338192391902All saved by manipulation.
5_boss40163591961BossHP 7200. Use shotgun to hit small flyings, saved 2 grenade, because using 1 grenade after use shotgun can't cost any frames.
I didn't use grenades too many at first, I need to wait boss fire energy balls. Because energy balls have the less lag than death ray.
If bossHP is under the 2300, and still didn't use energy balls, boss would use death ray.
end40207251986I only saved 9 prisoners, so I didn't get the card PRISONER A(saved 10 prisoners).
Thanks for x2poet's run and his help.

feos: SuperJudging...

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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #3870: mtvf1's GBA Metal Slug Advance in 11:13.16
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An improvement of this game's run? I'll watch it later :)
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Improvement looks good, although Mission 4 could have used more action. I'll throw in a yes vote.
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Nice job improving this. I was surprised to see how fast the boss battles were, even when you skipped some upgrades that x2poet got. Yes vote. I think this also marks the first time that an x2poet run on Metal Slug would be obsoleted by someone else.
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.
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This movie has been published. The posts before this message apply to the submission, and posts after this message apply to the published movie. ---- [2323] GBA Metal Slug Advance by mtvf1 in 11:13.16
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I was confusing this with the DS game but still I love this game's series, so I really liked this run. I really liked the moon walking while you waited & also when you took the metal slug (tank) & killed all the enemies off-screen several times. Good job mtvf1 :)
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Yo,check it out!Beat the trial impressively!
Do the work.