This topic is for the purpose of discussing #9392: ktwo & SpaceColonizer's NES Mighty Bomb Jack (USA) "best ending" in 10:34.16

With there being warps, deaths, different endings and different versions, there could potentially be a lot of different categories for this game. On tasvideos, there is currently an any% of the U-version and a best ending of the J-version (both with warps and deaths). Since this submission aims to add another category, it might be worth discussing the topic of categories. The current TASes on tasvideos are the fastest ways to complete the game for the standard and best ending. This submission adds another combination of the many possibilities. The reason for submitting this is because the route changes from the J-version (because of a very conveniently placed "S-coin" in the J-version that isn't there in the U-version). The differences between the versions are big enough that the completion times are not comparable (other than for individual rooms). Another reason is that most of the real-time speedrunners have been playing on the U-version, so there is an interest in covering this version also for the best ending. I could go on talking about the other category combinations. But the short story is that these are the three categories I think are the most interesting and nicely cover what this game has to offer. I'm of course not going to stop anyone from doing other categories, but there hasn't been much interest for any of them so far, so I don't think it's too likely that tasvideos will be flooded with similar-looking TASes of different category combinations.

Please replace the submitted file with [edit] #638681301812282156 (31f improvement). The temp encode has also been updated.